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Melvin Obinna Ejim - Canadian Basketball Player will run-up in Olympic 2020 Games

Melvin Obinna Ejim is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB and EuroCup. He played college basketball for Iowa State University before playing professionally in Italy and Russia, as well as the NBA Development League.

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Melvin Obinna Ejim High school career

Ejim attended St. Mary's Ryken High School in Leonardtown, Maryland, where he made the 2007 Provincial team before transferring to Brewster Academy in New Hampshire. In 2008–09, he averaged 12.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game for Brewster. In his final year in 2009–10, he averaged 13.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.5 assists per game, leading Brewster to a 34–4 record and a National Prep School championship.

Melvin Obinna Ejim College career

Ejim started 30 games out of 32 in his freshman campaign for Iowa State, averaging 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, shooting 48.6 percent from the field (121-249 FG) and tallied 39 steals, second-best total on the team. He became one of just 13 Iowa State freshmen in school history to average double figures in scoring and his 214 rebounds was the third-best rookie total in school history.

One of Iowa State's top post players, Ejim started 29 games out of 34 in 2011–12, averaging 9.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. He earned Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades and was a first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection.

One of the best forwards in the Big 12 in 2012–13, Ejim earned All-Big 12 third-team honors and was an NABC All-District 8 second team selection; he was also privileged as the initial Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award winner and was a Capital One Academic All-District 6 selection. Ejim became the first Cyclone to lead the Big 12 in recovering (9.3 RPG) since Jackson Vroman and was just the third player in Big 12 antiquity to lead the league in rebounding at 6'6” or shorter.

As a senior in 2013–14, Ejim had one of the best seasons in school history, earning Big 12 Player of the Year honors and All-America honors from five organizations. Ejim was a finalist for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, became the fifth Academic All-American in school history, earned Capital One first-team Academic All-America honors and was named the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second time. He became just the fourth player in league history to record 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career, finishing his career with the most wins of any Cyclone men's basketball player at 88 wins. He also finished 12th in scoring (1,643), second in rebounding (1,051), tied for 10th in steals (146) and 15th in blocks (59); he also broke the school record for games played (135) and games started (126).

2014 on February 8, Ejim scored a Big 12-record 48 points against the TCU Horned Frogs in the Hilton Coliseum, surpassing Michael Beasley and Denis Clemente who had 44 points in 2008 and 2009 respective.

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Melvin Obinna Ejim Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Ejim played for the San Antonio Spurs during the Las Vegas Summer League. He then moved to Italy for the 2014–15 season, signing with Virtus Roma. In 29 league games for Virtus, he averaged 7.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. He also averaged 8.1 points and 4.3 rebounds in 18 EuroCup games.

After initially signing with German team Medi Bayreuth for the 2015–16 season, an impressive stint with the Orlando Magic during 2015 NBA Summer League led to a training camp contract. He was waived by the Magic on October 21 after appearing in four preseason games, and subsequently joined the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League. He was waived by Erie on March 16, 2016. In 39 games, he averaged 14.6 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Days later, he signed with Italian team Reyer Venezia Mestre for the rest of the season. In 16 games for Reyer Venezia, he averaged 9.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game.

On June 17, 2016, Ejim re-signed with Reyer Venezia Mestre for the 2016–17 season. In June 2017, he helped Reyer Venezia win the Italian League championship while earning the Finals MVP.[20] In 46 league games, he averaged 10.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He also averaged 10.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.4 steals in 22 BCL games.

On July 12, 2017, Ejim signed with Russian club UNICS for the 2017–18 season. In 30 league games, he averaged 9.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. He also averaged 9.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 19 EuroCup games.

In June 2018, Ejim re-signed with UNICS for the 2018–19 season. In 23 league games, he averaged 8.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. He also averaged 7.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 14 EuroCup games.

On July 25, 2019, Ejim signed a 1+1 deal with the Spanish club Unicaja.

Melvin Obinna Ejim National team career

In June of 2012, he played for his motherland Nigerian national team on their tour of China. In July 2013, he played for the Canadian national team at the World University Games, where he averaged eight points and four rebounds per game. In July 2015, he was named on the Canadian national team roster for the Pan American Games. He also played at the Tuto Marchand Cup and FIBA Americas Championship in 2015. In 2016, he represented Canada at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

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Olympic 2020 Tickets: Pre-Tokyo Tokyo bubble proposed for US, Australian and Spanish basketball squads

A pre-Olympic bubble in Las Vegas for the US, Australia and Spain to train and play exhibition games against one another before leaving for the Tokyo Olympics is being proposed by USA Basketball.

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With National Basketball Association (NBA) players expected to make up the core of all three teams and the league's playoffs scheduled to take place from May 22 to July 22, such an environment would allow players to limit travel and possible exposure to COVID-19 before going to Japan.

"On the surface it makes a lot of sense," USA Basketball’s managing director Jerry Colangelo told ESPN.

We have to be flexible. Spain, the reigning World Cup champions, have five current NBA players who have played on the national team in the past - Marc Gasol, Ricky Rubio, Serge Ibaka, Juancho Hernan Gómez and Willy Hernan Gómez.

