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Seven Nigerian Male Basketball Players Will Participate For NBA Next Generation Programme

Seven Nigerian male basketball players will participate for Next Generation programme that will hold on April 6th and ends on the 8th at Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Their names are Chukwudalu Calistus Egbejiogu, Victor Ezeh, John Kenoye, Oluwatobi Samuel Ariyibi, Joshua Ojianwuna, Nelly Joseph and Abdou Aziz Bandaogo.

Others are Papa Malick Thiam (Senegal), Kurt-Curry Wegscheider (Central African Republic), Babacar Faye (Senegal) Saliou Seye (Senegal) and Mouhamed Lamine Mbaye (Senegal)
Four African female players – Diouma Berthe (Mali), Alexia Dizeko (Angola), Yacine Ndiaye (Senegal), Aicha Ndour (Senegal) – will take part in the Women’s version which will take place Tampa, Florida from April 5-7.

The 12 prospects, selected from The NBA Academy Africa, will travel to Minneapolis and Tampa, respectively, for a weekend of player development and educational programming as part of Next Generation Sunday and, for the first time, Women’s Next Generation Saturday.