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Citing mental health, Cavaliers and Spain guard Ricky Rubio taking break from basketball

Ricky Rubio of the Cleveland Cavaliers announced Saturday that he is taking a break from basketball to focus on his mental health, a move that comes as his Spanish national team prepares to defend its title at the FIBA World Cup that starts later this month.

Cade Cunningham plays Luka Doncic role, impresses in Team USA scrimmages - ESPN

LAS VEGAS — On the second day of Team USA's training camp, the 12-man roster headed to the FIBA World Cup later this month scrimmaged against the Select Team — a group of young players, plus a couple of veterans, brought in to help the senior group prepare for the competition.

D’Tigress beat Rwanda to FIBA Afrobasket Championship final

Defending champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria yesterday defeated hosts, Rwanda, to qualify for the final of the ongoing FIBA Afrobasket Championship holding in Kigali. D’Tigress won the largely one-sided game by 79 to 48 points to extend their unbeaten run to 23 games. They will face the winner of the second semifinal between Senegal and Mali in the final on Sunday Sunday’s final would be Nigeria’s fourth consecutive final following victories in the 2017, 2019 and 2021 editions of the tournament.