By Africa News
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The Africa Basketball League (BAL) is in its fourth season. Now a must-attend event on the continental basketball scene, interest in the league continues to grow among lovers of the sport.
It’s a boon for the continent’s talents, such as Thierry Darlan, a young Central African who graduated from the NBA Academy in Dakar.
_”It’s really good for African basketball. As you can see, there’s a lot of people here, and they’re talking about it everywhere._Even the Americans I played for say that basketball in Africa is evolving a lot more because there are prospects arriving, there’s Kaman, there’s El Weish and lots of others. So it’s good exposure for young Africans,” says the Bangui SC player.
But beyond shaping the dreams of these young basketball players, the BAL gives another dimension to African basketball. The players involved are almost unanimous that the competition is revolutionising the sport in several ways. READ MORE…
