The U.S.A. Men's National Basketball team is prepping for the Tokyo Games in Las Vegas.
The team takes on the Nigerian National team in an exhibition match on Saturday in a mini tournament that includes Olympic hopefuls Australia and Argentina.
Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics will be playing for the U.S.A. Olympic squad for the first time.
Draymond Green and Kevin Durant will lead the U.S.A. team, which will not include stars LeBron James or Anthony Davis, who opted out to spend the summer to get healthy for the upcoming NBA season.
World Cup champions Spain, regularly among medal contenders, having taken silver in 2008 and 2012 and bronze in 2016, should again be in the hunt along with Argentina, Australia and Serbia.
(Reuters)
