The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Musa Kida has expressed his satisfaction with the Olympics performance of the women’s basketball team, D’Tigress.
The Nigerian women, led by coach Rena Wakama, took down big teams in world basketball at the recently-concluded Olympic Game in Paris.
D’Tigress beat Australia in their opening game, lost to hosts France and defeated Canada in their three group matches before falling short in the quarterfinals against USA.
In a Television interview, Kida said he stopped board members from imposing players on coach Wakama, and that played a key role in the team’s success at the Games.
“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,” Kida said.
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Wakama was awarded the best coach of the basketball event at the Olympics, and Kida described her as visionary who has proven critics wrong with her achievement.
“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 said.
Kida added: “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,” he said.
“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.”
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