Basketball icons urge BBA to focus on grassroots

The retired American professional basketball player is in the country to conduct coaching clinics with a view to offering talented players scholarships in the US. Riley is accompanied by another former American basketball star, Ebony Hoffman.

Riley told Mmegi Sport that the association should focus more on players at a tender age, as well as provide them with proper facilities and technical expertise.  She also said the BBA should join the Junior NBA Africa programme, to be launched soon. She said the youth should believe in themselves in order to fulfill their potential, adding that they should not consider basketball as a hobby, but as a way of life.