Randi Richardson is a reporter for NBC News' TODAY.com based in Brooklyn.
Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike first picked up a basketball by happenstance. Their first sport was actually gymnastics, they tell TODAY.com in a joint interview, and their mom, Ify Ogwumike, had a colleague who questioned that choice. 'It started as gymnastics and then her colleague was like, 'Why gymnastics? Your girls are tall. Try basketball,'' Chiney Ogwumike , 31, who's listed at 6 feet, 3 inches tall, says. 'That's how we fell into basketball.
'Nneka's like, 'Uh, I think I want to be a doctor.' I was like, 'Nneka, hold on. They're saying you're going to go No. 1.' We literally had to convince you: I think you should think about this WNBA.' 'It was funny,' Nneka Ogwumike says. The Los Angeles Sparks selected Nneka Ogwumike as the No. 1 pick in the 2012 WNBA draft. Chiney Ogwumike was the No. 1 pick of the 2014 draft, selected by the Connecticut Sun. She joined the Sparks in 2019.
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