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Twenty-Five Basketball Coaches from 15 African Countries Selected for NBA 2K25 Summer League;\u00a0Five Players Who Featured in the 2024 BAL Season (https:\/\/BAL.NBA.com\/<\/a>) to Compete in Las Vegas.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Twenty-five basketball coaches from 15 African countries have been selected to participate in the NBA 2K25 Summer League which will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 12 -22, 2024.\u00a0 The selected coaches form part of the Africa Coaches Program, which builds on NBA Africa\u2019s and Basketball Africa League\u2019s (BAL) commitment to building capacity and expertise of coaches from across the continent, improving the quality of the on-court product, and contributing to the continued growth of basketball on the continent. \u00a0Eight of the coaches represent teams that have participated in the BAL.<\/p>\n

Please see below for some of the notable storylines, followed by the full roster of the African coaches, players, and referees who will take part in the Summer League.<\/p>\n

African Coaches Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

Building Continuity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Six teams that took part in the 2024 BAL season will have at least one coach participating \u2013 Al Ahly (Egypt), Bangui Sporting Club (Central Africa Republic) City Oilers (Uganda), FUS de Rabat (Morocco), Rivers Hoopers (Nigeria), and US Monastir (Tunisia).\u00a0
\n\tSixteen of the 24 coaches will take part in the Africa Coaches Program for the first time.
\n\tRivers Hoopers head coach Ogoh Odaudu<\/strong> was named 2024 BAL Coach of the Year and led his team to a third-place finish this season. \u00a0Rivers Hoopers\u2019 head coach since 2009, Odaudu coached the team to five Nigerian Premier League titles. \u00a0Since 2019, Odaudu has been a member of the coaching staff on the Nigerian national team.\u00a0
\n\tTwo coaches \u2013 Francois Enyegue<\/strong> (Cameroon; San Antonio Spurs) and Emmanuel Mavomo<\/strong> (Democratic Republic of the Congo; Milwaukee Bucks) \u2013 return to the Summer League for a third consecutive year. \u00a0Last year, they coached with the Orlando Magic and\u00a0Utah Jazz,\u00a0respectively.\u00a0 Enyegue is currently the head coach of Bangui Sporting Club (Central Africa Republic) and served as head coach of Team Africa&Middle East Girls at the Jr. NBA Global Championship in 2018.\u00a0 Mavomo is NBA G League\u2019s Austin Spurs assistant coach and served as an assistant coach of Paris Basketball and BC Espoir Fukash during the 2022 BAL season.<\/p>\n

Empowering the Next Generation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three players with BAL experience who have decided to take up a career in coaching will be part of this year\u2019s program. \u00a0John Wilkins <\/strong>(Rivers Hoopers), Mohamed Gaddour<\/strong> (US Monastir), and Radouane Slimane<\/strong> (US Monastir) will respectively join the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, and Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

NBA Academy Africa Well-Represented<\/strong><\/p>\n

NBA Academy Africa players development coaches Goitsemang Ditsheko<\/strong> (South Africa) and Karim Nesba<\/strong> (Morocco) will coach with the Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings respectively.\u00a0 Based at the NBA Academy Africa in Saly, Senegal since 2022, Ditsheko is part of the academy coaching staff who worked with NBA Academy Africa\u2019s first NBA draftee, Cameroon\u2019s Ulrich Chomche<\/strong>, selected with the number 57 overall by the Memphis Grizzlier and traded to the Toronto Raptors in the 2024 NBA Draft.\u00a0 While enrolled at NBA Academy Africa, Chomche competed in the BAL as part of the BAL Elevate program, representing Rwanda Energy Group Basketball (REGBBC) in 2023 and Cameroon\u2019s Forces Arm\u00e9es et Police (FAP) in 2022.\u00a0 Karim Nesba is a former AS Sal\u00e9 and Morocco National Team player.\u00a0 He coached the Uganda City Oilers in the 2024 BAL season and the BAL Select Team at Quai 54 this summer.\u00a0 NBA Academy Africa Alumni Ibou Badji<\/strong> (Senegal) and Babacar San\u00e9<\/strong> (Senegal) will be playing with the Milwaukee Bucks and Utah Jazz respectively. Badji who signed a two-way contract with Portland Trail Blazers last season, played 22 games in the 2023-24 NBA season. San\u00e9 former BAL Elevate player has played with the G League Ignite since 2022.<\/p>\n

