Learn about the significant contributions of African-Americans to basketball, including their rise to prominence in the NBA, ...

As David A. Goldstein details in his recent book “Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African-American Hoopsters in the Holy Land,” Watson is far from the only black basketball player to do these things.

Steve Nash was born in apartheid-era South Africa and would go on to become the most valuable player (MVP) in the USA. Nash was born in Johannesburg in February 1974, the child of English and Welsh ...

This event, bringing together 30 young basketball players from around the world ... reflects the League’s commitment to promoting African basketball on a global scale, praising the Royal ...