africa he's also president of the boscobel african leakey joins me now from johannesburg where he's based welcome to the african mystify all africa league is about developing the game on the continental matchy can you suggest scouting talent to ship or to north america. well the launch of the basketball african leaders another important milestone in our effort to grow the sport and the n.b.a. brand across africa so it is really about when we launch the office developing the entire system of basketball your focus the grassroots yes there's a lot of talent that has been you know have an opportunity to grow outside of the continent is just because there was a vacuum you know there was no such thing as a professional league at this point of the gun and really a lot of style and to be showcased right here the best on look to go to the best opportunities bring we want to make sure to ask about africa league become one of the top leagues in the world so we are going to be able to turn the tide and i think about ok so you started off with 12 teams as i understand it where these teams coming from.