NBBF President Shares D’Tigress’ Impressive Paris Outing Secret

President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Musa Kida says stopping board members from imposing players on D’Tigress head coach, Rena Wakama played a key role in the team’s success at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Kida made this accession while reflecting on the team’s performance at the just concluded Olympics in Paris.

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The NBBF President said this in an interview on NTA.

“The responsibility is that we have tried to isolate other board members from influencing, board members can suggest, they can bring in names just like anybody else but the ultimate selection of the team is in the hands of the coach and the technical crew,”

He also described coach Wakama as a visionary, saying she has proven critics wrong with her achievement at the Olympics.

“We are extremely proud of her dedication, commitment, and patience in trying to get the right thing done. It has not been easy.

Coach Rena Wakama, we know that you did sacrifice a lot. We know that you had to tolerate and understand the Nigerian context of things and brought energy to the team, gave the girls a lot of confidence and showed leadership.”

He stated that Nigeria played against the highest-seeded team in Group B at the Olympics, acknowledging the players for overcoming their apprehensions and progressing beyond the group stage.

“It was the most difficult group and we are not expected to survive at all but again I always say my girls will always shock the world,

It reminds me of 2018 when our girl went to the FIBA world cup in Geneva and we also got to the quarter final and unfortunately we were removed from the American team.”

D’Tigress made a big impression at the games, making it to quarter-finals before bowing out to the United States of America.

Wakama’s side defeated heavyweights Australia and Canada in the group stage.