About Precious Achiuwa

Precious Ezinna Achiuwa (born September 19, 1999) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended high school in the United States, where he was a consensus five-star recruit and named a McDonald's All-American. Achiuwa played college basketball for the Memphis Tigers, earning conference player of the year honors as a freshman in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in 2020. He was selected by the Miami Heat in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft with the 20th overall pick. After his rookie year ended in Miami, he was traded to the Toronto Raptors during the 2021 offseason before being traded to the New York Knicks in 2023. He later returned to the Heat in 2025. He was waived by the Heat after the preseason but signed with the Sacramento Kings in November.