Italy announce 12-man Olympic roster, add Gallinari

2021-07-06

A few after Italy's resounding feat in Belgrade and Meo Sacchetti's contract extension until 2022, the Italian federation announced the final roster which will compete at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo.The "Azzurri" will meet in Rome on Monday, July 12, and will leave for Japan on Friday, July 16. Their premiere is scheduled for July 25 against Germany at the Saitama Super Arena. The only ...
With a spot in Tokyo now secured, Italy needs to move forward (1)

2021-07-06

48 hours after it still feels surreal and it'll probably continue to feel surreal, no matter what. Italy will play in the Olympic Games again, 17 years have passed since their last appearance, which was in Athens in 2004 when the Italian NT got the silver medal. I was 15 years old when that happened, Italy playing against Argentina in the basketball tournament final at the Olympic Games. Since ...
All you need to know about the Tokyo Olympic basketball tournament: teams, schedule, and competition format

2021-07-06

The tournament starts on July 25 and will finish with a gold-medal game on August 7. Group Phase Group A Iran France USA Czech Republic Group B Australia Germany Italy Nigeria Group C Argentina Japan Spain Slovenia The first two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams in the Group Phase will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Schedule July 25 Iran - Czech Republic 10:00 Germany - Italy ...
How Germany qualified for the Olympics without Dennis Schroder (1)

2021-07-06

The German National Team surprised many by beating everybody on their way to advancing to the Tokyo Olympic Games. They did it while being the youngest squad in the entire Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Split, Croatia. The average age of the German team was only 27. Not to mention, they went into the OQT without their star Dennis Schroder. He is expected to hit the NBA free-agent market and ...
France make one adjustment in their roster for Tokyo Olympics

2021-07-05

The French National Team has announced its roster for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. The final roster includes five NBA players: Rudy Gobert, Frank Ntikilina, Evan Fournier, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, and Nicolas Batum. France had announced their roster back in May. However, in the new lineup, Amatho M'Baye was replaced by Petr Cornelie. France NT final roster: Guards: Thomas Huertel (LDLC ASVEL ...
Ingles, Mills among NBA players to make Australia Olympic team

2021-07-03

The Australian Basketball Federation announced 12 players who will compete for the country at the Tokyo Olympics. Seven NBA players made the final cut. Boomers head coach Brian Goorjian will have experienced players on his bench. Patty Mills and Joe Ingles will play in their fourth Olympics, Aron Baynes and Matthew Dellavedova in the third, and Chris Goulding in the second. Australia, however, ...
CSKA center will not join Nigeria in Olympics due to 'aggressive Covid symtoms' (2)

2021-07-01

Michael Eric announced on social media that he will not help Nigeria in the Tokyo Olympics due to a "traumatic experience" with Covid. The PBC CSKA Moscow center released the following statement: “I tested positive for COVID-19 and experienced very aggressive symptoms to the extent I was advised not to try any physical activity during my isolation period,” Eric wrote. “Part of ...
NBA, EuroLeague players among invitees to Nigeria NT

2021-06-24

Participants of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Nigeria national team announced a list of 49 players invited to team's training camp. 12 players are from the NBA teams. Al-Farouq Aminu (Chicago Bulls), Josh Okogie (Minnesota Timberwolves), Jordan Nwora (Milwaukee Bucks), Gabe Vincent, KZ Okpala, Precious Achiuwa (Miami Heat), Chimezie Metu (San Antonio Spurs), Monte Morris (Denver Nuggets), Miye Oni, ...
Heat's Bam Adebayo latest addition to U.S. Olympic team

2021-06-21

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is the latest NBA player to commit to the United States Olympic basketball team. He will be part of a 12-man roster that so far reportedly is made up of Bradley Beal, Jayson Tatum, Damian Lillard, Devin Booker and Draymond Green. Adebayo\'s agent, Alex Saratsis, confirmed the player\'s commitment, ESPN reported. Adebayo, who turns 24 next month, was the No. 14 overall ...
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