Pieter Prinsloo in REG colours

Prinsloo beginning to light up in the colours of REG

SOUTH African-born baller Pieter Prinsloo needed to be near his country of birth, even if it meant being airborne for a couple of hours. So when the Rwandan club REG tabled a good offer for his services, the big man did not have to think twice about signing on the dotted line and jetting off to the land of a thousand hills with his family in tow.

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Derrick Ogechi of Nairobi City Thunder

Ogechi, Thunder ready to put on a show for Kenya at the BAL

DERRICK Ogechi has experienced the upsides and downsides of basketball on the continent. Late last year, he and his Nairobi City Thunder teammates were celebrated like kings for scaling new heights in Kenya’s basketball. Sadly the table turned when he donned the national team jersey. He and the Morans experienced a baptism of fire in the recent AfroBasket qualifiers.

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Sam Vincent MBB head coach

Vincent wants to add brush and polish to MBB’s game

FEELINGS of excitement and anticipation engulfed new MBB coach Sam Vincent since he arrived in South Africa last week, a country he last set foot in almost three decades ago. Back then, he was a pro player sweating it out on the hardwoods of the then-Professional Basketball League, one of the catalysts of the country’s exciting but short-lived basketball boom and buzz.

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Youssef Shousha in action at Al Ittihad

Shousha dreams of BAL glory and the Intercontinental Cup

AL ITTIHAD Alexandria, one of Egypt’s most prestigious basketball clubs, is set to make its long-awaited debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) this season. As a powerhouse in Egyptian basketball, Ittihad has long aspired to compete on the continental stage, but the path to this moment has been filled with challenges. Years of close calls, setbacks, and unwavering determination have defined their journey, making this qualification all the more significant.

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Omar Abada in action for Club Africain

Abada chasing domestic glory with Club Africain

TUNISIAN virtuoso floor general Omar Abada returned home a year ago after spending two years in the Middle East, after being on what you could call a basketball pilgrimage. The point guard says those years spent between Saudi Arabia and Syria helped refine his game.

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Thierry Serge Darlan in action for the Delaware Bluecoats

Darlan finds his groove in Delaware with the Blue Coats

THIERRY Serge Darlan cracked a smile when asked about a picture of his much younger self holding up a certificate on his IG account. The image in question is the last in a series depicting Darlan’s journey from his homeland, the Central African Republic, to his current NBA G League franchise, the Delaware Blue Coats.

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Neo Mothiba and MBB

Mothiba ready step into bright lights and action of the BAL

FRIDAY, 28 February, was a day of contrasting emotions for South African certified baller and legend Neo Mothiba. On that day, while looking forward to what he termed a grudge match against his former club Jozi Nuggets, the draw for the much anticipated Season 5 of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) took place a few hours earlier.

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