They're refining skills of young prospects at the NBA Academy in Africa. The vocabulary, too. “There is a word that really we don't like, which is ‘raw,'" said Franck Traore, head of basketball operations for NBA Africa.
Joel Embiid and Pascal Siakam are the NBA s current Cameroonian stars, but Chicago Bulls legend Joakim Noah, who also hails from the African nation, has tipped teenager Ulrich Chomche to be the nations next fighting spirit and hope .
Highlighted by top-level recruits Thierry Darlan and Khaman Maluach, we take a look at the top talents in NBA Academy Africa, one of the premier basketball programs in the world.