The Australians named their Olympic roster pool this week, and it has 10 current NBA players, including Ben Simmons, Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, Dante Exum and Matisse Thybulle. Team USA is tentatively planning to open the training camp from July 4, while the NBA playoffs are taking place.

Colangelo added that USA Basketball has petitioned the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Basketball Federation, which runs the Olympic basketball tournament, to change the rules for when rosters for the Games must be submitted.

Usually, the rosters must be set several weeks in advance, but with the NBA playoffs running until three days before the US is scheduled to play a first Olympic game, Colangelo is calling for changes. Team USA has asked to allow roster changes even during the Olympics as players may fly over late and join teams, Colangelo said. Colangelo is waiting to hear back from the governing bodies on the matter.

"These are not normal times," he said.

Rosters by a certain date doesn't make any sense. What we're seeking is flexibility to substitute players very late and to get the best players on the court. It doesn't just apply to us but for all the countries. On Wednesday the IOC released its first set of Games guidelines which said athletes were not required to be vaccinated or to quarantine on arrival, but that they would have to undergo testing before and after their journey.

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Olympic Tickets: USA Basketball send out Tokyo Olympic invitations to 60 players amid NBA uncertainty

USA Basketball has reportedly sent out invitations to 60 players interested in competing at this year's postponed Olympic 2020 Games in Tokyo. The governing sent out the invitations to all of those who had expressed an interest at competing at Tokyo Olympic, including many of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) big names, according to ESPN.

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This contains Bam Adebayo of Miami Heat and Christian Wood of Houston Rockets. Who have awestruck during the current NBA season?  Miami Heat's Duncan Robinson, Zion Williamson of New Orleans Pelicans. Trae Young of Atlanta Hawks and Ja Morant of Memphis Grizzlies are also supposed to have been sent an invite. 

Elite NBA players like LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Devin Booker have all before specified their attention in on behalf of the United States team in the Japanese capital. A pool of amid 40 and 50 players will likely be exposed by USA Basketball in the coming weeks. The final American side for Rio 2016 was picked around six weeks beforehand the start of the Games.

The late start of the 2020-2021 NBA season could cause an assortment headache for US basketball coach Gregg Popovich, though. The campaign began on December 22, with the NBA Finals, which crown the season's champions, arranged to take place from July 8 to 22 - the day before the start of the Sports in Tokyo.

Men's basketball is set to twitch on July 25, but the NBA Finals, a best-of-seven series, could finish a week beforehand the Sports if concluded in the minimum four sports. NBA players have been a main of Olympic basketball tournaments since the suitability rules were changed to allow them to contribute at the Sports before Barcelona 1992.

An American side full of NBA stars and led by the likes of Michael Jordan, nicknamed the "Dream Side", won the men's gold medal at the Olympics in the Spanish city next the rule change. The US has won the Olympic gold medal at every willing since, but for Athens 2004, when they were bashed out in the semi-final by Argentina and had to relax for bronze.  

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Olympic Basketball: Australian star Bogut admits Tokyo Olympic not worth "anguish" on the body after retiring from basketball

Influential Australian basketball player Andrew Bogut believes competing at next year's rescheduled Olympic Games would be a stretch too far after calling time on his career. Bogut conceded he would need to take a lot of painkillers to get to Tokyo Olympic, but felt it was just not worth it, claiming his body was hanging by a thread.

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The 36-year-old originally planned to retire after the Games which were scheduled to take place this year before the coronavirus pandemic forced a postponement until 2021. Tokyo Olympic would have been Bogut's last chance to secure an Olympic medal after failing to get on the podium at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, and Rio 2016 - where Australia secured a best-ever fourth-place finish.

I would have made this decision earlier if it wasn't for the postponement of the Olympics," Bogut told the Rogue Bogues podcast. I just can't physically and mentally get to 2021 with the way the body has been. I mean, I could go on a lot of painkillers and (go through) a lot of physical and mental anguish, but it's just not worth it at this point in my career.

I'm starting to value my health away from the court, and my health when I'm 40 and 45, and 50. The last two years have been a real challenge for me just to get out of bed in the morning some days, let alone go to a training session or a game. The body, probably from 2018 on, was hanging by a thread.

It was challenging and from the 2019-2020 season that thread was completely frayed and in little pieces. It was frustrating for me. Bogut was the number one draft pick by Milwaukee in 2005 and was part of the Golden State Warriors side that won the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship in 2015.

He has been an ever-present figure for his country, making 80 appearances, although he was forced to Miss London 2012 due to injury. Since the announcement of his retirement, tributes have flooded in with Steve Kerr, head coach of Golden State Warriors, describing Bogut as one of the best defensive centers in the NBA.

"Andrew had a tremendous career, both internationally and in the NBA," said Kerr.

I loved coaching him with the Warriors. Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates, who was also Australia's Chef de Mission at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, supposed inspirational Bogut had an aura about him.

"Countless athletes across those Olympic teams respected and looked up to Andrew," said Coates.

This is not just a loss for basketball in Australia but a loss for the Australian Olympic Movement. I know it must have been a difficult decision for him, but the great athletes know when it's time. I wish Andrew all the best for the future if he takes to his next endeavor with the tenacity and passion he displayed across his basketball career I'm sure he will continue to find great success.

