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Aidan Igiehon is one of a small number of Irish athletes currently playing college basketball in America.
"I want to blaze a path so that nobody can overlook Irish basketball again," he told BBC News NI.
The 20-year-old from Dublin has been widely tipped to break into the National Basketball Association (NBA) - the pinnacle of the sport in the United States.
Standing at 6ft 10in tall, the Dubliner's aggressive style of play has led to him being given a memorable nickname by fans.
"The way I played, I played angry. I wanted to break the rim every time. So they were like, you know: 'You play like a hulk, like the Irish Hulk.'"
Igiehon only began playing basketball at the age of 12 but said as soon as he picked up a ball "it just felt like it was meant to be, I became obsessed with it".
"I want to blaze a path so that nobody can overlook Irish basketball again," he told BBC News NI.
The 20-year-old from Dublin has been widely tipped to break into the National Basketball Association (NBA) - the pinnacle of the sport in the United States.
Standing at 6ft 10in tall, the Dubliner's aggressive style of play has led to him being given a memorable nickname by fans.
"The way I played, I played angry. I wanted to break the rim every time. So they were like, you know: 'You play like a hulk, like the Irish Hulk.'"
Igiehon only began playing basketball at the age of 12 but said as soon as he picked up a ball "it just felt like it was meant to be, I became obsessed with it".
'They call me the Irish hulk of basketball'
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