Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Afrịka ga-akwado asọmpi NBA mbụ ya n'oge ọkọchị a ebe ndị na-egwu bọọlụ bọọlụ bọọlụ bụ Chris Paul na Luol Deng ga-esonye n'asọmpi a ga-eme. Egwuregwu nke August 1 ga-enwe usoro Team Africa vs Team World na Ellis Park Stadium dị na Johannesburg, South Africa, a mara ọkwa ya na Wenezde. Ndi otu Africa ga-abụ ndị egwuregwu si na kọntinenti ahụ na nke ọgbọ nke abụọ, ebe ndị otu World ga-abụ ndị si n'akụkụ ụwa niile. Chris Paul (n'aka ekpe) nke LA Clippers na Luol Deng nke Miami Heat ga-egwu egwuregwu NBA mbụ a na-eme n'Africa. Paul bụ onye meriri ugboro asatọ n'asọmpi NBA All-Star ga-abụ onyeisi ndị otu Team World, ebe Deng bụ onye meriri ugboro abụọ n'asọmpi NBA All-Star na Britain - onye amụrụ na South Sudan - ga-abụ onyeisi ndị otu Team Africa. 'Obi dị m ụtọ nke ukwuu ịbụ akụkụ nke egwuregwu mbụ NBA na Africa,' ka onye na-agbapụ obere Miami Heat bụ Deng kwuru. 'Esi m na South Sudan na-esonye n'ogige Basketball na-enweghị oke ala Africa na Johannesburg na mbụ, enwere m obi ụtọ na m so n'ihe omume akụkọ ihe mere eme a.' Onye na-eche nche na Los Angeles Clippers bụ Paul nwere oke ịnụ ọkụ n'obi banyere ihe ngosi nke oge ọkọchị: 'Ana m atụ anya ịnọchite anya Team World na egwuregwu NBA mbụ na Africa,' ka ọ gbakwụnyere. 'Ọ ga-abụ njem mbụ m na kọntinent ahụ, enweghịkwa m ike ichere inye aka na uto nke egwuregwu n'ime na n'èzí ụlọ ikpe ahụ.' Na mgbakwunye na Paul na Deng, ndị isi NBA, ndị isi njikwa na akụkọ ifo ga-esonye gụnyere 2014-15 NBA Coach nke Afọ Mike Budenholzer nke Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs isi Gregg Popovich na egwuregwu Global Ambassador Dikembe Mutombo. Egwuregwu a ga-ewere ọnọdụ mgbe mbipụta nke iri na atọ nke Bọọlụ Nkata na-enweghị oke (BWB) Africa, NBA na FIBA's basketball development and community outreach program nke ruru ndị na-ama ụlọikwuu 1,000 sitere na mba 31 nke Africa kemgbe 2003. Ezinụlọ NBA nke ndị egwuregwu na ndị nkuzi ugbu a na ndị gara aga na-eduzi ga-esonye na mgbalị dị ukwuu nke obodo na-eme n'izu niile gụnyere ịmepụta ebe ebe ụmụaka na ezinụlọ nwere ike...
Egwuregwu a ga-eme na Ellis Park Stadium nke South Africa n'ụbọchị mbụ nke ọnwa Ọgọstụ. Egwuregwu a ga-abụ n'ụdị otu ndị Afrịka na ndị mba ụwa. Chris Paul ga-edu Team World na Luol Deng na-eduzi Team Africa. Ndị nkuzi NBA bụ Mike Budenholzer na Gregg Popovich ga-abịa. Ihe karịrị ndị egwuregwu iri atọ na ise si mba Afrịka agbaala bọọlụ n" egwuregwu NBA kemgbe e si n" asọmpi bọọlụ NBA họpụta Hakeem Olajuwon n" afọ 1984.