Serge Ibaka is 27-years-old. There has never been any evidence shared with the world to disprove that bit of commonly available knowledge. Yet Ibaka’s age has been a target of suspicion and distasteful jokes for years, as has been the case with many players to come out of Africa. During his witg the Raptors, Bismack Biyombo has faced similar questions, for example.
Ibaka released a statement Saturday evening, presumably hoping to dispel the baseless speculation.
It’s unclear what the motivation might have been for Ibaka to release this statement now, as he deals with the first day of his free agency.