Female Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the first time, three female coaches will participate in the Africa Coaches Program \u2013 Sofia Bey<\/strong> (Morocco; Sacramento Kings), Aliaa Mahmoud Mohamed<\/strong> (Egypt; Washington Wizards), Ruth Bibeyi<\/strong> (Gabon; Los Angeles Lakers).\u00a0 They join the Africa Coaches Program as part of NBA Africa\u2019s and the BAL\u2019s efforts to provide more opportunities for women in basketball. \u00a0
\n\tSofia Bey (Morocco, Sacramento Kings) is the head coach of Wydad Athletic in Morocco. \u00a0Bey participated 2022 FIBA Africa Regional Youth Camp and was selected for the FIBA Young Coach program in 2015.
\n\tRuth Bibeyi (Gabon; Los Angeles Lakers) was the head coach of Espoir Basket Club (Gabon) which participated in Road to the BAL 2023.\u00a0 Aliaa Mahmoud (Egypt, Washington Wizards) was the assistant coach of FIBA U19 Women\u2019s Basketball World Cup 2023.<\/p>\n

Please see below for the complete list of African coaches participating in the NBA 2K25 Summer League and the NBA teams coaching staff they have joined.<\/p>\n

First name<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last name<\/strong><\/p>\n

Country of origin<\/strong><\/p>\n

NBA Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mohamed Lamine<\/p>\n

Kriedeche<\/p>\n

Algeria<\/p>\n

New Orleans Pelicans<\/p>\n

Stef<\/p>\n

Pare<\/p>\n

Burkina Faso<\/p>\n

Orlando Magic<\/p>\n

Francois<\/p>\n

Enyengue<\/p>\n

Cameroon<\/p>\n

San Antonio Spurs<\/p>\n

Victor<\/p>\n

Samnick<\/p>\n

Cameroon<\/p>\n

Denver Nuggets<\/p>\n

Pierrot<\/p>\n

Ilunga<\/p>\n

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

Toronto Raptors<\/p>\n

Emmanuel<\/p>\n

Mavomo<\/p>\n

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

Milwaukee Bucks<\/p>\n

Ahmed<\/p>\n

Elgarhi<\/p>\n

Egypt<\/p>\n

Minnesota Timberwolves<\/p>\n

Alia<\/p>\n

Mahmoud<\/p>\n

Egypt<\/p>\n

Washington Wizards<\/p>\n

Ruth<\/p>\n

Bibeyi<\/p>\n

Gabon<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Lakers<\/p>\n

Ahmed<\/p>\n

Salam<\/p>\n

Morocco<\/p>\n

Atlanta Hawks<\/p>\n

John<\/p>\n

Wilkins<\/p>\n

Morocco<\/p>\n

Phoenix Suns<\/p>\n

Sofia<\/p>\n

Bey<\/p>\n

Morocco<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings<\/p>\n

Karim<\/p>\n

Nesba<\/p>\n

Morocco<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings<\/p>\n

Leonel<\/p>\n

Manhique<\/p>\n

Mozambique<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Nets<\/p>\n

Ogoh<\/p>\n

Odaudu<\/p>\n

Nigeria<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers<\/p>\n

Mohamed<\/p>\n

Abdulrahman<\/p>\n

Nigeria<\/p>\n

Utah Jazz<\/p>\n

Mugisha Igor<\/p>\n

Keys<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/p>\n

Boston Celtics<\/p>\n

Prosper<\/p>\n

Naci<\/p>\n

Rwanda<\/p>\n

Philadelphia 76ers<\/p>\n

Matar<\/p>\n

Mbodji<\/p>\n

Senegal<\/p>\n

Chicago Bulls<\/p>\n

Goitsemang<\/p>\n

Ditsheko<\/p>\n

South Africa<\/p>\n

Houston Rockets<\/p>\n

Akech Wuoi Garang<\/p>\n

Ajak<\/p>\n

South Sudan<\/p>\n

New York Knicks<\/p>\n

Bechir<\/p>\n

Hadidane<\/p>\n

Tunisia<\/p>\n

Memphis Grizzlies<\/p>\n

Mhamed<\/p>\n

Gaddour<\/p>\n

Tunisia<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Clippers<\/p>\n

Radouane<\/p>\n

Slimane<\/p>\n

Tunisia<\/p>\n

Miami Heat<\/p>\n

Andrew<\/p>\n

Senyondwa<\/p>\n

Uganda<\/p>\n

