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Three Heat players on Nigeria’s preliminary Olympic roster

The Nigeria Basketball Federation announced a 49-player preliminary roster for the country’s Olympic roster. Three of those players are on the Miami Heat.

D’Tigers have 12 current NBA players on the 49-man preliminary roster. (3 from the @MiamiHEAT) And 19 guys total with NBA experience.

Here is the full roster announced by @nbbfonline pic.twitter.com/7wjIAyCWVH— D’Tigers | Nigeria Basketball (@NigeriaBasket) June 22, 2021

Precious Achiuwa, KZ Okpala and Gabe Vincent are all on the preliminary roster. The Heat drafted Achiuwa with the 20th pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, and they traded for Okpala in the second round of the 2019 Draft.