20th BWB Africa Camp Will Combine 60 of the Leading High-School-Age Potential Customers from Throughout the Continent; Existing and Previous NBA (www.NBA.com) Coaches Three-Time NBA Champ Gamer Sam Cassell, Jesse Mermuys, Darko Rajaković, Ikenna Smart and Ekpe Udoh Will Function As Camp Coaches Along With Two-Time WNBA Champ Sylvia Fowles and Former WNBA Gamer Mfon Udoka.
The National Basketball Organization (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today revealed 60 of the leading high-school-age leads from throughout Africa that will certainly take part in the 20th version of the Basketball Without Boundaries (BWB) Africa camp, which will certainly be held at the American International College of JOHANNESBURG (AISJ) in South Africa from Saturday, Aug. 3– Tuesday, Aug. 6.
BWB Africa 2024 will certainly hold 60 young boys and ladies from 24 African nations– consisting of 5 NBA Academy Africa leads– to discover straight from present and previous NBA, WNBA and FIBA gamers, tales and trainers and complete together with their peers from throughout the continent. The campers will certainly be trained by 2016 FIBA AfroBasket U18 champ Bruno Fernando (most just recently with the Atlanta Hawks; Angola), 2022 NBA champ Moses Moody (Golden State Warriors; UNITED STATE) and 2016 FIBA U17 Globe Championships champion Immanuel Quickley (Toronto Raptors; UNITED STATE).
Three-time NBA champ gamer and Boston Celtics aide instructor Sam Cassell (UNITED STATE), Orlando Magic aide instructor Jesse Mermuys (UNITED STATE), Raptors head instructor Darko Rajaković (Serbia), previous NBA gamer and Atlanta Hawks aide instructor Ekpe Udoh (UNITED STATE; connections to Nigeria), two-time WNBA champ Sylvia Fowles (UNITED STATE), previous WNBA gamer and present FIBA Athletes’ Payment Participant Mfon Udoka (UNITED STATE; connections to Nigeria) and Rose City Route Blazers Aide Video Clip Organizer Ikenna Smart (Nigeria) will certainly additionally act as BWB Africa 2024 trainers.
Raptors’ Supervisor of Worldwide Scouting Patrick Engelbrecht (South Africa), Utah Jazz Vice Head Of State of Global Scouting Luca Desta (Ethiopia) and WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries General Supervisor Ohemaa Nyanin (Ghana) will certainly act as BWB Africa 2024 camp supervisors.
Dallas Mavericks’ Head Athletic Instructor Dionne Calhoun (UNITED STATE) will certainly act as the camp’s sports instructor and Cleveland Cavaliers’ Head Stamina and Conditioning Train Derek Millender (UNITED STATE) will certainly act as the camp’s sporting activities efficiency instructor.
The gamers and trainers will certainly lead the campers via a selection of tasks, consisting of motion effectiveness drills, offending and protective ability terminals, three-point competitions, 5-on-5 video games, and life abilities and management growth sessions. An event on the last day of the camp will certainly honor the Kim Bohuny Camp A Lot Of Belongings Gamer (MVP), the Patrick Baumann Gamesmanship Honor, the B.J. Johnson A Lot Of Enhanced Gamer Honor, the Three-Point Champ and the Defensive MVP to the young boys and ladies that identify themselves on the court and as leaders.
The camp will certainly additionally include numerous neighborhood outreach efforts, consisting of a Her Time to Play workshop for the women campers on Sunday, Aug. 4 and an area involvement with South African nongovernmental company (NGO) Rhiza Babuyile in Diepsloot, Johannesburg on Monday, Aug. 5. On top of that, the BWB Africa 2024 trainers will certainly lead a basketball facility for neighborhood trainers at AISJ on Sunday, Aug. 4.
BWB Africa 2024 will certainly be sustained by Nike, an international companion of BWB because 2002, which will certainly equip individuals with Nike garments and shoes, and Gatorade, which will certainly maintain gamers and trainers moisturized throughout the camp.