Bogut's retirement will be a huge blow to Australia's hopes of clinching their first Olympic medal, but head coach Brian Goorijan has backed the Boomers star's decision to call it a day. He is a revered and iconic Boomer and whilst he would have loved to join the team in Tokyo, his decision to step away is selfless in many ways," added Goorijan. His body has taken a toll. He knows it and it validates his team-first mentality as a legendary Boomer.

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Olympic Basketball: Quarter-finals the aim for Iran's Tokyo Olympic bound basketball team

Ramin Tabatabaei, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Basketball Federation (IRIBF), has set reaching the quarter-finals as the men's team's goal at the Tokyo Olympics. Iran has qualified for the Olympic basketball tournament for just the third time, following their exploits at last year's World Cup.

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Despite losing all three group games including an eight-point defeat to eventual winners Spain Iran finished as the highest-ranked Asian team at the tournament. They beat Angola and the Philippines in the classification round to achieve that feat and Olympic qualification, edging out China on points difference. Twelve teams are due to compete in two groups in Japan, with the top four in each advancing to the knockout rounds.

"Our first goal is to advance to the next phase since we want to be among the world’s top eight teams," Tabatabaei said, speaking to the Tehran Times.

In the Tokyo Olympic qualification which was held last year, we showed an outstanding performance against Spain, Puerto Rico, Tunisia, Angola, and the Philippines. We were the best Asian side in the tournament which was held in China. 

In Tokyo, Iran will have a chance to defend its credibility and we want to qualify for the next stage for the first time. Mehran Shahin tab was the head coach for Iran at the World Cup, and he has a good chance of retaining the role at the Tokyo Olympic. An IRIBF Technical Committee will choose the head coach, according to Tabatabaei.

Iran's basketball team last reached the Olympics in Beijing 2008, losing all five games and finishing 11th out of 12 teams. Iran's participation at next summer's Olympics is a divisive issue and there have been calls for the nation to be banned following the execution of wrestler Navid Afkari.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was among the organizations to call for clemency before Afkari accused of stabbing a security guard to death and being involved in demonstrations against the country's regime in 2018 was killed.

Afkari had demanded he was labored into making a false confession. Human Rights Watch said the case was part of a systematic pattern in which Iranian authorities disregard torture allegations and use coerced confessions in trial proceedings. IOC vice-president John Coates hinted an Olympic ban for Iran was unlikely as this execution didn't relate to a sporting event" and numerous other nations competing at the Olympics also still have the death penalty.

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Olympic Basketball: Late NBA season could rule stars out of Tokyo Olympics

The National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver has thrown further doubt that the league's players will compete at the Tokyo Olympics after stating that their participation at the Games could be limited. Despite the 2020-2021 season having a tentative start date of December 1, Silver has now said his "best guess" would be that the league will restart in January.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019-2020 NBA season is ongoing - with the NBA Finals set to start on September 30 and potentially end as late as October 13. Based off the tentative start for the 2020-2021 season in December, the NBA Finals for that year were expected to start in June 2021, but now that could come at the same time as the Olympics.

"There are a lot of countless US players, and we may be up in contradiction of a scenario where the top 15 NBA players aren't rival in the Olympics, but other great American players are competing," Silver told CNN yesterday.

Many NBA players participate in the Olympics from other countries. That's something we're going to have to work through. I just say, these are highly unique and unusual circumstances - I think, just as it is for the Olympic Movement, it is for us as well. We're just successful to have to sort of find a way to meld and net those two competing considerations. Although a schedule has not yet been released, Silver has said that the goal is to start the next season in January with a standard 82-game schedule and playoffs.

A normal NBA season starts in late October with the NBA Finals running through to mid-June, with a push back possibly moving into the same period as the Tokyo Olympic Games. Tentatively, these are due to start in April according to provisional plans, ending in June. Currently, the Conference Finals - featuring the top four teams in the NBA - are playing the final set of playoff games before the NBA Finals begin next week.

It is a factor in our planning, added Silver, speaking about the Olympics. It would be tough for us to decide in January based on the Olympics happening on schedule when that's so unclear. Basketball Australia is one of the national governing bodies expressing their concern over the thought of losing their top players for the Games but has also stated nothing can be done until the NBA confirms its position.

"We are continually monitoring the status of leagues at home and abroad where our Australian athletes are playing including the NBA," said Basketball Australia high performance and national team’s general manager Jan Stirling.

As numerous of our US-based athletes have spoken directly to Basketball Australia or through the media in new times, they are very much looking forward to representing Australia at the Tokyo Olympics. Until there is confirmation from the NBA on exact timings for the 2020-2021 season, we aren't in a position to have discussions with athletes and officials who are on NBA contracts around their availability.

Australia's men's team will be seeking their first Olympic medal in the sport and will look to rely on NBA stars Patty Mills of the San Antonio Spurs, Joe Ingles of Utah Jazz, and Ben Simmons of Philadephia 76ers in their bid, having finished fourth at the Basketball World Cup last year.

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Olympic Basketball: China sends off New Zealand to retain the Tokyo Olympic vision active

China got their bid for Olympic 2020 back on path in Auckland, beating New Zealand in the second round of group matches at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's Olympic 2020 Asia/Oceania Pre-Qualifying Tournament.

