A document 55 present NBA gamers are featured on nationwide group rosters for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, which will probably be held within the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia from Friday, August 25 – Sunday, September 10, up from 54 in 2019.
The event will characteristic a document 106 mixed present NBA gamers, NBA draftees, and gamers with NBA expertise, up from 103 in 2019.
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Twenty-seven of the 32 collaborating nationwide groups have at the least one present NBA participant, NBA draftee or a participant with NBA expertise, and nationwide group rosters embody 10 former NBA All-Stars
NBA All-Star gamers on nationwide group rosters
Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves; USA)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder; Canada)
Luka Dončić (Dallas Mavericks; Slovenia)
Rudy Gobert (Timberwolves; France)
Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers; USA)
Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans; USA)
Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies; USA)
Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz; Finland)
Karl-Anthony Towns (Timberwolves; Dominican Republic)
Nikola Vučević (Chicago Bulls; Montenegro).
Outside of the United States, which incorporates a tournament-high 12 NBA gamers, Australia has probably the most present NBA gamers (9), adopted by Canada (seven) and Germany (4).
Additional NBA stats and storylines for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 embody:
- Twenty-four NBA groups are represented on nationwide group rosters, with the Orlando Magic, Jazz, Thunder and Timberwolves every that includes a league-high 5 gamers within the event, whereas the New York Knicks and Mavericks every have 4 gamers within the event.
- There are 54 gamers with NBA G League expertise on nationwide group rosters.
- The event options 16 gamers who’ve participated over the primary three seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), together with 2023 BAL MVP Nuni Omot, who led Al Ahly (Egypt) to the 2023 BAL Championship after serving to his native South Sudan qualify for the nation’s first-ever look within the FIBA Basketball World Cup. The BAL is knowledgeable league operated by the NBA and FIBA that options 12 membership groups from throughout Africa and accomplished its third season in May 2023.
- Australia National Team and former NBA Global Academy teammates Josh Giddey (Thunder) and Dyson Daniels (Pelicans), present NBA Academy Africa student-athlete Khaman Maluach (South Sudan), NBA Global Academy graduate Cui Yongxi (China) and NBA Academy Latin.
America participant Jean Montero (Dominican Republic) are poised to turn into the primary present and former NBA Academy student-athletes to compete within the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
- There are 87 former Basketball Without Borders (BWB) campers on nationwide group rosters. BWB is the NBA and FIBA’s international basketball improvement and neighborhood outreach program that has been carried out yearly since 2001 and has seen 112 former campers advance to the NBA or WNBA.
