NBA, Conade and Mexican Basketball Federation announce plan to launch The NBA Academy Latin America
NBA: The National Basketball Association (NBA), CONADE (Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport) and the Mexican Basketball Federation (Asociacion Deportiva Mexicana de Baloncesto, A.C) today announced their plan to launch The NBA Academy Latin America, an elite basketball training center in Mexico City for the top male and female prospects from throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and South America. The NBA Academy Latin America, the NBA’s seventh elite training center globally, is scheduled to open this winter.
Read MoreScott Flemming interview: ‘I want to put a basketball in the hands of more young kids in India’
First Post: Three and a half years ago in Wuhan, China, Scott Flemming was on the sidelines for one of the greatest moments in Indian basketball history.
The American basketball coach already spent over two decades in college basketball and the NBA’s Development League back home, but when he accepted the role of India’s senior men’s basketball coach in 2012, he was handed a challenge unlike anything he had ever experienced before.
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RiotACT: Summer is here! Well… Not quite… But at Belconnen Basketball Stadium “Summer Slam” is well and truly underway.
Read MoreFormer NBA star Andre Miller to visit India to promote Basketball
The Indian Express: NBA had launched its elite basketball training center at Jaypee Greens Integrated Sports complex in Delhi in the month of May.
Read MoreUS Sports Leagues Expand Outreach to Asia
On September 21 and 23, the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks played two preseason games in China; one in Shanghai and one in Beijing. These two games marked the first time ever that the NHL held games in China, signaling a push by the organization to increase interest in hockey in one of the world’s largest emerging markets for sports coverage.
Read MoreWashington Wizards Show NBA’s Global Reach
VOA: More than ever, professional basketball in the U.S. is becoming a global game. Last season, the National Basketball Association had 113 international players from 41 countries and territories. All in all, a quarter of NBA players are international.
Read MoreNBA MD wants basketball to reach the grassroots and he is shooting for it with this academy
Edex: NBA India recently opened an academy to provide world-class training opportunities to aspiring basketball players. Yannick Colaco talks about its perks.
Read MoreNBA academy opens in Australia to help budding talent
SDS: A groundbreaking deal between Basketball Australia and the NBA has the power to fast track Australia’s leading talent into the world’s most dominant league.
Read MoreLakers’ legend Kobe Bryant unveils NBA China academy plans
Agence France Presse: Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant announced plans on Tuesday for China’s first NBA basketball school, a development the 18-time All-Star says will improve the game in the country.
Read MoreNBA legend Kobe Bryant mobbed by fans in China as he helps to set up basketball academy at Hainan resort
South China Morning Post: NBA legend Kobe Bryant has joined forces with NBA China and Mission Hills to set up the country’s first NBA Basketball School as well as an “interactive experience and store” in Haikou.
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