May 11, 2021 @ 5:00 am
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J. Cole will be part of the Rwanda team in the new Basketball Africa League (BAL).
The BAL is affiliated with the NBA and its inaugural season kicks off on May 16 with 12 teams participating and its playoff starting a couple of weeks later. The league is a partnership between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the NBA and the teams include Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia as well as squads from Algeria, Cameroon, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique and Rwanda.
Cole has discussed his basketball dreams before. He played in high school was a walk on at St. John’s University before leaving the court to pursue a music career.
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