The 2017 NBA Africa Game was an exhibition
basketball game played on 5 August 2017, in the
Ticketpro Dome in
Johannesburg,
South Africa. It was the second NBA game to take place on the continent of
Africa and the first since the
NBA Africa Game 2015. The teams involved were Team Africa, featuring NBA players and alumni that were born in or had parents born in Africa, and Team World, featuring NBA players from the rest of the world.[1]
^Layden, Tim (25 March 2013).
"Victor Oladipo's rise from overlooked recruit to Indiana superstar". SportsIllustrated.cnn.com. Archived from
the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013. [Chris Oladipo] says he was born in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, raised in the rural community of Blama (population 8,146)...
The 2017 NBA Africa Game was an exhibition
basketball game played on 5 August 2017, in the
Ticketpro Dome in
Johannesburg,
South Africa. It was the second NBA game to take place on the continent of
Africa and the first since the
NBA Africa Game 2015. The teams involved were Team Africa, featuring NBA players and alumni that were born in or had parents born in Africa, and Team World, featuring NBA players from the rest of the world.[1]
^Layden, Tim (25 March 2013).
"Victor Oladipo's rise from overlooked recruit to Indiana superstar". SportsIllustrated.cnn.com. Archived from
the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013. [Chris Oladipo] says he was born in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, raised in the rural community of Blama (population 8,146)...