It will be recalled that after resounding victories over world champions USA and Argentina, the Mike Brown tutored lads were brought down to earth by Australia in their last pre-Olympics game.
After about a month of intensive campaigning in Sacramento and the Las Vegas, the provisional list of 15 was on Tuesday, pruned to 12 players who will represent Nigeria in Tokyo.
As expected, the final list is dominated by eight players from the NBA. They are Josh Okogie of Minnesota Timberwolves, Miami Heat trio of Precious Achiuwa, Gabe Vincent and KZ Okpala.
The other NBA players are Milwaukee Bucks’ Jordan Nwora, Detroit Pistons’ Jahil Okafor, Sacramento Kings’ Chimezie Metu and Utah Jazz’s Miye Oni.
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