GSI Dir. of Research Scott Brooks comments ahead of Basketball Africa League's 2nd season
The Basketball Africa League tipped off its second season in Dakar, Senegal, on March 5, 2022.
"It's not just building athletes, it is building leaders in Africa," said Global Sport Institute Director of Research Scott Brooks, who also lauded the BAL's president, Amadou Gallo Fall, for playing an instrumental role in such development.
"His vision is not just that they play basketball," Brooks said, but that "they learn servantship ... and they come back to the continent and help him build it."
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