Following a meeting between Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, and Masai Ujiri, Vice Chairman of the 2019 NBA Champions, the Toronto Raptors, it was announced yesterday that the Canadian franchise will conduct a local talent combine, tentatively pencilled for October 18-19.
The revelation was made at a basketball stakeholders forum held at the National Culture Centre, Mandela Avenue, which was facilitated by a high-level team of officials from the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport, along with the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) Director of Sport Steve Ninvalle and a number of officials from the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) and Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF).