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‘ abundant ’ structures , who reward their adopted nations at the expense of their natural origin , Kante took on French nationality resulting into a huge loss for Mali .
He , with other Africans who constituted about 80 % of the Russia 2018 France World Cup team , won it for the French .
In the NBA , almost every team can boast of at least an African in their squad lineup or management staff . If not for the present , there surely has been in the past .
Toronto Raptors won the 2019 NBA Championship with a Nigerian , Masai Ujiri , in their management and operations board . He led the Raptors to their first ever NBA title as President of Basketball Operations .
Masai Ujiri of the Toronto Raptors Ujiri is an exceptional African asset that he was named NBA Executive of the Year 2013 after what he did at Denver Nuggets – he returned them to NBA Playoffs – as General Manager and Vice- President of Basketball Operations .
He started his sports career in Northern Nigeria but ended up playing for American and European teams .
Serge Ibaka is a Congo-born Basketball player whose parents also played the game . He fled the country for Europe before landing in the USA . He is part of the Africans who won the NBA 2019 Championship for Raptors and he plays for Spain ’ s national team .
Ogugua ‘ OG ’ Anunoby ( Nigerian ), Pascal Siakam ( Cameroon ), are African exports to the NBA with the Toronto Raptors .
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