How Moody made global impact at Basketball Without Borders Africa

How Moody made global impact at Basketball Without Borders Africa originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

In this special case, Moses Moody is happy – and even proud – to be watching and cheering from the sidelines.

Moody knows the power he holds is bigger than what the scoreboard says. He also doesn’t hesitate in letting it be known that the team he is coaching is the No. 1 seed and made the championship game.

The next day, they fell short of a title, but the final score is the last thing that will be remembered.

Moody from Saturday, Aug. 3 through Tuesday, Aug. 6 spent four days as a Basketball Without Borders Africa camp coach at the American International School of Johannesburg in South Africa where the Warriors shooting guard was able to bring his mother, father, grandmother and brother along for a once-in-a-lifetime flight he couldn’t pass up. The opportunity wasn’t even on the table until about a week ahead of the camp.

The call to go to Africa

Training in LA, his agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, called Moody and asked if he was up for the trip. The impact he would make on numerous kids didn’t immediately hit the fourth-year NBA guard. Admittedly, he wasn’t going to turn down going to Africa. Young children chanting and dancing around him as Moody’s smile matched their own in an event away from the basketball court told a different story.

That was all fun for Moody, who couldn’t contain his happiness, but the basketball and life teachings he instilled in his players and all campers ages 16 and 17 years old is where he believes his influence was felt most.

“I’m telling them, ‘I’m glad y’all are here. I want you to see this as an opportunity,’ ” Moody told NBC Sports Bay Area on Monday of the four-day camp. “But me personally, I don’t care as much about winning and losing in these games. More so it’s about you guys capitalizing on this opportunity.

“And the basketball capacity, showing your talent and doing it that way, but also through connections, through the people here, learning that way. That’s really been my message to my guys.”

Campers were divided into three…

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Publish date : 2024-08-14 14:59:13

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