Coming home felt different this time. Mohamed Bamba couldn’t put his finger on it, but as his plane descended upon the city and he saw the skyline from his airplane window, a different emotion rushed across his 7-foot frame.
“It was like a homecoming,” he said Wednesday, on the eve of the NBA draft.
And this time, there is an outside chance the shot-blocking menace from Harlem could be back for good.
The Grizzlies are looking to trade out of the No. 4 slot, and they have talked to the Knicks about a deal, according to sources.