The Basketball Africa League s third season, won by Egypt s Al Ahly, was played at a higher level than the first two editions, and there were plenty of talking points in the wake of the final in Kigali.
They're refining skills of young prospects at the NBA Academy in Africa. The vocabulary, too. “There is a word that really we don't like, which is ‘raw,'" said Franck Traore, head of basketball operations for NBA Africa.
Joel Embiid and Pascal Siakam are the NBA s current Cameroonian stars, but Chicago Bulls legend Joakim Noah, who also hails from the African nation, has tipped teenager Ulrich Chomche to be the nations next fighting spirit and hope .
The US college basketball landscape has become even more global this season as four high-profile African prospects joined Division 1 teams, with the likes of UConn, Oral Roberts and Louisville reaping the benefits of the NBA Academy s efforts.
Highlighted by top-level recruits Thierry Darlan and Khaman Maluach, we take a look at the top talents in NBA Academy Africa, one of the premier basketball programs in the world.