Ethiopia national basketball team Shenkutie led the team in points.<br> Omod Oman Ogud led his team in rebounds, Simon Tsegaye Kidane led his team in assists. Other current notable players from Ethiopia: Ethiopia national basketball team The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the Addis Ababa Basketball Federation. (Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ የቅርጫት ኳስ ማህበር) Ethiopia joined FIBA in 1949 and has Sub-Saharan Africa's longest basketball tradition. A founding member of the FIBA Africa Championship, the team once belonged to Africa's top 5 basketball teams. Since the mid-1960s, however, the team lost its international significance. Today, it aims to
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