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Hornets center Bismack Biyombo, who knows pandemics, has a message of COVID-19 hope | Charlotte Observer

Charlotte Hornets center Bismack Biyombo can’t find a moment alone in his own home these day.

He finds that wonderful.

He had six siblings scattered around the United States at various schools, and when the pandemic struck, he brought them all to Charlotte to live together.

“Really, the first time I’ve spent a straight six weeks with my family — getting to see them every single day,” said Biyombo, whose three brothers and three sisters range in age from 25 to 15.

Biyombo, 27, is in his ninth NBA season. He left his home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 17 to start playing professionally in Spain and now pays for his siblings to be educated in the United States.