page_title: Chukwudiebere Maduabum
hierarchical_section_title: Chukwudiebere Maduabum
caption_attribution_description: English: Chukwudiebere Maduabum here scoring during a game.
context_page_description: Chukwudiebere "Chu" Maduabum, sometimes credited as "Chuk", "Chuck", or "Chu Chu", is a Nigerian professional basketball player. He was drafted 56th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2011 NBA draft before his rights were traded to the Denver Nuggets.
  Maduabum, a 6'9" power forward, was the third player drafted straight from the D-League, following fellow second round picks Mike Taylor and Latavious Williams. He played for two teams while he was in Nigeria before going to the D-League: the Dodan Warriors and the Kano Pillars. He also played in the FIBA Africa Club Championship.
context_section_description: Chukwudiebere "Chu" Maduabum (born March 19, 1991), sometimes credited as "Chuk", "Chuck", or "Chu Chu", is a Nigerian professional basketball player. He was drafted 56th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2011 NBA draft before his rights were traded to the Denver Nuggets.
  Maduabum, a 6'9" power forward, was the third player drafted straight from the D-League, following fellow second round picks Mike Taylor and Latavious Williams. He played for two teams while he was in Nigeria before going to the D-League: the Dodan Warriors and the Kano Pillars. He also played in the FIBA Africa Club Championship.
caption: Maduabum with Yamagata Wyverns in 2018
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