Yinka Dare

Yinka Dare (10 ga Oktoba, 197 - 9 ga Janairu, 2004) ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon Kwando na Najeriya. A 7  in (2.13 ,   cibiyar, ya buga wasanni hudu a cikin Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Kasa (NBA).

 Shekaru na farko 
An haife shi a Kano, lauya Najeriya Lloyd Ukwu ne ya gano Dare yayin ziyarar da ya kai Legas a shekarar 1991. Yayinda Ukwu ke tuki, ya lura da wani mutum mai tsayi sosai yana zaune a kan benci yana cin kwano na abinci. Lokacin da ya tambaye shi tsawonsa, Dare ya ce bai sani ba.

Dare a baya ya shafe mafi yawan lokacinsa na kyauta yana wasa wasan Tennis, amma nan da nan ya karbi Kwando a karon farko.

 Ayyukan makarantar sakandare / kwaleji 
Ya riga ya kasance a Amurka, Dare ya buga wasa daya a Milford Academy High, makarantar shirye-shirye a New Berlin, New York. Daga baya, ya buga wasan Kwando na kwaleji a Jami'ar George Washington, inda ya yi fice a matsayin dan wasa a karkashin kocin Mike Jarvis, kuma ya taimaka wajen farfado da shirin kwando. A matsayinsa na sabon shiga a 1992-93, ya jagoranci Colonials zuwa zagaye na 16 na NCAA ("The Sweet 16"), mafi girma da suka taba ci gaba.

A shekara mai zuwa, Dare ya jagoranci tawagar zuwa zagaye na biyu na gasar. Ya gama aikinsa na kwaleji da maki 13.8 da 10.7 a kowane wasa; Bugu da ƙari, bayan kawai yanayi biyu, ya zama shugaban Colonials a duk lokacin da aka toshe, yana da matsakaicin fiye da biyu a kowane wasa.

 Ayyukan sana'a 
An zaɓi Dare a zagaye na farko (14th overall) na shirin NBA na 1994 ta New Jersey Nets, ya amince da kwangilar shekaru shida, dala miliyan 9. A cikin NBA, zai bayyana a wasanni 110 a cikin yanayi huɗu, duk tare da Nets; a cikin kamfen dinsa na farko, ya buga minti uku kafin ya ji rauni (ya lalace ACL) kuma ya rasa sauran kakar.

Nets sun bar shi ba tare da kariya ba a lokacin fadada shekarar 1995, amma ko dai Toronto Raptors ko Vancouver Grizzlies ba su zaba Dare ba. A cikin cikakken kakar wasa ta farko (1995-96), inda ya buga mafi kyawun kansa 58 daga cikin wasanni 82, ya juya kwallon sama da sau 72 yayin da ba ya yin rajistar taimako, yana riƙe da rikodin NBA mai shakka ga yawancin wasannin da aka buga a cikin kakar wasa, 58, ba tare da yin rikodin taimako ba. A lokacin aikinsa na shekaru hudu, zai tara jimlar taimakon hudu tare da sauye-sauye 96, yayin da yake da maki 2.1, rebounds 2.6, da kasa da 0.1 a kowane wasa.

A farkon 1998, an sayar da Dare, tare da David Benoit da Kevin Edwards, zuwa Orlando Magic, ga Brian Evans da Rony Seikaly, kuma nan da nan aka dakatar da shi. Daga baya, ya taka leda a wasu wasannin da suka hada da Kungiyar Kwando ta Continental da Kungiyar Kwararrun Kwando ta Amurka, har zuwa shekara ta 2003.Eulogizing Yinka Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine; The Cornell Daily Sun, 3 February 2004

 Mutuwa 
Dare ya mutu a shekara ta 2004, bayan ya fadi a gidansa a Englewood, New Jersey . Wani likitan likita ya yanke shawarar cewa ya kamu da ciwon zuciya saboda yanayin da aka gano lokacin da yake kwaleji.

Lucious Harris, wanda ya shiga Nets a 1997-98, kakar karshe ta Dare, ya ce: "Yana da mummunan yanayi. Ina jin wa iyalinsa. 32, kawai don samun ciwon zuciya, wannan yana da ban tsoro. Ko da yaushe yana kama da yana cikin yanayi. Amma abubuwa suna faruwa kuma ba ku fahimci dalilin da ya sa ba. "

Kerry Kittles, wanda ya taka leda tare da Dare a cikin lokutan biyu na ƙarshe tare da Nets, ya ce: "Ya kasance mai shiru, bai yi magana da yawa ba. Ya yi aiki tuƙuru - bai yi wasa da yawa ba, amma bai kasance mai ban sha'awa ba don kasancewa kusa. [Ya kasance] matashi: Yana sa ka yi tunanin... wani abu zai iya faruwa a kowane lokaci. Yana cikin zuciyarka [cewa] zai iya faruwa da ku. "

Jarvis, wanda ya horar da Dare a George Washington, ya gaya wa The Washington Post: "Yinka mutum ne mai kirki, mai tausayi. Yana da kyau ga iyalina, mai girmamawa kamar duk wanda na tuntube shi. Ba na tuna yana da mummunar kalma da zai ce game da kowa; kawai yaro ne mai kyau, mai dadi. "

Dare ta bar iyayenta Gabriel da Joan, 'yan'uwa mata biyu da ɗan'uwa.

 Sauran bayyanar 

 Dare ya bayyana a matsayin hali mai kunnawa a cikin tashar jiragen ruwa ta Sega Farawa da Super NES na NBA Jam Tournament Edition a matsayin mai kunnawa "bonus", wanda ke samuwa a kan dukkan tawagar rookie a farkon wasan.
 Ya bayyana a cikin tallan takalma na Puma.

 Manazarta 

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