NBA will open an academy Thies, Senegal, in 2017
The NBA will open an academy in Africa next year
As reported by AP, The NBA will open an academy in Africa next year, its latest move to unearth talent from outside the United States and extend the league's reach into new territories.
The African academy will be based in Thies, Senegal, and follows similar NBA projects opened this year in China, which has three academies, and Australia. Another academy in India is set to start operating in April.
The NBA aims to open the Senegal academy, its sixth, in May.
The international academies, elite training centers for boys and girls at under-16 and under-18 level, are "the biggest investment the NBA has ever made in basketball development globally," said Brooks Meek, NBA vice president of international basketball operations.
The African academy will be based in Thies, Senegal, and follows similar NBA projects opened this year in China, which has three academies, and Australia. Another academy in India is set to start operating in April.
The NBA aims to open the Senegal academy, its sixth, in May.
The international academies, elite training centers for boys and girls at under-16 and under-18 level, are "the biggest investment the NBA has ever made in basketball development globally," said Brooks Meek, NBA vice president of international basketball operations.
E. Carchia
@Sportando
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