Rivers Hoopers Coaches To Participate In NBA Summer League

Ogoh Odaudu, the head coach of Rivers Hoopers, and his assistant, Abdulraham Mohamed, have been selected among the 25 basketball coaches from 15 African countries to participate in the NBA Summer League 2024, scheduled to take place from July 12 to 22 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Completesports.com reports.

According to a post on the club’s ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) page, Odadu will join the technical crew of Cleveland Cavaliers while Mohamed will be with the Utah Jazz during the Summer League.

“Our head coach @OOdaudu and his assistant at the @thebal Abdulrahman Mohamed are 2 of the 25 African coaches selected to participate in the NBA summer league from 12 – 22 July in Las Vegas. While Odaudu will coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Mohamed will be with Utah Jazz,” the Rivers Hoopers’ post reads..

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The selection of the 25 basketball coaches from the 15 African countries is part of the NBA Africa and Basketball Africa League’s (BAL) commitment to building the capacity and expertise of coaches from the continent, improving the quality of the on-court product, and contributing to the continued growth of basketball in Africa.

Six teams that participated in the 2024 BAL season will have at least one coach featuring, namely; Al Ahly (Egypt), Bangui Sporting Club (Central Africa Republic) City Oilers (Uganda), FUS de Rabat (Morocco), Rivers Hoopers (Nigeria), and US Monastir (Tunisia).

By Dotun Omisakin