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New Orleans Pelicans: 3 prospects to watch in the Tokyo Olympics

FC Barcelona's Alex Abrines (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are here. International or FIBA basketball sees some of the best global players strut their stuff internationally, but mainly to upset team USA. Since Athens 2004, no country has been able to dethrone the Americans. As the international standard has increased over time, the gap has decreased between America and the field. Heading into the summer games, plenty of non-NBA players could earn themselves a spot on an NBA roster. Here are a few prospects that the New Orleans Pelicans should monitor

New Orleans Pelicans: Jock Landale (Australia) could be a stretch-big in the NBA

Jock Landale arrived on the international scene in the 2019 FIBA World Cup.