Three teenage Cameroonian basketballers will feature in this year’s NBA BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS AFRICA camp which will be held at the American International School of Johannesburg (AISJ) in South Africa from Saturday, Aug. 3 – Tuesday, Aug. 6.
The three participants, two girls, Aline Suzy Nyeck, Anchi Enjoh Liya, and a boy Gaetan Twumgue Wafo, a prominent NBA Africa academy prospect, will be flying the country’s flag high at camp.
The 2024 BWB Africa camp jointly organized by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) will bring together 60 boys and girls from 24 African countries – including five NBA Academy Africa prospects – to learn directly from current and former NBA, WNBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches and compete alongside their peers from across the continent.
The campers will be coached by 2016 FIBA AfroBasket U18 champion Bruno Fernando (most recently with the Atlanta Hawks; Angola), 2022 NBA champion Moses Moody (Golden State Warriors; U.S.), and 2016 FIBA U17 World Championships winner Immanuel Quickley (Toronto Raptors; U.S.).
Three-time NBA champion player and Boston Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell (U.S.), Orlando Magic assistant coach Jesse Mermuys (U.S.), Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković (Serbia), former NBA player and Atlanta Hawks assistant coach Ekpe Udoh (U.S.; ties to Nigeria), two-time WNBA champion Sylvia Fowles (U.S.), former WNBA player and current FIBA Players’ Commission Member Mfon Udoka (U.S.; ties to Nigeria) and Portland Trail Blazers Assistant Video Coordinator Ikenna Smart (Nigeria) will also serve as BWB Africa 2024 coaches.
The players and coaches will lead the campers through various activities, including movement efficiency drills, offensive and defensive skill stations, three-point contests, 5-on-5 games, and life skills and leadership development sessions. A ceremony on the final day of the camp will award the Kim Bohuny Camp Most Valuable Player (MVP), the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award, the B.J. Johnson Most Improved Player Award, the Three-Point Champion and the Defensive MVP to the boys and girls who distinguish themselves on the court and as leaders.
The BWB Africa camp has served as a grooming for future talents with Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers attending the BWB Africa camp in 2011 while 2019 NBA champion Pascal Siakam of the Indiana Pacers appeared in the 2012 camp.
In total, 13 former BWB Africa campers have been drafted into the NBA since the first BWB Africa camp in 2003.
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