{"id":58096,"date":"2024-08-01T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/warriors-moody-and-raptors-quickley-headline-national-basketball-association-nba-players-to-coach-top-prospects-at-basketball-without-borders-africa-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:59:11","slug":"warriors-moody-and-raptors-quickley-headline-national-basketball-association-nba-players-to-coach-top-prospects-at-basketball-without-borders-africa-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/warriors-moody-and-raptors-quickley-headline-national-basketball-association-nba-players-to-coach-top-prospects-at-basketball-without-borders-africa-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors\u2019 Moody and Raptors\u2019 Quickley Headline National Basketball Association (NBA) Players to Coach Top Prospects at Basketball Without Borders Africa 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 1, 2024\/APO Group\/ —
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20th<\/sup> BWB Africa Camp Will Bring Together 60 of the Top High-School-Age Prospects from Across the Continent; Current and Former NBA (www.NBA.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Coaches Three-Time NBA Champion Player Sam Cassell, Jesse Mermuys, Darko Rajakovi\u0107, Ikenna Smart and Ekpe Udoh Will Serve as Camp Coaches Alongside Two-Time WNBA Champion Sylvia Fowles and Former WNBA Player Mfon Udoka.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced 60 of the top high-school-age prospects from across Africa who will participate in the 20th<\/sup> edition of the Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa camp, which will be held at the American International School of JOHANNESBURG (AISJ) in South Africa from Saturday, Aug. 3 \u2013 Tuesday, Aug. 6.<\/p>\n

BWB Africa 2024 will host 60 boys and girls from 24 African countries \u2013 including five NBA Academy Africa prospects \u2013 to learn directly from current and former NBA, WNBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches and compete alongside their peers from across the continent.\u00a0 The campers will be coached by 2016 FIBA AfroBasket U18 champion Bruno Fernando (most recently with the Atlanta Hawks; Angola), 2022 NBA champion Moses Moody (Golden State Warriors; U.S.) and 2016 FIBA U17 World Championships winner Immanuel Quickley (Toronto Raptors; U.S.).<\/p>\n

Three-time NBA champion player and Boston Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell (U.S.), Orlando Magic assistant coach Jesse Mermuys (U.S.), Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovi\u0107 (Serbia), former NBA player and Atlanta Hawks assistant coach Ekpe Udoh (U.S.; ties to Nigeria), two-time WNBA champion Sylvia Fowles (U.S.), former WNBA player and current FIBA Players\u2019 Commission Member Mfon Udoka (U.S.; ties to Nigeria) and Portland Trail Blazers Assistant Video Coordinator Ikenna Smart (Nigeria) will also serve as BWB Africa 2024 coaches.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Raptors\u2019 Director of Global Scouting Patrick Engelbrecht (South Africa), Utah Jazz Vice President of Global Scouting Luca Desta (Ethiopia) and WNBA\u2019s Golden State Valkyries General Manager Ohemaa Nyanin (Ghana) will serve as BWB Africa 2024 camp directors.<\/p>\n

Dallas Mavericks\u2019 Head Athletic Trainer Dionne Calhoun (U.S.) will serve as the camp\u2019s athletic trainer and Cleveland Cavaliers\u2019 Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Derek Millender (U.S.) will serve as the camp\u2019s sports performance coach.<\/p>\n

The players and coaches will lead the campers through a variety of activities, including movement efficiency drills, offensive and defensive skill stations, three-point contests, 5-on-5 games, and life skills and leadership development sessions.\u00a0 A ceremony on the final day of the camp will award the Kim Bohuny Camp Most Valuable Player (MVP), the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award, the B.J. Johnson Most Improved Player Award, the Three-Point Champion and the Defensive MVP to the boys and girls who distinguish themselves on the court and as leaders.<\/p>\n

The camp will also feature several community outreach initiatives, including a Her Time to Play seminar for the female campers on Sunday, Aug. 4 and a community engagement with South African nongovernmental organization (NGO) Rhiza Babuyile in Diepsloot, Johannesburg on Monday, Aug. 5.\u00a0 In addition, the BWB Africa 2024 coaches will lead a basketball clinic for local coaches at AISJ on Sunday, Aug. 4.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

BWB Africa 2024 will be supported by Nike, a global partner of BWB since 2002, which will outfit participants with Nike apparel and footwear, and Gatorade, which will keep players and coaches hydrated throughout the camp.<\/p>\n

Forty-one former BWB campers were among the record 125 international players\u00a0http:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3Yzp45I<\/a> on opening-night rosters for the 2023-24 NBA season, including 2022-23 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2011), who became the first former BWB camper to be named NBA MVP, and 2019 NBA champion Pascal Siakam (Indiana Pacers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2012).\u00a0 In total, 13 former BWB Africa campers have been drafted into the NBA since the first BWB Africa camp in 2003.\u00a0 Sixty-three former BWB Africa campers have also been featured on Basketball Africa League team rosters over the league\u2019s first four seasons.<\/p>\n

BWB has reached more than 4,500 participants from 142 countries and territories since 2001, with 127 former campers advancing to the NBA or WNBA.\u00a0 The NBA and FIBA have staged 76 BWB camps in 51 cities across 33 countries on six continents.<\/p>\n

The following is a complete list of players participating in the 20<\/em><\/strong>th<\/sup><\/em><\/strong> BWB Africa camp (rosters subject to change):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Ana Servico<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Angola<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Margarida Solunga<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Angola<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Zourfaou Garba<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Benin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Aline Suzy Nyeck<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Cameroon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Anchi Enjoh Liya<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Cameroon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Traidah Matongo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Congo Brazzaville<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Haya Alhalawany<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Hala Elwakil<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Egypt<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Janelle Nana Gyampo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Ghana<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Fanta Gaye<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Guinea<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Fatoumata Ousmane Barry<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Guinea<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Nissi Mayaka<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Kenya<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Valentine Chelangat Korir<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Kenya<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Lahatra Razanakarivelo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Madagascar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sarah Aaliyah Mellouk<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Amy Diop<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Senegal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Fatou Kine Diop<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Binta Seye<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Helena Faye<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Senegal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Lana Schreyer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South Africa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Reatlegile Taukobong<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South Africa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Arek Ater Makuei<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South Sudan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Elizabeth Singoi Laizer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tanzania<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Upendo Isaya Katamboi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Ines Ben Rejeb<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tunisia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Souad Garna<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tunisia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Eya Bahlous<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tunisia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Taonga Shanzi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Zambia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Choolwe Simubali<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Zambia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Shamiso Makomba<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Zimbabwe<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Graciano N\u2019tonha<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Celestino Augusto<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Leandro De Carvalho<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Josemar Cesar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Gaetan Twumgue Wafo *<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Cameroon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Irene Patrick Guiongo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Central African Republic<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Ephraim Masala<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Ali Mohamed Assran *<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Egypt<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mohamed Wael Shahin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Egypt<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Omar Essam Soudy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Keny Akilas Mouckocko<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Nana Yeboah<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mohammed Salim Ali<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Loic Andianjatovo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mohamed Sangare<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mali<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Ajala Chidalu David<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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David Ugonna Ike *<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Cheikh Biteye<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Cheikh Bamba Thiam<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tinyiko Makhubela<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Demasio Dieu Bang<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Paulino Mangar Majok *<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South Sudan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Garang Garang Macham<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South Sudan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Choi Thon Mangak<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South Sudan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mohamed Abdelkodous Nheri<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tunisia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Adem Slimane<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tunisia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tejan Joel Rugette<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Uganda<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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