According to press release, the Kochi league will feature 120 teams and games will be played at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The programme has already been held in Mumbai and Delhi and following the Kochi stop, will be held in Bangalore and Ludhiana.
Conducted in collaboration with the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and the Kerala Basketball Association, the programme will run for seven weeks culminating on Sept 2.
This year the Mahindra NBA Challenge will feature a new player development programme in each city called Generation Adidas, a press release here said.
Forty talented players from the boys and girls U-13 and U-16 categories will be selected to participate in two exclusive Generation Adidas clinics during the season in Kochi on Aug 17 and 30.
The top eight players will be selected from the clinics and will receive one year of specialized training and adidas basketball gear.
This marks the NBA's first programme in Kochi, showcasing the league's commitment to growing basketball across the country. MORE