Team USA opened exhibition play for the Olympics with a shocking loss to Nigeria.
However, it’s only shocking if you don’t pay much attention: Nigeria has eight NBA players, which may be more than any team except the US.
Duke fans will probably recognize names like Josh Okogie (Georgia Tech) and Jordan Nwora (Louisville) and may recognize Precious Achiuwa (Memphis) and KZ Okpala (Stanford).
The D’Tigers are also coached by NBA veteran coach Mike Brown who was the NBA Coach of the Year in 2009. Essentially it’s an NBA team with an NBA coach.
One name will really jump out though: Jahlil Okafor, who was Duke’s big man on the 2015 national championship team, is on Nigeria’s roster for the Games.