Forty-one previous BWB campers were amongst the document 125 worldwide gamers on opening-night lineups for the 2023-24 NBA period, consisting of 2022-23 Kia NBA A Lot Of Belongings Gamer (MVP) Joel Embiid (Philly 76ers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2011), that came to be the initial previous BWB camper to be called NBA MVP, and 2019 NBA champ Pascal Siakam (Indiana Pacers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2012). In total amount, 13 previous BWB Africa campers have actually been composed right into the NBA because the initial BWB Africa camp in 2003. Sixty-three previous BWB Africa campers have actually additionally been included on Basketball Africa Organization group lineups over the organization’s initial 4 periods.
BWB has actually gotten to greater than 4,500 individuals from 142 nations and areas because 2001, with 127 previous campers progressing to the NBA or WNBA. The NBA and FIBA have actually presented 76 BWB camps in 51 cities throughout 33 nations on 6 continents.
The following is a total checklist of gamers joining the 20th BWB Africa camp (lineups conditional):
GIRLS
Name
Country
Ana Servico
Angola
Margarida Solunga
Angola
Zourfaou Garba
Benin
Aline Suzy Nyeck
Cameroon
Anchi Enjoh Liya
Cameroon
Traidah Matongo
Congo Brazzaville
Haya Alhalawany
Egypt
Hala Elwakil
Egypt
Janelle Nana Gyampo
Ghana
Fanta Gaye
Guinea
Fatoumata Ousmane Barry
Guinea
Nissi Mayaka
Kenya
Valentine Chelangat Korir
Kenya
Lahatra Razanakarivelo
Madagascar
Sarah Aaliyah Mellouk
Morocco
Amy Diop
Senegal
Fatou Kine Diop
Senegal
Binta Seye
Senegal
Helena Faye
Senegal
Lana Schreyer
South Africa
Reatlegile Taukobong
South Africa
Arek Ater Makuei
South Sudan
Elizabeth Singoi Laizer
Tanzania
Upendo Isaya Katamboi
Tanzania
Ines Ben Rejeb
Tunisia
Souad Garna
Tunisia
Eya Bahlous
Tunisia
Taonga Shanzi
Zambia
Choolwe Simubali
Zambia
Shamiso Makomba
Zimbabwe
BOYS
Name
Country
Graciano N’tonha
Angola
Celestino Augusto
Angola
Leandro De Carvalho
Angola
Josemar Cesar
Angola
Gaetan Twumgue Wafo *
Cameroon
Irene Patrick Guiongo
Central African Republic
Ephraim Masala
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ali Mohamed Assran *
Egypt
Mohamed Wael Shahin
Egypt
Omar Essam Soudy
Egypt
Keny Akilas Mouckocko
Gabon
Opassi Onguiti Ben
Gabon
Nana Yeboah
Ghana
Mohammed Salim Ali
Ghana
Loic Andianjatovo
Madagascar
Mohamed Sangare
Mali
Ajala Chidalu David
Nigeria
David Ugonna Ike *
Nigeria
Dante Niiayi Otite
Nigeria
Cheikh Biteye
Senegal
Cheikh Bamba Thiam
Senegal
Tinyiko Makhubela
South Africa
Demasio Dieu Bang
South Sudan
Paulino Mangar Majok *
South Sudan
Garang Garang Macham
South Sudan
Choi Thon Mangak
South Sudan
Mohamed Abdelkodous Nheri
Tunisia
Adem Slimane
Tunisia
Ahmed Bedoui *
Tunisia
Tejan Joel Rugette
Uganda
* NBA Academy Africa prospect
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BWB Africa 2023 Wrap-up Video ( Credit Score: NBAE)
Contact:
Chumani Bambani
NBA Africa, cbambani@nba.com
+27 65 548 10310 1001010.
