The NBA has done a great job of spreading the game of basketball all over the globe. One of the more popular examples of these efforts is the NBA Africa Game, where players put on a show halfway across the world. The Los Angeles Lakers will certainly be doing their part ot participate this year, sending Luol Deng, JaVale McGee and Rob Pelinka, with Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also in attendance.
Deng has been captain of team Africa in the last two iterations of the game, and even won MVP in 2015.