Nigeria captain Ike Diogu played against the likes of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal during his near-decade in the NBA, but says LeBron James stands out as the most complete opponent he ever faced.
Diogu, who will turn out for defending BAL champions Zamalek this upcoming season, was selected ninth in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors and played for one and a half seasons in San Francisco.
In 2007, the power forward/center moved to the Indiana Pacers as part of a trade deal in which then-Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird described him as the "gem".