Spintex Knights Basketball Club co-founder, Dr. Eric Opoku-Antwi, has stated that the club needs to add more size and scoring ahead of its upcoming run in the Elite 16 stage of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
He said this in an exclusive interview with Citi Sports after the club became the first Ghanaian club to progress to the Elite 16 stage of the continental basketball competition.
Knights progressed from the preliminary round after finishing second in Group B of the West Division games played out in Libya. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
The Elite 16 will run from November 5 to November 10 in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire and beyond calling for financial help to aid Spintex Knights honour the competition, Dr. Opoku-Antwi pointed to needed team adjustments.
“Looking at the structure of our team, myself and my administration have realized that we are lacking in size so we are looking to recruit more size so we can compete on the highest level. Also, we realized that we need to add a pure scorer to the team so those are the adjustments we want to make to our team before we travel out.”
“Not to forget to mention the fact that we need to get money to pay all these people that we are bringing in and also to travel.”
The team has since signed 6 foot 8 inch Power Forward/Center Larry Johnson and American Shooting Guard/ Small Forward Deshang Weaver who played for Oral Roberts University.
As part of our preparations, we just signed and secured 6’7 Guard/Forward Deshang Weaver! Deshang is excited about the opportunity to join the Nobles and we believe he will help give us a boost as we make our run at the Elite 16 of the Road to BAL
Help us Welcome Deshang Weaver! pic.twitter.com/LhvnlTdTZ2— THE NOBLES (@spintexknights) October 21, 2024
As part of our preparations, we just signed and secured 6’8 Forward/Center Larry Johnson! Larry is excited about the opportunity to join the Nobles and we believe he will help give us a boost as we make our run at the Elite 16 of the Road to BAL
Help us Welcome Larry Johnson! pic.twitter.com/xIekpSMVTh— THE NOBLES (@spintexknights) October 20, 2024
