As echoes of delight, excitement, hope and satisfaction continue trailing Saturday’s maiden outing of Templar-Adrenale National Basketball Combine project, one of the participants, Muhammed Abdulmalik is relishing the experience.
The tall youngster told Sports247 in an exclusive chat during the programme at Dolphins Sports Complex in Mangoro area of Lagos that the day’s activities exposed him to basics of the giants’ game that he expects to meet as a professional.
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He noted further how skills and ideas that would be seen while playing in USA’s National Basketball Association (NBA) were also rolled out during Saturday’s event, which he said is the first of its kind in Nigeria.
Abdulmalik eulogised the organisers, saying: “This programme is very nice. It has never happened like this in Nigeria before now. This is the first time they will organise something like this in Nigeria.
“It’s a very great programme and I’m happy to be part of it. It’s a very big achievement for me and something that prepares us for the future.
“It makes us prepared for an opportunity to make it big in the NBA Combine. We are now used to some things that we will face when we get there.”
He concluded by heaping plaudits on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s senior special assistant on grassroots sports development, Prince Adeboye Anthony Adeyinka, who organised the programme in collaboration with Templar-Adrenale.
“It’s a great opportunity for young players like me. This is something that is good for any young player to come and showcase himself.
“Any ambitious player should be here and make the best of it,” Abdulmalik advocated, while serving a strong hint that he has received extra motivation to take basketball as a career.
Sports247 reports further that over 200 young basketball talents turned up for the programme that also attracted senior players, scouts, coaches, corporate representatives, parents and stakeholders among the guests.
