Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Africa ichatambira mutambo wayo wekutanga weNBA muzhizha rino nenyeredzi dzebasketball Chris Paul naLuol Deng vachitora chikamu mumutambo wekuratidzira. Musangano waNyamavhuvhu 1 uchange uine Team Africa ichipesana neTeam World muEllis Park Stadium muJohannesburg, South Africa, zvakaziviswa neChitatu. Chikwata cheAfrica chichava nevatambi vanobva kunyika iyi uye vechizvarwa chechipiri, nepo Chikwata cheNyika chichava nevatambi vanobva kune dzimwe nyika. Chris Paul weLA Clippers (kuruboshwe) naLuol Deng weMiami Heat vachatamba mumutambo wekutanga weNBA wakaitirwa muAfrica. VaPaul, avo vakambotambira NBA All-Star kanokwana kasere, ndivo vachange vari kaputeni weTeam World, ukuwo VaDeng, avo vakambotambira NBA All-Star kanokwana kaviri kuBritain, avo vakaberekerwa kuSouth Sudan, ndivo vachange vari mutungamiri weTeam Africa. 'Ndinodada zvikuru kuva chikamu chemutambo wekutanga weNBA muAfrica,' akadaro Deng weMiami Heat. 'Kubva kuSouth Sudan uye ndapinda mumisasa yeBasketball Without Borders Africa muJohannesburg kare, ndinokudzwa chaizvo kuva chikamu chechiitiko ichi chenhoroondo.' Muchengeti wepfuti weLos Angeles Clippers Paul akanga achifarawo pamusoro pechiratidziro chechirimo: 'Ndinotarisira kumirira Team World mumutambo wokutanga weNBA muAfrica,' akawedzera kudaro. 'Iri richava shanyo yangu yokutanga kunyika yacho, uye handikwanisi kumirira kuti ndibatsire mukukura kwemutambo uri pabhora uye kunze kwaro.' Pamusoro paPaul naDeng, vatungamiri veNBA, mamaneja uye ngano vachange varipo kusanganisira 2014-15 NBA Coach of the Year Mike Budenholzer weAtlanta Hawks, mukuru weSan Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich uye mumiriri wepasi rose wemutambo uyu Dikembe Mutombo. Mutambo uyu uchaitwa mushure memutambo wechi13 weBasketball without Borders (BWB) Africa, chirongwa cheNBA neFIBA chekusimudzira basketball pasi rose uye chirongwa chekusvitsa vanhu munharaunda icho chakatosvika varwi chiuru kubva kunyika makumi matatu nenomwe dzemuAfrica kubva muna 2003. Mhuri yeNBA inotungamirirwa nevatambi vemazuva ano nevemazuva ano uye varairidzi vachange vachibatanidzwawo mukuedza kukuru kwekusvika munharaunda kwevhiki rose kusanganisira kusikwa kwenzvimbo uko vana nemhuri vanogona...
Mutambo uyu uchaitirwa kuEllis Park Stadium kuSouth Africa musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu. Musangano uyu uchange uri mumutambo weTeam Africa vs Team World. Chris Paul achatungamirira Chikwata cheNyika naLuol Deng achitungamirira Chikwata cheAfrica. Varairidzi veNBA Mike Budenholzer naGregg Popovich vachange varipo. Vatambi vanodarika makumi matatu nevashanu vanobva kuAfrica vakatamba muNBA kubva pakasarudzwa mukwikwidzi wenguva mbiri weNBA, Hakeem Olajuwon muna 1984.