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NBA Academy Africa
The NBA Academy Africa is a basketball team and academy operated by the National Basketball Association (NBA), located in Saly, Senegal. Opened in 2017, the academy offers both education and basketball training. Several alumni of the program have played in professional leagues. The academy is a shared program between the NBA and SEED Academy. The academy has two indoor training courts, as well as dormitories and educational facilities. Since 2022, the academy has a program called BAL Elevate with the Basketball Africa League (BAL), that allows each BAL team to select an academy player to feature on its roster during the season. A year earlier, in 2021, Mohab Yasser became the first academy player to play in the BAL and also the first player to win the league championship. For the following 2023 season, the NBA Academy enrolled its own team in the Road to BAL qualifiers where they played against professional teams. Despite being ineligible to qualify for the BAL, they finished with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saly
Saly (also called Sali or Saly Portudal) is a seaside resort and urban commune in Thiès Region on the Petite Côte of Senegal, south of Dakar. It is a major tourist destination in Senegal. History Saly was originally a Portuguese trading post known as ''Porto de Ale'', which became ''Portudal'', and later ''Sali Portudal''. It hosted Dutch merchants as well as the Portuguese by at least the late 16th century. On February 24, 1984, the resort was created on a previously unoccupied tract of land near the former trading post. It was about this time that Tourism in Senegal, tourism began to take off in Senegal. Administration Saly is part of M'bour Department, M'bour, Thiès Region, Thiès. Flora The resort is located on a sandy beach lined with coconut palm trees. Population The population is difficult to quantify because of the constant stream of tourists in and out of the area as well as the number of temporary residents. It has been suggested that an average of 20,000 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugonna Kingsley
Ugonna Kingsley Onyenso (born 25 September 2004) is a Nigerian college basketball player for the Virginia Cavaliers. He previously played for the Kentucky Wildcats and the Kansas State Wildcats. He also plays for the Nigeria national team, where he is the youngest player to ever play for the team at age 17. Standing at 7 ft 0 in (2.11 m) with a wing span of 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m), he plays the center position. Early career Born in Owerri, Onyenso played football as a kid before a local coach proposed playing basketball to him. Kingsley was a student-athlete at the NBA Academy Africa The NBA Academy Africa is a basketball team and academy operated by the National Basketball Association (NBA), located in Saly, Senegal. Opened in 2017, the academy offers both education and basketball training. Several alumni of the program have p ... in Thiès, Senegal, where he played for three years. In January 2021, he moved to the United States to play for the Putnam Science Academy in Putn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Education And Training
Sport is a physical activity or game, often Competition, competitive and organization, organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be Open (sport), open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamo BBC
Dynamo Basketball Club, also known simply as Dynamo, is a basketball club based in Bujumbura, Burundi. Established in 1968, the team competes in both the Viva Basketball League and the Bujumbura Amateurs Basketball Club Association (ACBAB). In the 2024 season, Dynamo played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) as the first team from Burundi to play in the league. After winning their opening game, the team was forced to withdraw after it refused to wear a logo advertising Rwanda, over political reasons. History Dynamo Basketball Club was founded in 1968. On September 25, 2016, Dynamo won its first-ever Burundian National Championship. In the 2017–18 season, Dynamo had a historically successful season, winning the ACBAB title, Heroes' Cup, and President's Cup. Their Bujumbura title was their first since 20 years earlier, in 1998. The team captured another ACBAB championship in 2019. Dynamo also qualified for the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments. 2024 BAL season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pazi BBC
Pazi Basketball Club, also known simply as Pazi, is a Tanzanian basketball club based in Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (, ; from ) is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa by population and the .... The team plays in the Regional Basketball Association (RBA) and the National Basketball League. Pazi won their first-ever national league title in 2022, and as such represented Tanzania in the Road to BAL 2024 tournament. They hosted the first round in Dar es Salaam, and behind players Dhieu Deing, Hasheem Thabeet and Baraka Athumani, Pazi advanced to the Elite 16. Honours National Basketball League * Champions (1): 2022 Regional Basketball Association (RBA) * Champions (1): 2022 Players Current roster The following roster played for Pazi in the 2024 BAL qualification tournaments. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Town Tigers
