SOUTH African-born power forward Nhlanhla Vela has earned himself a contract in the Middle East to play for Bahrain club Issa Town.
Vela, from South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, was part of the Johannesburg Giants roster for this year’s Basketball Africa League (BAL) Kalahari Conference.
The former University of Pretoria student played for the South African national student team at the 2023 FISU Games in Chengdu, China, and the 2024 CUCSA Games in Tshwane, South Africa.
He spent a season in Armenia, where he played for A League club Artik BC and averaged 14.8 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 13 games.
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