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Nigeria s Rivers Hoopers used BAL delay to strengthen roster
While Nigeria s Rivers Hoopers are still trying to navigate the sea of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, head coach Ogoh Odaudu told ESPN that the Basketball Africa League s delay was a blessing in disguise .
The BAL, an initiative by the NBA to grow the game in Africa, was originally scheduled for its debut in March 2020, but, just weeks before tip off in Senegal, the coronavirus pandemic made that impossible. Now, more than a year later, a condensed and bubbled version will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, over the last two weeks in May, starting on the 16th.