Nine NBA stars have been named in D’Tigers final 12-man rooster for the 2020 Olympic Games by head coach Mike Brown, Completesports.com reports.
Brown released the list after about a month of camping of exercise in Sacramento and Las Vegas in the United States of America.
Miami Heat trio Precious Achiuwa, Gabe Vincent and KZ Okpala are in line to make their debut for Nigeria after they were listed for the games by Brown.
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The D’Tigers will open their campaign against Australia at the Saitama Arena, Tokyo on July 25 and later face Germany and Italy.
The West Africans head into the Olympics in confident mood having defeated USA and Australia in exhibition games.
The Full Squad
Josh Okogie (Minnesota Timberwolves), Miye Oni (Utah Jazz), Jordan Nwora (Milwaukee Bucks), Caleb Agada (Hapoel Be’er Sheva), Obi Emegano (Fuenlbrada, Spain), Chimezie Metu (Sacramento Kings) , Ike Nwamu (Samara, Russia),
Ekpe Udoh , Jahlil Okafor (Detroit Pistons), Precious Achiuwa, Gabe Vincent and KZ Okpala (Miami Heat)
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It’s nine (9) NBA players and three(3) Non-NBA Players.. Complete sport with errors .
NBA PLAYERS ( 9) :
Josh Okogie (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Miye Oni (Utah Jazz)
Jordan Nwora (Milwaukee Bucks)
Chimezie Metu (Sacramento Kings),
Ekpe Udoh , Jahlil Okafor (Detroit Pistons)
Precious Achiuwa, Gabe Vincent and KZ Okpala (Miami Heat)
NON-NBA PLAYERS ( 3) :
Caleb Agada (Hapoel Be’er Sheva)
Obi Emegano (Fuenlbrada, Spain)
Ike Nwamu (Samara, Russia)
Ekpe Udoh plays in Italy. So I guess you’re the one that is wrong on this occasion. Maybe you should do your research before confidently making an error lol..
@FootballFanatic … Learn to read and understand before replying . Because the error is from Complete sport and from the news above , Ekpe Udoh listed as a player with Detroit Piston which make it total of 9 NBA players .
When you read and understand every comment and post , You won’t jump into conclusion when replying .
Below is Complete sport news info :
Ekpe Udoh , Jahlil Okafor (Detroit Pistons), Precious Achiuwa, Gabe Vincent and KZ Okpala (Miami Heat)
Next time learn to read and understand before replying , incase you still choose to argue .
Kindly specify the team Ekpe Udoh was listed as from the news above .
Ekpe Udoh play for Virtus Bologna in Italy. There are only 8 NBA players in the team.
Ekpe Udoh play for Virtus Bologna in Italy. There are only 8 NBA players in the team. No need for Arguments I see what you mean..