The Americans are Coming!
That’s what the British are crying these days according to the British Basketball League.
” Well it’s not quite Coach K and his NBA boys who are currently slumming it at the World Championships in Turkey (and weren’t they given the fright of their lives by Brazil?!), but USA Select arrive in the UK next week for arguably their most exhaustive tour yet.
Sean Kilmartin’s organisation will bring 34 players over from The States, often playing at three different venues on the same night.
They start on Friday September 10 with games at Brentwood against Leopards, Rivermead against Reading Rockets and John Sandford Sports Centre in a double-header against both the home-town Leicester Riders and newly crowned Division One champions Derby Trailblazers. ”