Twelve teams will compete this season for the BAL title.

本赛季将有12支球队争夺非洲篮球联赛冠军。

Brooks said something like the BAL is more than basketball.

布鲁克斯说，诸如非洲篮球联赛之类的比赛不仅仅关乎篮球。

Regardless of whether the BAL becomes successful throughout Africa, one observer believes the new league will serve as a form of cultural exchange.

无论非洲篮球联赛能否在整个非洲取得成功，一位观察家认为，新的联赛将会成为一种文化交流形式。

This year, each BAL team will have a young player from the NBA Academy Africa, a training center in Saly, Senegal, for teenage players.

今年，每支非洲篮球联赛球队将有一名来自NBA非洲篮球学院的年轻球员，该学院是一个位于塞内加尔萨利的青少年球员培训中心。

One team leader, however, believes athletes should not only play to try to make the NBA, but to make the BAL a great league.

然而，一位领队认为，运动员比赛不仅应该让NBA成为一个伟大的联赛，也应该把非洲篮球联赛打造成一个伟大的联赛。