Eric Chinua Chime Jr,  son of a Nigerian veteran broadcaster Chief Ike Chime is making Finland proud and has placed the Nordic nation on global recognition when it comes to junior basketball. He plays for MaSu Basket 04, a basketball team of Malmi- a major district on the north-eastern part of Helsinki.


His father Chief Ike Chime who hails from Enugu state came to Finland in the late eighties and got married to a Finn. Eric has represented Finland in several international junior basket tournament. This year in April, he represented Finland in the NBA European junior league which took place in Slovenia.


After the European Championship in Slovenia, Eric Chime Jr. along side Juliana Haddad, daughter of a migrant were the only two players from Finland that made the European basketball team that represented Europe  in the Jr. NBA World Championship finals on August 12 in Orlando Oregon, USA. In the girls and boys finals, each other met the best teams in the United States and the rest of the world.


The Miami Heat Jacket, the triple NBA champion Dwyane Wade, and the Los Angeles Sparks Pier and WPC Champion Candace Parker acted as official guardians of the Jr. NBA World Championship.

Eric Chime Jr. won the most skilful player award in the Jr. NBA World Championship, he has also won the most valuable player award for his club. His sister, Sarah Nnenne is also a talented basketball player who represented Finland U-17 at the European chapionships in Austria this year.



https://www.diasporareporters.com/meet-eric-chime-best-junior-basketball-player-in-finland-member-european-team/

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Eric Chinua Chime's sister is also a talented basketball player who represented Finland U-17


https://www.diasporareporters.com/meet-eric-chime-best-junior-basketball-player-in-finland-member-european-team/