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The Chinese lost an exciting opening Group a match 81-80 to South Korea, but bounded back at The Trusts Arena to safe an important win and get their Olympic 2020 campaign up and running. Meng Li scored 18 points as China rushed to a 94-71 victory against New Zealand, as they scaled above their hosts into runner-up in the group. South Korea logged a second straight win, cruising to a 114-75 win against Philippines to move highest of the Group a table.

In Group B, Australia won their second game in a noise at MABA Stadium Kuala Lumpur, demanding a devastating 114-29 victory against India. The top two in each group will development to the FIBA World Olympic 2020 Qualifying Tournaments, to be held in February.

As Japan have already capable for Tokyo 2020 as the host state, the highest-ranked team in Group B will join them in proceeding to the next stage of succeeding. Senegal secured a second conventional win in the African pre-qualifying tournament as they continue on track for Olympic 2020.

The won 58-53 to highest Group B in Maputo and will take on hosts Mozambique in the tournament's semi-finals. Nigeria topped Group A courtesy of their 57-48 victory against Mozambique this afternoon, as Democratic Republic of Congo detached from the tournament.

It means Group B runners-up Mali will take on Nigeria as they keep their outdoor accidental of an Olympic 2020 ticket alive. In the Americas qualifiers, Cuba bounced back from their loss to Canada to win 70-68 against Dominican Republic, as Canada demanded an 84-80 win against Puerto Rico at Edmonton EXPO Center. Hosts Argentina were compressed 91-34 by the United States, who have already qualified for Tokyo 2020 as 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup winners.

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Olympic Basketball: China and South Korea move closer to qualifying for women's basketball at Olympic 2020

China and South Korea drew a stage nearer to booking a spot at Olympic 2020 after they qualified for the International Basketball Federation Women's Olympic 2020 Qualifying Tournaments.

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The different sides verified a spot in the occasions, due to be held in February, at the Asia/Oceania pre-qualifier in Auckland. China, sprinters up at the current year's Asia Cup, whipped the Philippines 127-49 in Group an at the Trusts Arena to advance.

South Korea experienced the following phase of Olympic capability in spite of a 69-65 switch on account of New Zealand. The hosts of the pre-qualifier passed up a major opportunity by a thin edge as they completed level on focuses with China and South Korea.

China's movement likewise guarantees Foshan will have one of the four Women's Olympic 2020 Qualification Tournaments one year from now. Australia fixed their place in the qualifier by winning Group B at the MABA Stadium in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

They finished their battle with an 82-69 destruction to Japan in a rehash of the 2017 Asia Cup last. Nigeria and hosts Mozambique will join the groups from Asia and Oceania in the Olympic 2020 Qualifying Tournaments after their semi-last successes at the African pre-qualifier in Maputo.

Nigeria defeated Mali 74-59, while Mozambique sprang a shock by removing Senegal 56-49. The different sides won't play a last having accomplished the rule point of the challenge, a spot in the Olympic 2020 qualifiers one year from now.

Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and the United States advanced from the Americas pre-qualifiers, held in Edmonton and Bahia Blanca in Argentina. Puerto Rico conquered Cuba 83-81 to punch their Olympic Ticket, while Brazil crushed Argentina 77-55.

The US whipped Colombia 104-48 to gain their spot in the following stage. Canada had just qualified before the last day of the occasion and finished their battle with a 110-60 win over the Dominican Republic.

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A Look on World Best Basketball team, Team U.S. at Olympic 2020

This year’s USA Basketball team hasn’t been especially successful to date. They have faced an amusing series of drawings and lost in a scrimmage to a Jeff Van Gundy-coached mishmash of fringe NBA players.

It would still be astonishing if they fall short, given the star power remaining on the team and the depth of starting-level NBA players. But the team is noticeably weak. With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics almost a year away, USA Basketball will hope some superstars commit to playing.

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Here’s an interesting theoretical for next year: If every the eligible American basketball player is healthy and willing to play in Tokyo 2020.

So, let’s make an Olympic 2020 version of the Dream Team. There is one crucial difference between now and 1992, Some of the league’s best players now aren’t from the United States, so we have no Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, or Joel Embiid to choose from, among other players. I’m still confident this team would beat the ‘92 team handily because that’s the way things go.

The U.S. Team Rosters Listed

Point guards: 

Stephen Curry, Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving. I’m carrying three-point guards because I couldn’t bring myself to leave any of these guys off. Steph will start for this team, and both Lillard and Kyrie will get minutes off the bench because a Curry-Harden backcourt is weak defensively.

Walker and Russell Westbrook are the two notable snubs here, but I don’t feel too bad about leaving them off because it’s clear that Curry, Lillard and Irving are the class of the position. Maybe Trae Young will break out with an All-NBA season and throw a wrench into this discussion.

Shooting guards: 

James Harden, Klay Thompson. It is far from a guarantee that Thompson will make an appearance in Tokyo in 2020. He may want to avoid putting too much strain on his torn ACL after a possible late-season return to the Warriors and he already has a gold medal in his trophy case.

