On 1 September 202 will begin the European basketball tournaments organized by FIBA, the world body that regulates2 all national and international basketball competitions, in addition to the NBA which regulates the club competition in the USA. Rarely have we seen and will see so many champions as this year. There will be the two-time MVP of the last four NBA seasons, the Serbian Nikola Jokic and the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpowhich together with Slovenian Luca Doncic also present and the Cameroonian Joel EmbiidThey are the most popular players currently in the NBA. But in addition to these three phenomena there will be other great players who are doing strong in the NBA, the most competitive league in the world.

FIBA on its official website has compiled a list of fifteen most representative players of this competition. From lowest to highest place here is the list: Dennis Schroder of Germany, Cedi Osman of Turkey, Danilo Gallinari of Italy, Jusuf Nurkic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Deni Anvija of Israel, Lauri Markkanen of Finland, Kristap Porzingis of Latvia, Evan Fournier of France, Bojan Bogdanovic of Croatia, Jonas Valanciunas and Domantas Sabonis of Lithuania, Rudy Gobert of France, Luka Doncic of Slovenia, Giannis Antetokounmpo of Greece and Nikola Jokic of Serbia. A list of samples in which Italian is also present Danilo Gallinari.

Unfortunately among the blues There will not be the very young first pick in this year’s NBA draft Paolo Bancherowho, however, has learned that he will play in our national team from the summer of 2023.

Andrea Renzi