The league has recently announced its full rosters for the NBA Africa Game 2017, the second such event held by the league in a region of the world where interest in he sport is growing rapidly.
Included on Team World is the Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown, who will join former Celtics Leandro Barbosa, Courtney Lee and current Celtics trainer Ed Lacerte in Johannesburg, South Africa after the 15th iteration of Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa to play Team Africa on August 5th, 2017, which is populated by NBA players from or born to parents from Africa.