Ronny Turiaf

Ronny Turiaf (born January 13, 1983) is a French professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. Turiaf has been a member of the French national basketball team. Turiaf grew up in Martinique then attended high school in Paris and Gonzaga University in the United States. At Gonzaga, Turiaf played for the Bulldogs basketball team and was the leading West Coast Conference scorer in his senior year. After graduating from Gonzaga, Turiaf entered the 2005 NBA Draft and was picked by the Los Angeles Lakers, where he would play until 2008. He has since played for the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks, the Washington Wizards and now the Miami Heat. Turiaf spent most of his childhood in Martinique, a French overseas department in the Caribbean Sea. Following the advice from his father, Turiaf moved to Paris in 1998, at the age of 15, to attend the National Institute of Physical Education (Insep), a school that combines rigorous secondary...