"If infrastructure was near what it's like in America, Africans would dominate the NBA."
With guests Michael Finley
Episode notes
Michael Finley is senior director and country operations lead for the NBA in Kenya. He's part of the team behind the Basketball Africa League (BAL) a professional league based on the continent. The league's fifth season featured 156 players from a record 28 countries. Claude talks to him about how something so uniquely American has made such a strong impact in Africa.
Transcript
1.53 NBA’s presence in Africa
4.07 From Georgia, America to Nairobi, Kenya
6.14 The greatest moments for an African basketball fan
9.50 The legacy of John Thompson
11.50 How African players are making their presence felt in the NBA
14.15 How basketball plays well on social media
17.20 How the US government got involved
21.34 BAL Season 5: was it a success?
23.25 Is BAL financially viable?
26.00 The example of NBA expansion in China
28.13 BAL in the USA
30.30 N...
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