Team Africa will face off against Team World in South Africa on Aug. 1, featuring international superstars like Luol Deng and Festus Ezeli.
This Saturday, the NBA will play its first game in Africa. The two teams, one consisting of NBA players from Africa and one of NBA players from the rest of the world, will face off at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Team Africa’s roster includes two-time NBA All-Star Luol Deng, Al-Farouq Aminu, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Festus Ezeli.
Serge Ibaka, while out with an injury, was also named to the squad.
Each player on the African team’s squad is from the continent, or has at least one parent who is. Collectively, they represent South Sudan (Deng); Nigeria (Aminu, Antetokounmpo, and Ezeli); Cameroon (Nicolas Batum and Luc Mbah a Moute); Democratic Republic of Congo (Bismack Biyombo); Senegal (Boris Diaw and Gorgui Dieng); and the Congo (Ibaka).
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Team World includes Nikola Vucevic from Montenegro, and Spanish brothers Pau and Marc Gasol.
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Several American players, like Chris Paul and Kenneth Faried, round out the roster.
Chris Paul runs a drill at the Basketball without Borders camp in Johannesburg.
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