The president of Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF), Engineer Ahmed Musa-Kida has promised that the country will have formidable teams for both the male and female competitions in the sport at this year’s Olym[pic Games in Tokyo, Japan, megasportsarena.com reports.
While hinting that both teams, D’Tigers and D’Tigress, will have home-based players in their squads for the upcoming games in The Land of The Rising Sun, the NBBF boss added that the best of Nigeria’s players across the world will be invited to contest for spots in the sides.
He went on to exude a strong air of optimism over both teams’ prospects in Tokyo, where he believes their chances of making history are very high, while adding that the future in bright for Nigeria in global basketball.
The NBBF surpemo added that he is so sure of excellent results for D’Tigers and D’Tigress, considering the array of quality players and credible technical crews available for both squads, who he also assured will do everything to shine at the 2020 Olympics.
Kida added: Kida disclosed: “We are already looking at the players that will be selected for both teams, both local-based, I mean those who play in the leagues at home and those that are based abroad. We will call-up the best of our players wherever they are.
“So far, (we are) the only team sports that have qualified to represent Nigeria at the Olympics. The prospects are even brighter with the technical crew that we have right now and with the players we intend to invite including the local players that play in the local league in Nigeria.
“I am sure we will have formidable teams for both the men and women when we get to Tokyo. We are going to have an array of very formidable (players in both teams). We will perform (well and) we will shock the world.”
