Rashid Kibore
| File:Rashid Kibore.jpg | |
| No. 99 – Retired | |
|---|---|
| Position | Forward |
| Species | Mountain Zebra ( Equidae ) |
| Gender | Male |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Mombasa, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) |
| Shoots | Right |
| Career information | |
| FBA draft | 2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17th overall |
| Selected by the Huntsville Mayors | |
| Pro playing career | 2017–2022 |
| Career history | |
| 2017-2019 | Huntsville Mayors |
| Contract information | |
| Contract year | 2017 |
| Player Contacts | |
| (IC) Agent | Unknown |
| (OOC) Creator | WyldElyn |
| (OOC) Actor | Unknown |
| (OOC) Usage | Ask me before any use |
Biography
Rashid and his older twin brother Alonso were born and raised in Mombasa, Kenya to Hassan and Miria Kibore. Though not a luxurious childhood by any means the Kibore family managed to get by well enough, with Hassan earning a living as a street food vendor while Miria sold handmade jewelry and clothing, and the profits made during the tourist season were as close to thriving as the family ever knew.
Though both brothers were expected to help their parents run their respective businesses, it was Alonso that assisted their father while Rashid helped his mother, and more often than not he was dismissed by her or managed to slip away into the crowds of the busy street and explore the city on his own. By the time he was ten, Rashid knew his way around their neighborhood by heart and would get into the typical mischief of an unsupervised child, to the exasperation of both his parents and his twin, who matured much faster than Rashid did.
For Rashid, entering his teenage years meant that bothering the neighbors and heckling tourists for change didn’t hold the thrill it once did, and so he began to look for a different hobby to pursue when he wasn’t at school or helping his parents manage their market stalls. That hobby presented itself in the form of basketball. With dozens of teenagers and kids also looking for ways to pass the time on the streets, Rashid never had a shortage of others to practice with, and within a few months Rashid was becoming a proficient streetballer, earning himself of bit of a reputation. His parents didn’t actively approve of his fast-growing love of the sport but they did humor it, and Alonso even joined him for some of his afternoon games, though his twin didn’t have quite the same knack for the sport that he did.
By the time Rashid was sixteen, his friends and family began to recognize that Rashid was a bit of a prodigy, and that his talent could even be career worthy. Thanks to a recent move further into the city after a prosperous year, Rashid had finer courts and opponents to practice on, and upon finishing school he focused on bettering himself and his game, leaving the family vendor to be tended to by Alonso when arthritis began to slow their father down.
Rashid knew that though Alonso didn’t resent having to run the vendor without him, he also didn’t understand the love that his twin had for the sport. It was only on the court and with a basketball in his hands that Rashid felt like he could be something more, and playing brought out a joy and exhilaration in him that he just couldn’t put into words. One way or another he wanted basketball to be his future, even if it meant losing some common ground with his brother.
A few months after the twin’s eighteenth birthday, a potential big break came for Rashid in the form of the basketball coach of a local school, who saw Rashid playing while overseeing a public practice game between some of his students. The impressed coach had enough connections to occasionally bring talent scouts to the area, and one of the scouts was quick to approach Rashid and introduce him to the world of potential known as the FBA.
Though Rashid was familiar with the industry and had watched a few seasons of the games while growing up, he never humored himself with the idea that he could one day be an FBA athlete and he dove at the opportunity before him. He knew his skills weren’t polished enough for the 2016 season and so he waited, spending the next year throwing himself into the practice of playing at the level of a pro-athlete, and was even offered the services of a physical trainer, courtesy of the school coach that jump started his potential career, and now, with the 2017 season just around the corner, Rashid waits for the draft with the longing to play on a professional court.