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• Senators question NBA commissioner over relationship with dictator

The NBA is proud to have built the Basketball Africa League. But at least two United States Senators are concerned that the NBA had to do business with a dictator to make it happen....2024
• How do the Basketball Africa League and NBA compare?

As Al Ahly Libya prepare to take on Petro de Luanda in the Basketball Africa League final, how does the competition compare to the NBA?...2024
• Darlan's Bangui on cusp of BAL playoffs

Thierry Darlan's Bangui beat Khaman Maluach's City Oilers in the Basketball Africa League Nile Conference on Friday, while Egypt's Al Ahly defeated Libya's Al Ahly Benghazi....2024
• Thierry Darlan's BAL form has boosted his NBA Draft stock

Thierry Darlan's G League Ignite season was not what he'd hoped for, dealing with an injured ankle for much of it, but his form with Bangui at the Basketball Africa League has made his decision to enter the NBA Draft this year a good one....2024
• Thierry Darlan Declares For 2024 NBA Draft

Thierry Darlan, who spent most of the season with G League Ignite, has declared as an Early Entry Candidate for the 2024 NBA Draft. The 20-year-old wing is currently playing for Bangui Sporting Club out of the Central African Republic in Basketball Africa League qualifiers. With the Ignite, Darlan averaged 5.4 points and 3.7 rebounds in 19.1 minutes per game off the bench. The 6-foot-8 wing has sh...2024
• Burundi's Dynamo Basketball Club Forfeits BAL Season Over Logo Dispute

Burundi's Dynamo Basketball Club has forfeited their participation in the Basketball Africa League season. Dynamo forfeited back-to-back games, and that triggers an immediate forfeiture of the remainder of the season, under BAL rules. BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall said: "Dynamo Basketball Club (Burundi) has further refused to comply with the Basketball Africa League's rules and requirements gove...2024

• 3 NBA Draft takeaways from G League Ignite vs. Perth’s two star-studded exhibitions

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images Some of the top prospects in the 2024 NBA Draft kicked off the new draft cycle with two games in Nevada The G League Fall Invitational is quickly becoming one of my favorite events on the basketball calendar. Born out of intrigue for last year’s Victor Wembanyama vs. Scoot Henderson matchup, the Fall Invitational signals the beginning of a new dr...2023
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• Dwyane Wade cheerleads as son Zaire makes BAL Combine comeback

After a season-ending injury in 2022, Zaire Wade returned to the court at the Basketball Africa League Combine, impressing dad Dwyane Wade, cheering from the sidelines, with his resilience....2023
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2024
"Burundi's Dynamo BC have forfeited their Basketball Africa League game against FUS Rabat, set to be played on March 10, in the wake of the Burundian side's refusal to display tournament sponsor Visit Rwanda's logo."

2023
"Zaire Wade, the son of former NBA star Dwyane Wade, has agreed to sign with the Cape Town Tigers of the Basketball Africa League, a source told ESPN's Andscape."

2022
"With the second edition of the Basketball Africa League changing format and adding new teams, here's what you need to know about the NBA-affiliated tournament."

2021
"The inaugural season of the NBA's Basketball Africa League will make its long-awaited debut with a 12-team tournament beginning May 16 in Kigali, Rwanda."

2020
"The NBA-backed Basketball Africa League announced the clubs from a dozen African nations that will compete when the league begins its inaugural season in Dakar, Senegal on March 13."

2019
"The Basketball Africa League, a collaboration between the NBA and the sport's global governing body FIBA, was announced Saturday."

• Thierry Darlan Declares For 2024 NBA Draft
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• J Cole posts heartfelt message to Rwanda Patriots after short-lived career
Rapper J Cole signed a pro basketball contract with the Rwanda Patriots of the Basketball Africa League. For a long time, he had been working towards a pro career in hoops and finally got a chance to live his dream. However, after a very short career, he has decided to hang it up and was […] The post J Cole posts heartfelt message to Rwanda Patriots after short-lived career appeared first on...2021
• Rapper J. Cole signs contract to play for Rwandan club in Basketball Africa League, per report
J .Cole is taking his talents to the court...2021
• J. Cole to Sign Deal with Basketball Africa League’s Rwanda Patriots
Rappers want to be pro athletes and pro athletes want to be rappers. At least, that’s how the familiar mantra goes. On Monday, the adage had a chance to be manifested once again, as Shams Charania of Stadium and The Athletic reports that rap star J. Cole is signing a contract with the newly-formed Basketball […] The post J. Cole to Sign Deal with Basketball Africa League’s Rwanda...2021
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• J. Cole signing contract in Basketball Africa League
The inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League is starting soon, and a major American rap star will be participating. That would be known hoops lover J. Cole, who plans to officially sign a contract with the Rwanda Patriots BBC on Thursday, according to Marc Spears of The Undefeated. The New Times Rwanda originally broke […] The post J. Cole signing contract in Basketball Africa League...2021
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• Thierry Darlan Declares For 2024 NBA Draft
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• Dwyane Wade's cheering can't save Tigers from third BAL loss

Despite Zaire Wade's impressive 17 points as his father, Dwyane Wade, cheered him on in Cairo, the Cape Town Tigers lost 82-76 to Ferroviário da Beira in the Basketball Africa League on Wednesday night....2023
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• Zaire Wade To Play In Basketball Africa League

