The 2017 NBA Africa Game was an exhibition basketball game played on 5 August 2017, in the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was the second NBA game to take place on the continent of Africa and the first since the NBA Africa Game 2015. The teams involved were Team Africa, featuring NBA players and alumni that were born in or had parents born in Africa, and Team World, featuring NBA players from the rest of the world.^[1]

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NBA Africa outreach program with Habitat for Humanity

Team Africa[1] Pos. Origin Player Team C  DR Congo Bismack Biyombo Orlando Magic C  Angola /  Congo[lower-alpha 1] Clint Capela Houston Rockets F  South Sudan[lower-alpha 2] Luol DengCAP Los Angeles Lakers F/C  Senegal Gorgui Dieng Minnesota Timberwolves C  Cameroon Joel EmbiidINJ Philadelphia 76ers F/C  Congo[lower-alpha 3] Serge Ibaka Toronto Raptors F  Cameroon Luc Mbah a Moute Houston Rockets C  Tunisia Salah Mejri Dallas Mavericks G  DR Congo Emmanuel Mudiay Denver Nuggets G  Nigeria /  Sierra Leone[lower-alpha 4] Victor Oladipo Indiana Pacers G/F  South Africa[lower-alpha 5] Thabo SefoloshaCAP Utah Jazz G  The Gambia[lower-alpha 6] Dennis Schröder Atlanta Hawks Head coach:

Team World[1] Pos. Nat. Player Team G  Brazil Leandro Barbosa Free agent G/F  U.S. Jaylen Brown Boston Celtics F  U.S. Wilson Chandler Denver Nuggets F/C  U.S. DeMarcus Cousins New Orleans Pelicans C  U.S. Andre Drummond Detroit Pistons F  U.S. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Brooklyn Nets G  U.S. Courtney Lee New York Knicks G  U.S. Kyle Lowry Toronto Raptors G  U.S. CJ McCollum Portland Trail Blazers F  Germany Dirk NowitzkiCAP Dallas Mavericks F/C  Latvia Kristaps Porziņģis New York Knicks G  U.S. Kemba WalkerCAP Charlotte Hornets Head coach:

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