Trailblazers Portland<\/p>\n

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BAL Season 4 Players*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five players who played in the 2024 BAL season are set to feature in this year\u2019s Summer League: Jo Lual-Acuil Jr<\/strong>. (South Sudan; Sacramento Kings), Samkelo Cele<\/strong> (South Africa; New York Knicks), Obadiah Noel<\/strong> (USA; New York Knicks) Devine Eke<\/strong> (Nigeria, Milwaukee Bucks), and Makhtar Gueye<\/strong> (Senegal; Atlanta Hawks).<\/p>\n

Lual-Acuil Jr. averaged 21.1 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks during the last BAL season, helping Al Ahly Ly (Libya) to the 2024 BAL Finals. \u00a0Lual-Acuil Jr. won the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy as the 2024 BAL Most Valuable Player and the Dikembe Mutombo Trophy as the Defensive Player of the Year. \u00a0Lual-Acuil Jr. also emerged as the 2024 BAL Scoring Champion and was named to the 2024 All-BAL First Team and the All-BAL Defensive Team.
\n\tCele averaged 20.2 points per game and finished second in scoring in the league. \u00a0He led South Africa\u2019s Cape Town Tigers to the semifinals and was named to both the 2024 All-BAL First Team and All-Defensive Team.
\n\tObadiah averaged 19.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game with Arm\u00e9e Patriotique Rwandaise basketball (APR; Rwanda) in the Sahara Conference last season.
\n\tEke registered 16.6 points and 11.3 rebounds per game, leading Nigeria\u2019s Rivers Hoopers to third place in the last BAL season.
\n\tGueye represented Burundi\u2019s Dynamo Basketball Club in the inaugural Kalahari Conference last season.
\n\tCele and Gueye were part of the BAL Select team that featured at the 2024 Quai 54 Streetball Tournament, the world\u2019s biggest streetball tournament in Paris, France, last month.<\/p>\n

*Rosters are subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n

Referees with BAL Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five referees who officiated in the 2024 BAL season will also join the program, including Annie Joyce Muchenu<\/strong> (Zimbabwe). \u00a0Muchenu became a FIBA international referee in September 2008 and was appointed to officiate at the FIBA Women\u2019s Champions Cup in Nairobi, Kenya the same year. \u00a0She has since officiated at major competitions on the African continent including junior and senior tournaments but has also officiated at two All Africa Games (2011 and 2015), three FIBA U-17 World Cups, two FIBA U-19 World Cups, pre-Olympic Qualifiers and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, and the BAL since the beginning of the competition. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Please see below the complete list of African referees:<\/p>\n

NAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

COUNTRY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oumar Sy<\/p>\n

Mauritania<\/p>\n

Yann Davidson<\/p>\n

Madagascar<\/p>\n

Annie Joyce Muchenu<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe<\/p>\n

Vitalis Gode<\/p>\n

Kenya (Referee Supervisor)<\/p>\n

Silver Houngbedji<\/p>\n

Benin<\/p>\n

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Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Basketball Africa League (BAL).<\/p>

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