In mid-September, the new edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cupa sort of Club World Cup. Six teams, divided into two groups, compete there, and this year, we will find the various continental winners of the FIBA competitions like Malaga (Spain) for Europe, Petro de Luanda (Angola) for Africa or Al Riyadi (Lebanon) for Asia and the Middle East. For the United States, no NBA champion (Celtics), nor Team Ignite since the NBA decided to eliminate it.
A workforce to build
Instead, a team called “NBA G League United,” and for now, we only know two names. They are former NBA champion Juan Toscano-Anderson and Japan's Keisei Tominaga. Present at the Olympic Games, the latter is nicknamed “Samurai Steph” and he will be present at the Pacers training camp.
Little by little, the G-League authorities will complete the squad, and at the beginning of September, this team will participate in the NBA G League Fall Invitational for a double confrontation against KK Mega Basket, the training club of Nikola Jokic, Ivica Zubac, Goga Bitadze and Nikola Topic and Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot.
For the first time, Oceania will be represented with the presence of the Tasmania JackJumpers, NBL champions.
