FIBA: Rocket assistant Roy Ivey served as head coach of South Sudan men’s basketball
Live broadcast on August 7th according to the News of the Basketball World Cup officer of the International Basketball Federation, Roy Ivey, a former NBA player and current Rockets assistant, served as the head coach of South Sudan men’s basketball. At present, the South Sudan team has not updated the team list.
The 41-year-old Ivey player played for 11 seasons in NBA and played for 4 teams including bucks. He studied at the University of Texas from 2000 to 2004. After his retirement, he successively served as player development coach, Knicks assistant, basketable Nets assistant and rocket assistant in thunder. In addition, he took over the South Sudan national team in 2021 and led the team to the semi-finals of the African Cup.
The basketball World Cup 2023 will be held in Philippines, Japan and Indonesia from August 25 to September 10. South Sudan and the Chinese team are in the same group, and the opponents in the same group are Puerto Rico and Serbia. This is the first time South Sudan has played in the men’s basketball World Cup.
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