THE International Basketball Federation listed 100 reasons why fans should be excited about the coming Basketball World Cup 2023, ranging from the presence of a possible record number of NBA stars and the exciting prospect of a free-for-all fight--
from the presence of a possible record number of NBA stars and the exciting prospect of a free-for-all fight for the diadem.
t’s the “Welcome Mat”, said the FIBA in its article entitled “100 reasons to get hyped for the FIBA World Cup 2023 posted on its official website. For a start, led by the Philippines’ initiative and partly due to the Covid-19 pandemic’s isolation policy, players and officials will be allotted single-bedroom accommodation.
FIBA noted that there was a total of 54 NBA players from 17 countries who saw action at the 2019 World Cup for 17 countries. This could be broken this time as FIBA, in quoting NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, said “Twenty countries at least are going to have some NBA players. NBA players are going to be everywhere at this World Cup.”
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