The Cape Town Tigers are a South African professional basketball team founded in Cape Town. The Tigers have played in the Basketball National League (BNL) and played in three seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) between 2022 and 2024. Established in 2019, the Tigers are based in Gugulethu, and have won the South African national championship three times, and qualified for the BAL through the Road to BAL three times. History The Cape Town Tigers (Pty) Ltd. was founded in 2019 by U.S.-based holding company Severus LLC. The Tigers' first roster featured American import players Davon Dillard, Shaq McFarlan and Nigerian import Austin Ajukwa. Two former NBA players Billy Preston and Ben Uzoh joined the second roster in 2021 and helped winning the first national championship. Several players for the South African national team were also on the team, such as Pieter Prinsloo, Christopher Gabriel, Thabo Sithole and Lehlogonolo Tholo. In September 2021, the Tigers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alone and over 14.8 million in the urban agglomeration, it is classified as a Megacity#List of megacities, megacity and List of urban areas by population, one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. Johannesburg is the provinces of South Africa, provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, and seat of the country's highest court, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court. The city is located within the mineral-rich Witwatersrand hills, the epicentre of the international mineral and gold trade. The richest city in Africa by GDP and private wealth, Johannesburg functions as the economic capital of South Africa and is home to the continent's largest stock exchange, the Johannesburg Stock Exchang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis Park Arena
The Ellis Park Arena (formerly Standard Bank Arena and often acknowledged as Ellis Park Indoor Arena) is an indoor sporting arena located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people. A large number of sports events and concerts have occurred in this arena. Facilities The Ellis Park Arena has 4,300 permanent seats which give all spectators an unobstructed view. In addition there are retractable seats on the east and west sides on the floor for an additional 850 spectators. Chairs can also be placed on the floor up to a maximum of 1,200 making the capacity of the Arena approximately 6,300. There is a covered walkway around the Arena which includes a theatre style foyer, a fully licensed bar facility, as well as refreshment outlets and entertainment areas. Several suites in the Ellis Park Arena have a cocktail environment and can be used for private functions. While the Donald Ross Room accommodates 100 people, the VIP suite and Media Centre each cate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Scotiabank Arena, which it shares with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded in 1995 as part of the NBA's Expansion of the NBA, expansion into Canada, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies. Since the 2001–02 NBA season, 2001–02 season, the Raptors have been the only Canadian team in the league, as the Grizzlies Vancouver Grizzlies relocation to Memphis, relocated from Vancouver to Memphis Grizzlies, Memphis, Tennessee. As with most expansion teams, the Raptors struggled in their early years, but after the acquisition of Vince Carter through a 1998 NBA draft, draft-day trade in 1998, the franchise set league-attendance records and made the NBA p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference. The Grizzlies play their home games at FedExForum. The Grizzlies are currently the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues based in the city of Memphis, one of 4 professional teams in the state of Tennessee, along with the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League, the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League, and Nashville SC of Major League Soccer all of which play in Nashville, and the only professional basketball team in the state. The team was originally established in Canada as the Vancouver Grizzlies in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the . After the 2000–01 season concluded, the Grizzlies left Vancouver and move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 NBA Draft
The 2024 NBA draft was the 78th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual NBA draft, draft. Unlike recent years, the 2024 draft took place over two nights. This was the first NBA draft to be held on multiple nights since the draft was shortened to two rounds, with earlier drafts consisting of as few as three or as many as twenty-one rounds prior to the current format's debut in 1989. The first round of the draft took place on June 26, 2024, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, while the second round took place on June 27 at South Street Seaport#ESPN studios, ESPN's Seaport District Studios in Manhattan. The time between second-round picks expanded from two minutes to four. For the third year in a row, the draft consists of 58 picks instead of the typical 60, this time due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Phoenix Suns for violating the NBA's Tapping up, tampering rules during free agency. The List of first overall NBA d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBA Draft
The NBA draft is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) annual event, dating back to 1947 BAA draft, 1947, in which the teams in the league can Draft (sports), draft players who declare for the draft and that are Eligibility for the NBA draft, eligible to join their organization. The current NBA consists of 30 teams, and all thirty teams have at least one draft pick throughout the two draft rounds. Historically, the vast majority of players drafted into the NBA are college basketball players. It is now common for players to also be drafted from international professional leagues, the NBA G League Ignite, G League Ignite team, and youth professional basketball leagues. College players who have finished their four-year college eligibility are automatically eligible for selection, while the underclassmen have to declare their eligibility and give up their remaining college eligibility. International players who are at least 22 years old are automatically eligible for selection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
