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NBA plans pro league in Africa with direct involvement from former President Barack Obama
AP ^
| Feb. 16, 2019
| Tim Reynolds
Posted on 02/17/2019 4:33:01 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
The NBA is bringing a pro league to Africa.
The Basketball Africa League, a new collaboration between the NBA and the sport's global governing body FIBA, was announced Saturday. The initial plan is for the 12-team league to begin play in January, and former President Barack Obama is among those who are expected to have direct involvement with the league's plan to keep growing the game in Africa through the league and other initiatives.
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To: ConservativeStatement
To: ConservativeStatement
Solyndra’d and false hope...
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02/17/2019 4:35:46 PM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
To: ConservativeStatement
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02/17/2019 4:35:51 PM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: ConservativeStatement
Hey Obama, ditch the 3-point line, please.
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:37:24 PM PST
by
lesko
To: ConservativeStatement
I suspect that this is very much about transferring large amounts of money to bad people, and very little about sports.
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:38:22 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:38:40 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: ConservativeStatement
At first glance I saw NRA...silly me.
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:38:50 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: ConservativeStatement
I thought the NBA was already an Africam league.
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02/17/2019 4:39:04 PM PST
by
Phillyred
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:39:07 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: Gamecock
That’s the only one I could find, too.
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:39:18 PM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Gamecock
Heh heh, you knew you’d better get here fast to beat me to it.
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02/17/2019 4:40:09 PM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
I wonder if there will be something similar to the Rooney Rule.
To: ConservativeStatement
Wake Forest got Tim Duncan from the Caribbean. Europe has got basketball. Long live NBA Africa.
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02/17/2019 4:40:42 PM PST
by
Trumpet 1
(US Constitution is my guide.)
To: ClearCase_guy
“I suspect that this is very much about transferring large amounts of money to bad people, and very little about sports.”
GMTA - and only 6 posts into the thread, too!
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:41:31 PM PST
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: ConservativeStatement
ya lets see how well Community Organizing works for him over there...
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02/17/2019 4:42:57 PM PST
by
sit-rep
To: Phillyred
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02/17/2019 4:43:13 PM PST
by
aquila48
To: ConservativeStatement
No diversity makes us stronger?
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:45:00 PM PST
by
2banana
(Were you)
To: ConservativeStatement
Will Reggie Love be a ‘head coach’
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:45:31 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
To: ConservativeStatement
I guess he is putting his African citizenship to use.
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posted on
02/17/2019 4:45:44 PM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
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