Joel Ayayi

ABOUT JOEL AYAYI

French basketball player who gained fame playing as the shooting guard for the Washington Wizards in the National Basketball Association. He is popular on Instagram and has over 20,000 followers.

He attended INSEP, a sports institute in Paris, before playing with their club Centre Fédéral. He played in college for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs.

He has played with the Capital City Go-Go in the NBA G League. He has also represented France's national team at the U18 and U19 levels.

He was born in Bordeaux, France. He holds dual citizenship with France and his parents' home country of Benin.

He idolized Bordeaux-native Boris Diaw at an early age.