But in an ideal world, Klay is here because he is the perfect shooter and low-key personality to have around on a team like this. Harden can also shoot, obviously, and is probably the best scorer in the world now that Kevin Durant is rehabbing a long-term injury. There is no way that Harden is not the starting shooting guard on this 2020 team.

If I had to replace one of these two, Bradley Beal, Victor Oladipo, Devin Booker, Middleton, CJ McCollum, and Mitchell would be in the conversation.

Small forwards: 

LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George. This is a fun and versatile group. If we wanted, we could play these guys all over the place, even all together at the same time. Imagine facing a team with all three of LeBron, Kawhi, and George. You’re not scoring, and you’re not going to have enough defenders to keep up with them.

The starting lineup will have to be configured so that LeBron and Kawhi can both start. But as with the original Dream Team, the starting lineup doesn’t matter too much. They’re just fun thought exercises.

Power forwards: 

Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green. An important caveat: I’m going to want AD to play center a good bit because we already have 11 players and thus can only afford one more. Davis at the 5 unlocks a number of combinations that include as well as one or two of the above trio. Draymond can play the five too, in smaller lineups, so we have some nice versatility.

I imagine Draymond as the Charles Barkley of this team: an undersized, outgoing power forward who commands attention. Draymond will score less than Sir Charles but make a huge impact on the defensive end.

Among the forwards, Jimmy Butler was the toughest omission. He was close and would’ve made it as another forward if we didn’t have three-point guards that I didn’t want to leave off. I could have included Al Horford and Blake Griffin, too, and you never know if Zion Williamson forces his way here.

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Olympic 2020 – Topmost Lithuania Men’s Basketball Rosters

Lithuanian team won the last EuroBasket tournaments previous to World War II, in 1937 and 1939. The 1939 team was running by Frank Lubin, who helped TO promote basketball in the country and was named the "grandfather of Lithuanian basketball".

Later the refurbishment of Lithuanian independence in 1990, the national Lithuanian Basketball team was revived. Lithuania gained bronze medals in the first three Olympics to include NBA players – 1992, 1996, and 2000 - in addition to finishing fourth in 2004 and 2008, and in eighth place at the London 2012 Olympics. The Lithuanian team gained the FIBA EuroBasket for the 3rd time in 2003, and also won a bronze medal in the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

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 Mantas Kalnietis

Kalnietis has a lot of intriguing aspects as a point guard: he has good size for the position at 6’5” (which allows him to play a combo-guard role), has the speed to allow him to stay on the floor regardless of the matchup, and has a wealth of experience in the program. He’s been the lead playmaker for Lithuania for the past fourteen years (both in the youth and senior levels) and while he’ll be well into his 30s by the time the Olympics take place, the experience is always going to be the most valuable commodity in international basketball. Sure, he has a skinny frame and he’ll never be a go-to scoring option for a team, but he’s the scrappy defender and consistent a playmaker that Lithuania will be looking to have to lead the office in two years’ time.

Jonas Maciulis

If I had to describe Mačiulis’ game in a single word, it’d be “scrappy.” Mačiulis plays like the middle-aged guy in every pickup game that knows that every game might be his last: he’s throwing elbows, scrambling for every loose ball, and dodging picks like Neo from The Matrix. His effort and willingness to leave it all on the court is definitely his calling card, but Mačiulis can also spread the floor and can score pretty well in the paint, especially when he’s crashing the offensive boards. Basically, he’s an ideal “jack of all trades, master of none” type of guy.

Domantas Sabonis

As a son of Basketball Hall of Famer Arvydas Sabonis, Sabonis has already had more exposure to the game at just 22 years old than most people have in their entire careers. Sabonis began his professional career at 16 before heading to Gonzaga to compete in the NCAA for two seasons, eventually getting drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft.

Heading into Tokyo in a couple years, Sabonis will likely be the most talented player on the Lithuanian roster, if he isn’t already. In his sophomore season with the Pacers last year, Sabonis has a fairly pedestrian year in terms of statistics, but his game had clearly evolved and grown from the year prior. He was in better shape, extended his range, started to work on using his right hand, and was a much stronger presence on the interior. Despite his youth, this steady development is promising and is a big reason why I think he’ll be starting for Lithuania in 2020.

Jonas valanciunas

 Having two Jonas’ in the same starting lineup is a bold move and one I always recommend against for the sake of confusion, but it’s impossible to keep the face of Lithuanian basketball off the starting lineup.

he became the face of the Lithuanian program not simply because his beard makes him look like he just strolled out of the mountains of Juozapinė Hill, but because he’s poured years into the program to help bring it to the height that it’s reached today.

Heading into his seventh season in the NBA and with 10 years of experience under his belt with the national team, he will be entering Tokyo as one of the most experienced and matured players the roster has to offer. In terms of on-court production, he will be the best interior defender on the team, a valuable scorer from the post and the midrange, a reliable pick-and-roll option, and the owner of the most inexplicably effective pump-fake the world has ever seen. In two years’, time, he is just going to be entering his prime and will be poised to add the toughness and experience needed in the international game.

Renaldas Seibutis

Seibutis will be 35 by the time the 2020 Olympics roll around, but a combination of maturity, size, and improved shooting ability should warrant him a starting role at the shooting guard position. His NBA career isn’t anything to write home about, but Seibutis’ experience bouncing around the EuroLeague and his career with the national team has given us more then enough of a sample size.

