The 2023–24 NBA season begins on Tuesday night with about 450 players across 30 teams jostling to help their respective franchises. Like every other sports league in the world, Africans also ply their trade in the NBA, arguably the best basketball league in the world. Afrosport takes a look at five of the biggest African players that are expected to stand out in the new season....
Cameroon power forward Pascal Siakam scored 22 points and grabbed five rebounds in 30 minutes as the Toronto Raptors saw off the Bulls 106-102 in preseason at the United Centre in Chicago. The two-time NBA All-Star had three steals in another solid defensive performance and was 8-of-11 from the field, shot 4-of-6 from the free throw, as well as making two out of his five 3-point...
The 2022–23 regular NBA season came to an end on Wednesday, with teams getting ready for the play-in tournament in their respective conferences. The play-in is a mini four-team tournament in the Western and Eastern Conferences, played between teams that finished in positions seventh to tenth, and will be played from Tuesday, April 11, to Friday, April 14. The 7th and 8th-placed teams play each other,...
The National Basketball Association celebrated the life of legendary civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a full round of games. The day set aside to appreciate the life and works of one of the most important figures in United States history is celebrated on every third Monday in January, and it has become one of the major holidays of the NBA...
Cameroon-born Pascal Siakam has been named the Eastern Conference player of the week by the National Basketball Association. The Toronto Raptors forward averaged 38.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 7.3 assists in 43.6 minutes per game across three games last week to win the honour for the fifth time in his career. The Raptors won twice and lost just once in three games, with the 28-year-old leading...
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