Danielnino00:


TBH, of all the NBA boys on the list, only Anunoby and to some extent,Okogie are starters at their respective teams.. The rest are mostly bench players...

I prefer metu to okogie his work rate is good compare to okogie

Danielnino00:


TBH, of all the NBA boys on the list, only Anunoby and to some extent,Okogie are starters at their respective teams.. The rest are mostly bench players...

Most don't even make match day roaster.

Michael Eric had pulled out of the Olympic
Sad

enomakos:
Michael Eric had pulled out of the Olympic
Sad

Damn

D’Tigers other Group B opponents will be Italy - who are making their first appearance since winning silver in 2004 - and Germany

PDPGuy:
D’Tigers other Group B opponents will be Italy - who are making their first appearance since winning silver in 2004 - and Germany

Nigeria can take on Germany and Italy i believe with talents at our hands

The complete group!!

Danielnino00:
The complete group!!

D’Tigers are the only African male team at Olympics? That’s too bad

PDPGuy:
D’Tigers are the only African male team at Olympics? That’s too bad

None of the others would have made much difference to be honest..

NBBF posted on their page that the list has been cut to 15. But no mention of the 15 players...

Only 12 countries?

Danielnino00:
The complete group!!

somehow:
Only 12 countries?

Yes. Same for the women

PDPGuy:

Yes. Same for the women

I thought it used to be much before now..

It was gathered that head coach Mike Brown listed four debutants in the squad – Miami Heat trio Precious Achiuwa, Kezie Okpala and Miye Oni and Detroit Pistons’ Jahlil Okafor.

Other players listed in the squad are Josh Okogie (Minnesota Timberwolves), Jordan Nwora (Milwaukee Bucks), Chimezie Metu (Sacramento Kings), Ike Iroegbu (Elan Chalon, France), Michael Gbinije (BC Nevezie, Lithuania), Obi Emegano (Fuenlabrada, Spain), Calab Agada (Hapoel Be’er Sheva), Stanley Okoye (Herbalife Gran Canaria), Miye Oni (Utah Jazz), Ekpe Udoh (Beijing RF, China), Chima Moneke (Orleans, France)

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Here is D’Tigers 15-man provisional rooster

For the women’s national team, coach Otis Hughley listed three new players — Erica Ogwumike, Oderah Chidom and Elizabeth Williams — in his squad.

Ogwumike’s sisters Nneka, a World Cup winner with the US in 2014 and 2018, and Chiney, also made the squad.

The other players who made the squad are Adaora Elonu, Aisha Balarabe, Amy Amukamara, Atonye Nyingifa, Ezinne Kalu, Pallas Kunayi-Akpanah, Ifunaya Ibekwe, Amy Okonkwo and Victoria Macauley.

Also, exciting power forward Evelyn Akhator missed out from D’Tigress squad for the Olympics, following COVID-19 travel restrictions, which prevented her from joining the other players in camp in the United States.

D’Tigress are drawn against USA, France and hosts Japan.

D’Tigress current provisional rooster

somehow:
I thought it used to be much before now..

It’s been pretty much the same number of teams in the recent past Olympics

PDPGuy:


D’Tigress current provisional rooster

Thanks PDPGuy.

Nneka and Chinney Ogwumike have played for the senior team of the USA including the world cup.
How can they be eligible to play for the d'tigress?

JorgedeToledo:


Thanks PDPGuy.

Nneka and Chinney Ogwumike have played for the senior team of the USA including the world cup.
How can they be eligible to play for the d'tigress?

It seems FIBA is more flexible when it comes to nationality change. Compared to FIFA that ties down players destiny whenever they get cap tied to another country

PDPGuy:

It’s been pretty much the same number of teams in the recent past Olympics

I must have not taken notice.

Maybe I am mixing cup world cup with the Olympics

JorgedeToledo:


Thanks PDPGuy.

Nneka and Chinney Ogwumike have played for the senior team of the USA including the world cup.
How can they be eligible to play for the d'tigress?

Must be an error from the NBBF. Of the Ogwumike sisters, it’s only Erica and Chiney who are eligible to play for Nigeria.

timay:


It seems FIBA is more flexible when it comes to nationality change. Compared to FIFA that ties down players destiny whenever they get cap tied to another country

Okay, thanks.

PDPGuy:

Must be an error from the NBBF. Of the Ogwumike sisters, it’s only Erica and Chiney who are eligible to play for Nigeria.

Okay, thanks.

I like the roster of the d'tigress.
I believe this is the best ever assembled team of the d'tigress right from time.
And probably same for the d'tigers.

PDPGuy:


D’Tigress current provisional rooster

Sarah Imovbioh and Sarah Ogoke getting cut from the D'tigress Squad to Tokyo is understandable. Better players came in and stole their thunder . Enobasi not making the squad is a huge surprise to me though. Then I don't think Nneka Ogwumike will play or can play for Nigeria. She is part of Team USA. She even played for the USA during the qualifiers for the Olympics. Erica Ogwumike is the one that made the Squad for Nigeria. Chiney Ogwumike? Was she even in Camp at all with Otis Hughley and the other girls and ladies ? Chiney has to wait till after the Olympics to start fighting to represent Nigeria. It should not be an automatic shirt for her .

