Tag: Nigeria NT
Jayson Tatum’s reaction after Team USA’s loss to Nigeria
Team USA suffered a shocking loss in first scrimmage vs the Nigerian national team. According to Jayson Tatum, who had 15 points and 7...
Nigeria’s win over USA proves Mike Brown deserves another NBA head coaching job
Nigeria knocked off the United States on Saturday in a 90-87 exhibition win, led by Golden State Warriors associate head coach Mike Brown. The...
Nigerian national Caleb Agada to join Nuggets for the Summer League
Caleb Agada had one impressive performance alongside the other Nigerian national team players to help Mike Brown's team get a historic victory over Team...
Nigeria stuns Team USA in Olympic scrimmage
In an Olympic basketball tune-up scrimmage in Las Vegas, Nigeria upset Team USA 90-87, sinking 20 three-pointers. This was Team USA's first ever loss to...
Flutterwave backs Nigeria’s Basketball Team for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, becomes team’s exclusive payment...
San Francisco, 9 July 2021: Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, will partner with the Nigerian basketball team, D’Tigers, as they head to Tokyo to compete...
Nigeria announces 16-man preliminary roster for Olympics
Nigeria has trimmed their initial 49-man list down to 16 for upcoming preparations before the Tokyo Olympic Games. Head coach Mike Brown, who is also...
Monte Morris nearing full fitness is great news for Nuggets and Nigeria
It has been a difficult few weeks for NBA star Monte Morris of the Denver Nuggets. The 25-year-old from Michigan made headlines worldwide when...
Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie to reportedly acquire Nigerian passport and play for the national team
Spencer Dinwiddie is expected to acquire Nigerian passport and play for the national team, per Shams Charania of the Athletic. Dinwiddie will not be the...
Pelicans’ Jahlil Okafor committed to Nigeria for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Nigeria national team bolstered its roster for coming 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Marc J. Spears of ESPN reported that the New Orleans Pelicans center Jahlil...
Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown named head coach of Nigerian National Team
Golden State Warriors associate head coach Mike Brown has agreed to be the next head coach of the Nigerian men's basketball team. Brown will coach...
World Cup classification games roundup – September 8th
Korea, Tunisia, Nigeria and Iran won their second games of World Cup classification round (17th until 32nd place). Korea beat Cote d'Ivoire with a...
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup: Day 3 Roundup
Spain, Poland, Serbia, Italy, Argentina and Russia became the first six teams that qualified for the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Group...
Luis Scola and Argentina rallied past Nigeria
Luis Scola was once again unstoppable (23 points, 10 rebounds) and led Argentina past Nigeria in the second day of Group B (81-94). Four more...
Kulagin and Vorontsevich led Russia past Nigeria
Mikhail Kulagin and Andrey Vorontsevich helped Russia overpower Nigeria in the opening game of the Basketball World Cup (82-77). The Russian duo combined for 30...
Nigeria named 12-man Basketball World Cup roster
Nigeria officially announced on Tuesday (27/08) the 12 players that will compete in the 2019 Basketball World Cup. Al-Farouq Aminu, Ike Diogu, Michael Eric, Josh...
