A Milwaukee Bucks player is participating in the first-ever NBA game in Africa this Saturday.
Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Team Africa along with nine other first and second-generation African players. They will play against a team of NBA players from the rest of the world.
Antetokoumpo was born in Greece to Nigerian parents. He said this game means a lot not, only for the NBA to expand its global image, but also for Africa.
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“I can see like how excited all the people like it in South Africa, are for this game,” he said. “It means a lot in order to for moving forward — for making these games here for moving forward. It’s a lot of people here to see how the NBA works and for a lot of kids here to be able to be here.”
This NBA Africa game will air live on Saturday at 8 a.m. CST on ESPN.
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