NBA and Nike EYBL team up for new showcase at In-Season Tournament

The
National Basketball Association (NBA) and Nike Elite Youth
Basketball League (EYBL) will team up to host the
first EYBL
Scholastic Showcase, a basketball
competition and player development event for six top high school
basketball programs that will take place from Dec. 7 through Dec. 9
in Las Vegas as part of the NBA In-Season Tournament Semifinals and
Championship weekend.

The
EYBL Scholastic Showcase will feature a series of regular-season
high school basketball games at the Las Vegas Aces Headquarters as
well as one game that will be played at T-Mobile Arena on Dec. 8 at
8 p.m. PT on ESPNU.

Four of the five games will stream on the
NBA Appwith two
games scheduled to re-air on NBA TV and highlights featured
on NBA
Future Starts Now.

The
teams will also participate in life-skills seminars,
coaching-development sessions and NBA Cares community-outreach
activities as well as attend the NBA In-Season Tournament
Semifinals.

The
EYBL Scholastic Showcase schedule is below, with all games being
open to NBA team front-office personnel for player-evaluation
purposes.

*Will re-air on NBA
TV

The
EYBL Scholastic Showcase will see some teams outfitted in
NOCTA-designed jerseys and feature a rest and recovery space to
support the growth of the next generation of basketball
athletes.

Nike EYBL, the premier spring and summer youth basketball
circuit comprised of top high school-age male and female players in
the country, recently extended its programming to a year-round
basis with the launch of EYBL Scholastic. The EYBL Scholastic
Showcase builds off the NBA’s support of Peach Jam and Nike
Nationals in July 2023, which saw 20 Peach Jam games stream on the
NBA App for the first time and the integration of new off-court
programming focused on life skills and leadership development,
player health and wellness, and female coach recruitment and
retention.

More than 230 NBA and WNBA players have EYBL experience,
and there are 13 EYBL teams currently sponsored by NBA and WNBA
players including Bradley Beal, Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Paul
George, Blake Griffin, Sabrina Ionescu, LeBron James, Kia Nurse,
Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook.

Nike, which has been an NBA partner since 1992, has served
as the official on-court apparel provider of the NBA, WNBA and NBA
G League since the 2017-18 season as well as the Basketball Africa
League (BAL) since 2021.