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Wizards to play Brazilian club Bauru in 2015 preseason, according to report

According to Pedro Ivo Almeida and Fábio Balassiano of UOL in Brazil, the NBA is preparing to announce the Washington Wizards will be hosting Bauru, an opponent from Brazil's top basketball league, Novo Basquete Brasil, in a preseason game this October.

Here's a translation of the UOL report via Google Translate:

The parties also avoid talking openly about it, but negotiations are already at an advanced stage and the announcement will take place on Tuesday of next week (11/08), according to people close to the NBA heard by the report.

The calendar even is already set: Bauru come into court on 7 and 11 October to face New York Knicks and Washington Wizards.