JorgedeToledo:


Okay, thanks.

I like the roster of the d'tigress.
I believe this is the best ever assembled team of the d'tigress right from time.
And probably same for the d'tigers.

I think Dtigress of Nigeria will go further than D'tigers at the Olympics. I see both Nigerian male and female basketball squads qualifying out of their groups at the Olympics. The ladies have been in camp longer than the guys though. Well, with Coach Mike Brown at the helm of affairs, we might shock the world at the Olympics. Chiney Ogwumike can still play for D'tigress, though she won't be missed if she decides not to play for Nigeria. We have so many gifted Nigerian-American ladies who want to play for Nigeria in the near future.

Evelyn Akhator . We will surely miss her at the Olympics. She is a very good player. Queen of Double-Double . Elizabeth Balogun did not also make the cut . Na wa O. Nicole Enobasi too.

Redman44:


I think Dtigress of Nigeria will go further than D'tigers at the Olympics. I see both Nigerian male and female basketball squads qualifying out of their groups at the Olympics. The ladies have been in camp longer than the guys though. Well, with Coach Mike Brown at the helm of affairs, we might shock the world at the Olympics. Chiney Ogwumike can still play for D'tigress, though she won't be missed if she decides not to play for Nigeria. We have so many gifted Nigerian-American ladies who want to play for Nigeria in the near future.

Hopefully, both of the teams will go as far as possible. Who knows, the d'tigress could even get to medal positions.
At the bolded, it will keep the Nigerian team more competitive and better than ever before.
At this rate, we will win the next five (5) editions of the Fiba Afrobasket Women's Championship.

Thanks PDPGuy, we will miss Evelyn. I am shocked that Diogu( d'tigers captain) is mot going to the Olympics.

carbonado:
Thanks PDPGuy, we will miss Evelyn. I am shocked that Diogu( d'tigers captain) is mot going to the Olympics.

You’re welcome
I was shocked at Akhator’s exclusion too.

This man is super confident

Well, this article says Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike are still awaiting clearance from FIBA before they don the Green-white-green…
Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the approval comes through before the Olympics, because the Ogwumike sisters will surely propel the team to a podium finish in Tokyo!

Besides, with the sisters being part of the team, D’Tigress should just be awarded a bye to the semis of this year’s Women’s Afrobasket tournament.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/7882411002

PDPGuy:
Well, this article says Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike are still awaiting clearance from FIBA before they don the Green-white-green…
Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the approval comes through before the Olympics, because the Ogwumike sisters will surely propel the team to a podium finish in Tokyo!

Besides, with the sisters being part of the team, D’Tigress should just be awarded a bye to the semis of this year’s Women’s Afrobasket tournament.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/7882411002

I just read it also from the premium times.

Tokyo Olympics: D’Tigress coach names Ogwumike sisters in 15-woman provisional squad

Three sisters could play for Nigeria in Tokyo
Three Ogwumike sisters are on the threshold of history after the sisters were listed in the 15-woman provisional list submitted to the Nigeria Basketball Federation by head coach, Otis Hughley.
Number one overall draft in 2012, 2016 WNBA Most Valuable Player and current Los Angeles Sparks power forward, Nneka Ogwumike, has been pencilled down alongside Chinenye Ogwumike who had previously represented the United States of America at the U-18 and U-19 categories.
Erica completes the list of the Ogwumike sisters who may be making history as siblings playing for the same national team at the Olympic Games.
Team captain, Adaora Elonu, who has also been named as the Assistant Captain of Team Nigeria to the Olympics, is among the regular faces in the 15-woman provisional list.
The trusted trio of Promise Amukamara (Charnay BB of France), Atonye Nyingifa (Porta XI Ensino, Spain), and Ezinne Kalu (Landerneau, France) are also in line to make their debuts at the Olympics.
Pallas Kunayi-Akpannah, the 23-year-old Centre, who plays in the Italian Serie A for Pallacanestro Vigarano , will team up with Ifunanya Ibekwe and Louisville point guard, Elizabeth Balogun.
Amy Okonkwo’s dream of playing for Nigeria in Tokyo may eventually come through after her inclusion in the list alongside Oderah Chidom who narrowly missed the 2018 World Cup in Spain.
A long-standing member of the Atlanta Dream franchise in the WNBA, Elizabeth Williams, will also be on the plane to Tokyo alongside Victoria Macaulay and ageless Aisha Balarabe who has continued to turn back the hands of time as the only member of the squad who has ever been to the Olympics (in 2004).
The final list of 12 will be announced before the team heads out to Japan from their camp in the USA where the team will face the USA, Japan, and France in Group B.