His game resembles that of a less-athletic Brent Barry, which actually amounts to a pretty versatile player. He certainly doesn’t have the speed that made him a standout in Lithuania years ago and his defense has gone downhill over the years, but he’s still able to slash to the basket and his long-range shooting has become more consistent with age. He’s not the scorer he used to be, but his combination of skills, including good playmaking ability, will give the Lithuanian offense the versatility it craves.

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Ben Simmons hopes to represent Australia’s Basketball at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Philadelphia 76ers point forward Simmons announced that he will not participate in his home country’s 2019 FIBA World Cup big this summer. Simmons, the former Rookie of the Year for the Sixers, however, does expect to play for Australia in 2020 for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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Simmons also thanked those who congratulated him on his extension. The almost-23-year-old signed a max extension with the club this offseason—totaling $170 million over five years. Simmons can earn a bonus if he makes an All-NBA team at the conclusion of the 2019-20 season.

Simmons, the first overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft out of LSU was born in Melbourne, Australia, and grew up in Newcastle, New South Wales. He was sidelined for one year following his draft selection but made his debut for the Sixers in 2017-18, eventually winning Rookie of the Year and guiding the team to its first postseason berth in six years. He earned his first All-Star appearance this past season.

Simmons participated in the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World A championship for Australia at 15 years old, where the junior team lost to The USA in the finals. He would appear on the senior team in the gold-medalling run for the Aussies in the 2013 FIBA Oceanic Championship.

Ever the triple-double threat, Simmons averaged 16.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 7.7 assists per game in 79 appearances last the season for the Sixers, shooting 56.3% from the field.

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Ricky Rubio hopes for great victory for Spain in Olympic 3×3 Basketball

Ricard Rubio is a Spanish basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. He became one of the youngest players ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at the age of 14 years old. He made his Euro League entrance on October 24, 2006, at the age of 16, and become the first player born in the 1990s to play in a Euro League tournament.

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He is the fifth-youngest player to make their entrance in the Euro League, since the year 2000. On 25 of June 2009, he was enlisted with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA draft by the Timberwolves, making him the first player born in the 1990s to be enlisted by the NBA. The Timberwolves had an agreement in belief with his former Spanish team, DKV Joventut, to buy out his contract, but Rubio backed out of the deal.  On 31 In August 2009, Joventut traded the rights to Rubio to FC Barcelona, and Rubio signed a six-year contract with FC Barcelona the following day. At the beginning of 2011, Rubio has joined the Minnesota Timberwolves, and he spent six seasons in Minnesota before being traded to the Jazz in June 2017.

Rubio playing in Spain

Rubio regarded by some as the best European guard prospect ever.

Professional career

Rubio entranced in the Spanish ACB League in the 2005–06 season with DKV Joventut. Rubio was the youngest player ever to enter in the ACB, at the age of 14 years and 11 months. He has won the FIBA Euro Challenge championship with Joventut that year. He directed the Spanish ACB League in steals during the 2006–07. He has won the Spanish ACB League's Rising Star Award this season. He was also named the FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year in 2007, 2008, and 2009. He made his Euro League entrance on October 24, 2006, versus Panathinaikos of Athens as Joventut's backup point guard for Elmer Bennett. He became the fifth-youngest Euro League player at the time. Rubio averaged 2.8 assists per game in his first season of Euro League play. He won the Euro Cup championship with Joventut in 2008. He was also designated as the Spanish ACB League's best point guard in 2008 and 2010. He has won the 2009–10 Euro League with FC Barcelona.

Despite his notability, he was carefully shielded. DKV Joventut and Rubio's parents agreed not to make him available for interviews until his 18th birthday on October 21, 2008. However, the restrictions were ended a few months early once he was selected for the Spanish national team that would play at the 2008 Olympics.

Rubio won the 2008 Mr. Europa Award, which was given out yearly by the Italian Super basket Magazine. In 2009, his club Badalona raised the amount of money his contract paid per year from 80,000 euros net income to 300,000 euros net income. He was named the Defensive Player of the Year for the Spanish ACB League 2008–09 season, and he also led the league in steals that season. Rubio professed himself qualified for the 2009 NBA draft on 20 of April 2009. Rubio's agent during that time was Dan Fegan. After the 2009 NBA draft, Rubio played for the Regal FC Barcelona for the next two seasons as agreed upon with the Minnesota Timberwolves. During that time, he helped the team win the Euro League Championship in 2010 and the Liga ACB Championship in 2011.

In Phoenix Suns 2019

On July 8, 2019, Rubio signed with the Phoenix Suns for three-years, $51 million.

In Under-16 national team Spanish

In 2006, Rubio led the growing junior Spanish national team to the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. During the tournament, Rubio achieved two triple-doubles and a quadruple-double. In the 106–110 double-overtime finale victory over Russia, Rubio scored 51 points, the first player to do so in FIBA junior tournaments since Luol Deng, grabbed 24 rebounds, made 12 contributions, and garment the ball 7 times. He similarly forced the first overtime with a three-point, buzzer-beating shot from mid-court. Rubio was then named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after leading it in points, rebounds, assists, and steals.

