On Saturday August 15, 2015, the final of the Fuba-Junior NBA League was held at the Lugogo Indoor Arena with Abraham Meron scoring a game high 39 points and 16 rebounds as KISU Bucks defeated Mashariki Pelicans 66-51 to emerge inaugural champions.

For many of the moderate crowd in attendance that included two-time NBA All-Star Luol Deng, the first season was all about the 5ft diminutive frame of point guard Fayed Baale.

"So when I went on playing I picked up the interest in the game mainly after the Junior NBA league," Baale told Daily Monitor.

"Kids don't usually play with that kind of confidence in their first season in the top flight," added Enabu who sees a few similarities between the two and came up against Baale in the NBL playoff finals that concluded at the start of this year.

Baale averaged 11 points in the Best of Seven playoff final series picking the Player of the Game award as UCU forced a decisive Game Seven before the Oilers clinched the title after restricting him to six points.