Nneka Ogwumike is very intentional about playing in the olympics

From ESPN

Nneka, Chiney, Erica Ogwumike, all listed on Nigeria's provisional roster, could play in Olympics together, something the 'family would be very proud of'print
Sisters Nneka, Chiney and Erica Ogwumike are listed on the provisional roster for Nigeria's women's basketball team, the country's federation announced Tuesday on Twitter. It's possible they all could make the 12-player roster for Nigeria in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, although Nneka and Chiney are still awaiting official FIBA clearance.
"It's something I know my family would be very proud of," Nneka Ogwumike told ESPN Tuesday. "For it to happen would be such a blessing. To be able to do something big for a big part of our heritage would be fantastic. I'm hoping it will contribute to the growth we're experiencing for Africa in basketball."
Nneka, the 2016 WNBA MVP, and Chiney both are Stanford grads who were the WNBA's No. 1 draft picks in 2012 and 2014, respectively, and now play for the Los Angeles Sparks. Erica Ogwumike played as a freshman for Pepperdine and then spent the rest of her college career at Rice. She was drafted into the WNBA in 2020 but did not make a roster.
Eldest sister Nneka, 31, is a longtime member of the U.S. senior national team, winning gold medals with the American squad in 2014 and 2018 at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. But she was left off the U.S. roster for the Tokyo Games, which was announced June 21, surprising many and causing some controversy. She is the only MVP in WNBA history who has not made an Olympic squad, but that could change with FIBA's approval.
"It was more of a hurt than a shock, because I had experienced it before," Nneka said of also not being named to the U.S. Olympic team in 2012 and 2016. "But there are decisions made in this life that you can't control. I allowed myself to feel the hurt, but moving on, I decided, 'I'm going to try to put matters in my own hands.'"
Nneka contacted USA Basketball and told them she was interested in pursuing a chance to play with Nigeria. The Ogwumikes' parents, Peter and Ify, were both born in Nigeria and immigrated to the United States, where their daughters were born. The Ogwumike sisters have dual citizenship with the United States and Nigeria.
USA Basketball has released both Nneka and Chiney, which was required since both previously have competed for the United States in FIBA-sanctioned events. Generally, if players have done that after having reached their 17th birthday, they are not allowed to play for another country in a FIBA event. However, according to FIBA's regulations on player eligibility, the organization's secretary general may authorize a player to compete for the national team of his or her country of origin if this is in the interest of the growth of basketball in that country.
One of FIBA's pillars of emphasis currently is the growth of women's basketball worldwide, which could favor the decision for Nneka and Chiney getting to play for Nigeria. Erica Ogwumike committed to the Nigerian team last year; she had not played for Team USA in a FIBA-sanctioned event. Chiney Ogwumike began looking into the possibility of representing Nigeria about two months ago.
"The running joke was who was the family going to root for, because I was planning on playing against Erica," Nneka said of thinking she would be on Team USA. "But, you know, life unfolds in some beautiful ways: To be able to possibly share the highest athletic honor with not only Chiney, but my youngest sister."
Nneka has not been critical of USA Basketball, but said that when she didn't make the U.S. team, she did not want to wait on the possibility of perhaps being called on as an alternate U.S. player if someone was hurt between now and the Tokyo Games. She's been in that position before and said she doesn't see herself as a "second choice."
"I just wanted to bet on myself and also be a part of an organization that prioritizes me," she said of her hopes to play for Team Nigeria now. "My perspective was like, 'If it's not impossible, I'm going to go for it.' Because I believe I have Olympic status and I plan on being an Olympian."
Nneka said she wanted to be fully open with the Nigerian federation and USA Basketball about her hopes.
"I didn't want it to be secretive," she said. "It was something that I wanted to do, and I would hope that they understood. And they did. In these moments, being transparent, I think, is most important."
Along with FIBA clearance -- the Ogwumikes are not sure when a final decision will be made on that -- and being named to the Nigerian team, both Nneka and Chiney also have to be healthy. They have been sidelined with knee injuries; Nneka last played for the Sparks on June 1, and Chiney on May 28. At this point, both anticipate being able to play in Tokyo if they are on the team. Nigeria is scheduled to face the United States in an exhibition on July 18 at Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Not long after, the Nigerian team is expected to be named.
"The way I feel now, I think I would be ready," Nneka said of playing in that exhibition game. "But if I'm not, I'll be ready for Tokyo if I'm able to get through the clearance process. The plan from the beginning (of her injury recovery) was for me to be ready for the Olympics."
Nigeria is in Group B at the Tokyo Games, along with the United States, Japan and France. Another current WNBA player who previously played for USA Basketball, Atlanta's Elizabeth Williams, is on the Nigerian provisional roster, too, and went through a similar process to what Nneka and Chiney are now.
Williams played collegiately for Duke; current Blue Devil senior Elizabeth Balogun, who transferred from Louisville, is also on the roster, as is another former Blue Devil, Oderah Chidom.
In fact, all the players on Nigeria's provisional roster played collegiately in the United States, including Adaora Elonu, who won a national championship with Texas A&M in 2011.
"The last few years, I've had the experience of playing against Team Nigeria and seen the rise of it," Nneka said. "It fills me with a lot of pride. To be able to possibly have the opportunity to contribute, that's what I want to do."