Written by: Colin Udoh, ESPN
Nigeria’s basketball ambition going into their third Olympic Games is not just to better their abysmal record of two wins out of eight games, but to get a place on the podium in Tokyo.
Beyond an Olympic medal, however, D’Tigers head coach Mike Brown hopes to reshape the face of Nigerian basketball by making it more attractive to new audiences, using the influence of celebrity figures of Nigerian origin from home and abroad.
There are many moving parts to those ambitions, but the road to that podium — if it happens — is being smoothed by the Golden State Warriors.
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