In Senior national team

The young Spaniard was selected to take part in the Spanish National Team which participated at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The team current and former NBA players such as Pau Gasol, José Calderón, Rudy Fernández, Marc Gasol, Raúl López, Jorge Garbajosa, and Juan Carlos Navarro, among others, was calm.

He played in the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament's gold medal game against the USA's "Redeem Team", and thus at 17 became the youngest basketball player to ever play in an Olympic basketball final. Rubio public the Spanish national team's silver medal after his team hurt a 118–107 loss. The next year, he was selected to play for Spanish team at the Euro Basket 2009 in Poland, where Spain won the gold medal by defeating Serbia 85–63.

Record of Medals

In the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, he won Bronze.

In 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship he won Gold

In Spanish senior national team

2008 Summer Olympics:   Silver

EuroBasket 2009:   Gold

EuroBasket 2011:   Gold

EuroBasket 2013:   Bronze

2016 Summer Olympics:   Bronze

EuroBasket 2017:   Bronze

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Canada’s men’s team under Coaching of Nick Nurse to lead them for victory at Olympic 2020

Nick Nurse, who is coming off the Raptors' championship and just took over as head coach of the national team, he knows how important his the team's seven exhibition games leading to international rivalry are going to be in finding the right interaction between players. Olympic Basketball Fans from all over the world can book summer Olympic Basketball Tickets online from our trusted online ticketing market platform.

"We have to learn as fast as we can," Nurse said. "Keep the good stuff, throw out the bad stuff and keep trying to tinker as fast as we can." 

Nineteen players exhibited for Day 1 of training camp in Toronto on Monday. Since then, Nurse and his coaching staff have been on the court twice with the team, carefully evaluating every step, shot and block. 

Canada opens the World Cup in China on Sept. 1 against Australia. They'll need to finish as one of the top two teams from the Americas to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. There are seven such teams at the World Cup. The others are the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

Much has been made about who isn't at training camp this week in Toronto, but Nurse says he'll do everything he can to get the most of the players who are on the court wearing the maple leaf. 

 "I'm excited and proud of the guys that are here already," he said. "This is a huge personal commitment away from family, but saying all that — it's a tremendous honor."

The coach is under no illusions about the difficulty of qualifying for the Olympics. 

"It's going to take some guys to play better than they've ever played," Nurse said.

One of the players he'll be looking to for leadership is Cory Joseph. Joseph turns 28 this month and has been around the national team for longer than most on the roster.

"It doesn't get old," said. "I'm getting a little older but I'm still young. It's an honor."

Devin Heroux CBC news reporter, dialogs with Toronto Raptors and Canadian Basketball team head coach Nick Nurse on the challenges ahead for Canada imminent the FIBA World Cup. 

Joseph knows it's been far too long since Canada qualified for the Olympics and would love nothing more than to help guide the team back to the Games. 

"When I was growing up, I watched Nash and guys like Rowan Barrett and you know I watched them a lot," Joseph said. 

"And that inspired me to play basketball and just work on my game to hopefully one day be there. So it'll mean a lot. It'll be a dream come true."

The challenge facing the team is as daunting as ever — qualifying for the Olympics for the first time since 2000, when Steve Nash led the team to the Sydney Games. But the star power and skill level have never been greater. And there’s no more momentum around basketball in Canada. The Raptors won a historic NBA title. More Canadians than ever were selected in the NBA draft, including R.J. Barrett being selected third overall. Then Nurse agreed to take over the national team. 

Finally, it appeared, Canada's team was destined to live up to the hype surrounding what is being called the golden age of basketball in this country. Twenty-nine players were invited to camp, many of whom are active NBA players. 

Then, Canada's camp started Monday morning, and the list of absent players was somewhat alarming. Barrett, Andrew Wiggins, Tristan Thompson, Dwight Powell, Jamal Murray, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will not play at the World Cup come September. 

Canada still has a cast of characters who will be competitive and have every opportunity to qualify.

Their best talent and most well-known players, Joseph and Kelly Olynyk will no doubt be leaned on heavily by Nurse. Joseph is an eight-year veteran who averaged 6.5 points and 3.9 assists per game last season for Indiana. Olynyk has six NBA seasons under his belt and just averaged 10.0 points and 4.7 rebounds for Miami.

The supporting cast surrounding Joseph and Olynyk has been strengthened over the years — that's the biggest difference now for Canada. The drop-off from the top one or two players used to be dramatic. That isn't the case anymore. 

"Those young guys are very talented," Joseph said. "They're coming out here playing hard and we're all in."

Those young guys Joseph is talking about including Khem Birch, Chris Boucher, and Oshae Brissett — all players who have some NBA experience and will play a crucial role in determining whether Canada qualifies for the Olympics or not. 

There have been so many disappointing international events over the past two decades for the team, something Nurse is well aware of and hopes to change. 

This is his team now. And he's trying to do what he did with the Raptors in his first season as head coach — get them to the top of the basketball world. 

"People say we can't do this; we can't do it. We don't want to speak that way. We see the goal. We start visualizing it. We try to start convincing everybody around the program to become maybe even more than they think they can become. And that's what we're going to try to do."

