The Phoenix Suns are undoubtedly one of the NBA’s top title contenders, but one of their players is playing for something bigger.
Suns center Bismack Biyombo announced via a video from his foundation on Friday that he has pledged his entire 2021-22 season salary toward the construction of a hospital in his native Democratic Republic of Congo, in honor of his late father.
Biyombo said in his video that he stepped away from basketball in 2021 to spend time with his father François, who was receiving treatment in Turkey until his death last year. Biyombo played last season for the Charlotte Hornets, but went unsigned last offseason and for the first few months of this season.
“Once my dad passed, the love of the game kinda fell a little bit, because he was my everything. He was my friend, business partner, mentor, everything,” “Biyombo said in the video.
Biyombo would eventually return to the NBA via a 10-day contract with the Suns, who currently hold the best record in the NBA, in…