2017 NBA Africa Game 101: All you need to know

WHAT:

The 2nd NBA Africa Game in support of UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and SOS Children’s Villages South Africa (SOSCVSA)

WATCH:

NBA LEAGUE PASS

WHERE:

Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa

WHEN:

Saturday, August 5th at 11 AM EST (5 PM CAT)

WHO:

Team Africa vs. Team World

ROSTERS:

Team Africa:

Captains: Luol Deng (Los Angeles Lakers; South Sudan), Thabo Sefolosha (most recently with the Atlanta Hawks; Switzerland; parent from South Africa)

Players: Bismack Biyombo (Orlando Magic; Democratic Republic of the Congo), Clint Capela (Houston Rockets; Switzerland; parents from Angola and Congo), Gorgui Dieng (Minnesota Timberwolves; Senegal; BWB Africa 2009), Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2011), Serge Ibaka (Toronto Raptors; Congo), Luc Mbah a Moute (most recently with the LA Clippers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2003), Salah Mejri (Dallas Mavericks; Tunisia), Emmanuel Mudiay (Denver Nuggets; Democratic Republic of the Congo), Victor Oladipo (Indiana Pacers; U.S.; parent from Nigeria), and Dennis Schroder (Hawks; Germany; parent from The Gambia)

Team World:

Captains: Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks; Germany) and Kemba Walker (Charlotte Hornets; U.S.)

Players: Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics; U.S.), Wilson Chandler (Nuggets; U.S.), DeMarcus Cousins (New Orleans Pelicans; U.S.), Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons; U.S.), Courtney Lee (New York Knicks; U.S.), Kyle Lowry (Raptors; U.S.), CJ McCollum (Portland Trail Blazers; U.S.), Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Brooklyn Nets; U.S.), and Kristaps Porzingis (Knicks; Latvia)

Coaches:

Alvin Gentry (Pelicans), Michael Malone (Nuggets) and Erik Spoelstra (Miami Heat), assistant coaches David Adelman (Magic), Pat Delany (Hornets), BJ Johnson (Rockets), Sidney Lowe (Washington Wizards), Jamahl Mosley (Mavericks), Patrick Mutombo (Raptors) and Lloyd Pierce (76ers), Heat assistant GM Adam Simon, Raptors President Masai Ujiri (Nigeria), athletic trainers Keith Jones (Rockets) and Ed Lacerte (Celtics)

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