The NBA will hold its Africa exhibition game in the South African capital of Pretoria on Aug. 4 Tyler Higbee Jersey , with All Stars DeMar DeRozan and Joel Embiid lined up to play.

The announcement for this year’s exhibition was made on Thursday in Johannesburg by the NBA’s vice president and managing director for Africa, Amadou Gallo Fall.

The NBA has held two Africa games previously, its debut game on the continent in 2015 and then again last year . They were both in Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city and commercial hub, and pitted a team of American and international NBA stars against a team of NBA players from Africa, or with African heritage.

This time, Team World and Team Africa will play at the 8,500-seat Sun Arena in Time Square as the NBA pushes out to a new city, albeit only about 40 miles up the highway from Johannesburg.

DeRozan Quincy Wilson Jersey , who plays for the Toronto Raptors, will take part along with Dallas Mavericks forward Harrison Barnes and San Antonio Spurs forward Rudy Gay on the Team World roster. Embiid, who plays for the Philadelphia 76ers, will play for Team Africa along with Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Orlando Magic center Bismack Biyombo.

Embiid, who is from Cameroon, was a product of the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders development camp in South Africa in 2011.

It’ll be DeRozan’s first visit to Africa.

”Some of my teammates played in the previous two games and I have heard a lot of great things about South Africa and our fans there,” he said.

The NBA has sought to capture a new market in Africa over recent years and Commissioner Adam Silver made the trip to Johannesburg for the inaugural Africa game in 2015. Then, Silver said the NBA was looking to hold a pre-season and ultimately a regular-season game in Africa.

The NBA also opened an academy in Senegal last year, the first in Africa.

Basketball is generally more popular in West Africa than South Africa Micah Hyde Jersey , but South Africa’s sports facilities – the best on the continent – have drawn the NBA to the country.

The two previous Africa games in South Africa drew crowds of about 5,000 in 2015 and just over 7,000 last year.

The full rosters for this year’s game would be announced in coming weeks, the NBA said.

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Provisional rosters:

Team World: DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors), Harrison Barnes (Dallas Mavericks), Danilo Gallinari (Los Angeles Clippers), Rudy Gay (San Antonio Spurs), Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks), Hassan Whiteside (Miami Heat).

Team Africa: Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) Julien Davenport Jersey , Al-Farouq Aminu (Portland Trail Blazers), Bismack Biyombo (Orlando Magic), Cheick Diallo (New Orleans Pelicans), Evan Fournier (Orlando Magic), Serge Ibaka (Toronto Raptors), Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (Philadelphia 76ers), Pascal Siakam (Toronto Raptors).

Josh Allen was the third quarterback for the Bills in their preseason debut on Thursday night, but he played well enough to get a look with the first team.

Allen got reps with the first-string offense at Friday’s practice, according to Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic. Leading into Thursday’s preseason game Stephen Hauschka Jersey , Allen was practicing exclusively with the backups.

Whether that means Allen has a chance to win the starting job remains to be seen. Nathan Peterman was the starter on Thursday night, and AJ McCarron was No. 2. Bills head coach Sean McDermott liked what he saw of Allen in the preseason game, but he liked what he saw of Peterman and McCarron as well, and there’s no indication that Allen has moved up the depth chart just yet.

Allen has an incredibly strong arm, and showed that off on some deep throws that just missed their target but were impressive nonetheless. His overall numbers — 9-of-19 for 116 yards and a touchdown — weren’t great, but he demonstrated the talent that made the Bills choose him in the first round.

Most observers think Allen needs more time to develop and won’t be ready to start as a rookie. The Bills will likely bring him along slowly, but getting work with the first string is a step in the right direction.

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