Zaire Wade, the son of Dwyane Wade, has signed for the Cape Town Tigers of the Basketball Africa League. Wade averaged 4.6 points and 1.9 assists for the Jazz's G League team last season. The BAL will feature the top 12 teams in Africa playing a total of 38 games this season....2023
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• BAL in numbers: J. Cole's stats, a kid champion, and winning margins

The inaugural Basketball Africa League came to an end on Sunday, with Zamalek of Egypt upsetting Tunisia's US Monastir. Here are a few relevant numbers to wrap up the tournament....2021
• J. Cole blasted by Basketball Africa League’s top scorer for ‘disrespectful’ showing
Despite averaging just 1.7 points per game, J.Cole is far and away the biggest name among Basketball Africa League’s handful of players. The successful American rapper just dropped a fresh new album, but signed onto the league to pursue his forgotten dream of being a hoops star. But the star hasn’t exactly been living up […] The post J. Cole blasted by Basketball Africa League...2021
• LOOK: J. Cole makes debut in Basketball Africa League, scores in first game
The rapper ended up scoring 3 points in his first appearance with the Rwanda Patriots Basketball Club...2021

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• Al Ahly's veterans, like Oregon's Ehab Amin, will be the key to BAL victory

Saturday's Basketball Africa League (BAL) final between Egypt's Al Ahly and Senegal's AS Douanes in Kigali feels like a moment which Ahly guard Ehab Amin has been preparing for all of his basketball life....2023
• Dwyane Wade's cheering can't save Tigers from third BAL loss
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• Zaire Wade has stopped trying to be universally liked

You can say anything you like about Zaire Wade, and ask him countless questions about his father, but don't disrespect the Basketball Africa League or his team....2023
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• Tigers coach fumes at Zaire v Dwyane comparisons after loss

Cape Town Tigers head coach Rasheed Hazzard implored the media at the Basketball Africa League to stop asking him about Zaire Wade's father, saying, 'I'm not coaching Dwyane Wade'....2023
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• Dwyane Wade cheerleads as son Zaire makes BAL Combine comeback
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• Source: J. Cole finishes Africa League stint

Rapper J. Cole has completed his obligation to the Basketball Africa League and is returning home for family obligations, a source told ESPN....2021
• 'Anything else will be a failure' - Ater Majok's homecoming quest for BAL glory

US Monastir's Ater Majok was only five years old when his family fled Sudan during its second civil war, and is using the Basketball Africa League as a continental homecoming of sorts....2021

• Basketball Africa League names inaugural teams
2020
• Deng named ambassador for Basketball Africa
Former NBA All-Star Luol Deng has been named global ambassador for the new Basketball Africa League....2020
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• Basketball Africa League announces the 12 teams set to compete in inaugural season starting in March
The first BAL season is set to tip off in Senegal in March...2020
• Inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League shows NBA's commitment to growing the game on the continent
The 12-team league will tip off on March 13 in Senegal...2020
• Source: Zaire Wade to play for BAL's Cape Town

Zaire Wade, the son of former NBA star Dwyane Wade, has agreed to sign with the Cape Town Tigers of the Basketball Africa League, a source told ESPN's Andscape. Wade played in 13 games for the Jazz's G League team last season....2023
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• The rise of Samkelo Cele, South Africa's best NBA hope since... Steve Nash

Cape Town Tigers forward Samkelo Cele is the reason his team reached the upcoming Basketball Africa League playoffs in Kigali, Rwanda, and hopes to become only the second South Africa-born NBA player since Steve Nash....2023
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• ESPN's guide to the Basketball Africa League 2022

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• BAL teams to field one NBA Academy player each in 2022

The Basketball Africa League will see NBA Academy Africa players taking part this year, with each of the 12 teams hosting one high school-age hooper in their ranks for the tournament....2022

1. Cody Rhodes

2. LeBron James

3. Los Angeles Lakers

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• Darlan's Bangui on cusp of BAL playoffs
2024
• Burundi's Dynamo Basketball Club Forfeits BAL Season Over Logo Dispute
2024
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• Wade watches as Tigers knocked out of BAL by Malien

Quite why the Cape Town Tigers took an injured Zaire Wade to the Basketball Africa League playoffs remains a mystery, but the star attraction was forced to watch as his side were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Mali's Stade Malien....2023
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• Randle leads Monastir to win over REG but Conference undecided

Heading into the final day of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Sahara Conference in Dakar, there is still no team which can say beyond doubt that they have qualified for the playoffs....2023
• DJ Strawberry leads Zamalek to BAL bronze against FAP

Former Phoenix Suns player DJ Strawberry led Zamalek to a convincing 97-74 win over FAP in the Basketball Africa League third-place playoff....2022
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• J. Cole signing contract in Basketball Africa League
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• Basketball Africa League announces the 12 teams set to compete in inaugural season starting in March
2020
• The Basketball Africa League (BAL) logo revealed
The Basketball Africa League (BAL), a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa and scheduled to begin play in March 2020, today unveiled the league’s official logo. The new logo, which features the silhouette of a basketball player taking a jump shot on a vibrant green, yellow, red and royal blue [...]...2019