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Olympic Basketball: Brazil Basketball coaches continuing Tokyo Olympic measures

The associate mentor of the Brazil national b-ball group, Steve Kerr, has said game plans are present as though the current year's Olympic 2020 in Tokyo will proceed as arranged, even though there is becoming stressed over the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the occasion.

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As announced by NBC Sports, Brazil Basketball plans to open its preparation camp for the group in Las Vegas preceding July 4 as a base 20 days before the Olympic Opening Ceremony is planned.

The national overseeing body has assembled a rundown of 44 finalists for the Tokyo Olympic however it could be fragmented in who it can take as the National Basketball Association season, could stretch out into July and August and cover with the Games. Despite this, Kerr, the aide to US lead trainer Gregg Popovich, expressed in a meeting they are moving next not surprisingly.

His precept "Pop and I have spoken a large number of times in the course of the most recent week or something like that. Furthermore, everything's simply not yet decided. There's no inclination of whether things will be deferred or anything. We're all sort of staying here thinking about what will occur, as is the remainder of the world. We're simply going to design as though this will occur, and we're going to attempt to assemble a list, and that is everything we can do."

The Brazil men have won the Olympic Basketball gold decoration multiple times, remembering for the last three games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) guaranteed yesterday there is no requirement for "any exceptional choices at this stage" concerning the Tokyo Olympic.

In an extensive talk discharged after emergency chats with International Federations, the IOC excused "counter-gainful" hypothesis that Olympic 2020 could be delayed or dropped and rehashed its request the Games would proceed as arranged.

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Olympic Basketball: NBA star Booker newest Special Olympic 2020 global ambassador

National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Devin Booker has become the freshest Special Tokyo Olympic Global Ambassador and has said he was roused by his more youthful sister. Booker's sister Mya has erasure disorder, which is brought about by a missing piece of chromosome 22 which can prompt gentle to direct scholarly handicaps.

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The Phoenix Suns watch said that she drives him to be simply the best form. I've praised the achievements and seen the difficulties my sister Mya has encountered as an individual with scholarly inabilities, said Booker.

She spurs me consistently, and I'm lowered to be a piece of Special Olympic 2020, a worldwide association with a crucial assistance spread mindfulness about the capacities of individuals with scholarly incapacities.

Booker was picked in the first round of the NBA Draft in 2015 by the Phoenix Suns and was named in the All-Rookie First Team in his presentation year. He likewise turned into the 6th and most youthful player in NBA history to score 70 focuses in a game at 20 years old and was named an NBA All-Star without precedent for February of this current year.

Off the court, he has been associated with Special Olympic Arizona since 2015 where he has been engaged with neighborhood facilities and meeting competitors. In mid-2016, Booker additionally welcomed his fan Jenna Warren who has Down disorder to go along with him at the NBA Draft Lottery and to date give $500,000 (£401,000/€457,000) every year to five diverse non-benefit associations concentrating on youth.

Individuals like Devin who have kin with scholarly handicaps have characteristic compassion for the populace we serve, said Tokyo Olympic International CEO Mary Davis. We are fortunate to use his enthusiasm to rouse others around the globe to join our hard and fast exertion to end victimization and engage individuals with scholarly inabilities.

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Olympic Basketball: Nike Reveals Uniforms for Tokyo Olympic

Nike has planned basketball and soccer uniforms for the Tokyo Olympic that it says will be the "most maintainable" and "highest performing" to date. Olympic lovers from all over the world are called to book Olympic 2020 tickets from our online platforms for Olympic Tickets. Olympic Basketball lovers can book Olympic Basketball Tickets from our ticketing marketplace exclusively on reduced prices.

The sportswear brand has shaped uniforms for America's men and women basketball squads, and soccer jerseys for the USA, Korea, and Nigeria teams. The apparel includes outfits for competition, the medal stands, and training.

Nike has used a mixture of materials anticipating to make the attire more environmentally friendly. They include polyester created from secondhand plastic bottles, recycled nylon, and rubber and yarn waste from the company's factories.                                  

"This is the most acceptable product and the highest accomplishment product we have ever fashioned as a collection," said Nike Chief Design Officer John Hoke.

So whether it is on the pathway and field, the celebration of the medal stands, the village wear, the working out wear or the other garments they wear, everything that we are doing is 100 percent maintainable.

On the medal stand, athletes will wear Nike Air Vapormax sneakers made with 75 percent industrial excess. The design for the sneakers – a mixture of various textures, colors, and shapes – was influenced by the appearance of waste piles.

It also joins Nike's Flyknit platform, which is made by cutting yarn and afiber to exact conditions of the shoe design to harvest less waste. The shoe's airbag is made from secondhand thermoplastic polyurethane, TPU, a rubber-like plastic.

Nike also added its Flyease technology to the footwear to make it informal for athletes to slip into the shoes. A white windbreaker jacket and matching pants, also fabricated with polyester from supplies such as plastic bottles, complete the outfit.

The Zipper pulls, the US Olympic emblem and Nike's swish logo are shaped from secondhand excess rubber that has been ground down into particles, which the company has branded as Nike Grind. Nike has made the upper part from recycled polyester, which it said not only reduces waste but also cuts down carbon emissions by almost 30 percent.

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