2015 AfroBasket Champions and former D’Tigers forward, Al-Farouq Aminu has called for conscious investments in the development of Basketball at grassroot across Nigeria.

Speaking in a chat with BRL, Al-farouq, who played for the Clippers, Mavericks and Portland Trail blazers in the NBA, suggested that more attention should be paid to improving the sport at youth levels.

He argued that focus should shift to building Sports facilities in the country, and promoting competition to aid the development of young players.

“The youths need to be able to play let’s say 50-60 games a year, that’s the only way they are going to get better, they also need the infrastructure in order to be able to train 24/7, because that is what their competitions are doing, so those are the two main things that I see that has to be improved in order for us to be able to compete like we want to.

“We have to worry about the grassroots, because, worrying about those at the top does not make any sense, they can take care of themselves.

“You know after a while, you end up in the NBA, you make it out or whatever the case might be, you’ll get what you need, but we always have to be worried about the grassroots because we want our under-16s and under-17s be doing good, we want our young athletes be doing good.”