The NBA finally looked past America and found Africa's hoop dreams waiting.
Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestAfrica's complex history and promising future is explored as the 8-team playoff begins for the BAL.
Documents the creation and launch of the NBA's first collaboration to operate a league outside North America, a pan-African professional basketball league in partnership with FIBA featuring 12 top club teams from across Africa's 54 countries competing in a caravan format.
Production
Caravan logistics across 54 countries—pure organisational madness.
Direction
Access to NBA boardrooms usually locked tighter than Fort Knox.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The BAL represents the NBA's first major shift away from American exceptionalism in its 75+ year history.
The caravan model was borrowed from European handball leagues—a sport most Americans couldn't name.
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