NBA commissioner announces Barack Obama to be involved with Basketball Africa League

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill

NBA commissioner announces Barack Obama to be involved with Basketball Africa League
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 02/16/19 07:04 PM EST



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NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced Saturday that former President Barack Obama will be involved in a project to develop a basketball league in Africa, the NBA's first league outside of the U.S.

The Basketball Africa League will consist of 12 teams from nine countries including Angola, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, and Senegal, according to Bleacher Report, with each country being limited to two teams. The league will hold qualifiers later this year to determine the participants for the first year of official play in 2020.

The former president's role has reportedly not yet been determined.

"As we've been talking about this concept over the last several months, there's been a tremendous reception from several of our NBA team owners," Silver said, according to Bleacher Report.

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[Karadeniz]

1. This could be good, as long as soccer keeps the hooligans!

[Mr.Bill]

2. I'm sure the Trumpanzees will announce

their boycott of the NBA shortly.

[Aristus]

4. My money is on the first right-winger who spews: "PROOF! He's from Kenya!

I knew it all along! illegitimate Presidency!"

[oldsoftie]

7. Have they ever STOPPED??

[Aristus]

9. Fair point.

[griloco]

12. Too busy for the NBA

All those golf lessons, doncha know. Particularly the lessons on how to find lost balls.

[Kurt V.]

3. the NBA is a global league. this is great

[Scurrilous]

5. K&R

[NastyRiffraff]

6. I'm so happy for him!

He loves basketball, so this will be fun as well as a chance to contribute. Whatever he does in the league I'm sure it will be terrific.

[rurallib]

8. Maybe he'll even get to suit up for a game

[Pantagruel]

10. Once out of prison

Trump will counter with an all Aryan league.

[dhol82]

11. .....

[Dem2theMax]

13. That made me laugh out loud!

[vlyons]

14. this will ne huge

in addition to all the jobs, it will mean new arenas (more construction jobs), more athletic scholarships to African colleges, more high school leagues, more public parks with ball courts.