# Jimmy Enabu

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{{short description|Ugandan basketball player (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jimmy Enabu
| photo = 
| caption = Enabu in 2023
| position = [Point guard](/source/Point_guard)
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 
| number = 5
| team = City Oilers
| league = [NBL](/source/National_Basketball_League_(Uganda))<br>[BAL](/source/Basketball_Africa_League)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|4|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Entebbe](/source/Entebbe), Uganda
| high_school = 
| college = 
| draft_year = 
| career_start = 2007
| career_end = 
| years1 = 2007–2013
| team1 = [Knight Riders](/source/Knight_Riders_(basketball_club))
| years2 = 2013–2024
| team2 = [City Oilers](/source/City_Oilers)
| highlights = *10× [NBL Uganda](/source/NBL_Uganda) champion (2013–2020, 2022, 2023)
*2× [NBL Uganda](/source/NBL_Uganda) Playoffs MVP (2014, 2023)
| medaltemplates = 
| image = Jimmy Enabu.jpg
}}
'''Jimmy Abraham Enabu''' (born 17 April 1988) is a [Uganda](/source/Uganda)n professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player regarded as one of the greatest players and point guards in Uganda's history.

He started his career with the Knight Riders basketball team from [Entebbe](/source/Entebbe) in 2007. Enabu moved to City Oilers in 2013, and helped the team win a record nine NBL championships.

He represented [Uganda's national basketball team](/source/Uganda's_national_basketball_team) at the [2017 AfroBasket](/source/2017_AfroBasket) in [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia) and [Senegal](/source/Senegal), where he was Uganda's best passer as he recorded most assists for his team.<ref>[https://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/Uganda Uganda – FIBA Afrobasket 2017], FIBA.com, Retrieved 31 August 2017.</ref>

He has won nine straight National Basketball League titles with his team The City Oilers. The City Oilers have made a record for a team that has won all titles of the National Basketball League that it has competed in. Jimmy Enabu left the city oilers to go to Burundi in May 2024.

<nowiki>''</nowiki>Jimmy Enabu is a student of the game, he joined City Oilers as a raw athlete and transformed into the best player in Uganda" Kwizera, his former manager said after Jimmy left to take his talents to Burundi.

==BAL career statistics==
{{BAL player statistics legend}}

{{BAL player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[2023](/source/2023_BAL_season)
| style="text-align:left;"|[City Oilers](/source/City_Oilers)
| 4 || 4 || 20.4 || .400 || .500 || .500 || 3.0 || 3.8 || 1.5 || .3 || 6.3
|-
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/Jimmy-Enabu FIBA profile]
* [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jimmy-Enabu/Summary/96994 Real GM profile]
* [http://basketball.afrobasket.com/player/Jimmy_Enabu/Uganda/City-Oilers-Kampala/142794 Afrobasket.com profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enabu, Jimmy}}
Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:Point guards
Category:Ugandan men's basketball players
Category:People from Entebbe
Category:City Oilers players
Category:Sportspeople from Central Region, Uganda
Category:21st-century Ugandan sportsmen

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