HAVANA – Former NBA greats, Steve
Nash and Dikembe Mutombo, have opened their training camp for Cuban basketball
players, hoping to boost the game's popularity on the communist-run island
following the declaration of detente between Washington and Havana.
The flags of Cuba and the United States flew at the Havana University
where the four-day camp ended on Sunday. Nash, a former MVP, and Mutumbo, a
Hall of Fame inductee, were joined by ex-WNBA player Ticha Penicheiro and NBA
coaches in teaching the more than 100 athletes.
The NBA is the first U.S. professional league to visit Cuba
since the detente announcement. Basketball is Cuba's fourth most-popular sport,
after baseball, boxing and soccer.
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