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NBA makes inroads to Cuba with first-ever workshop

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Formers NBA stars Steve Nash (L) and Dikembe Mutombo attend a news conference in Havana April 23, 2015. …

HAVANA (Reuters) - Retired NBA stars Steve Nash and Dikembe Mutombo turned into basketball ambassadors on Thursday in the first outreach by a U.S. professional sports league to Cuba since the thaw in U.S. relations with the communist-ruled island.

Mutombo took charge of a practice for aspirants to the Cuban women's national team and Nash showed off his shooting, passing and ballhandling skills in the first day of a four-day workshop that will include playing street ball with kids.