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NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™ will feature the Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, and the 2005 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs conducting training camps in October 2006 and competing against top European basketball clubs in seven European cities in five countries.

Want to know more about the key players taking part in Spain? Look no further.

This October the Philadelphia 76ers will travel to Barcelona, Spain for training camp and play a game against Spanish team Winterthur FC Barcelona at the Palau Sant Jordi on Thursday, October 5. Here are the players to watch out for:

Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers

Allen Iverson (NBAE/Getty)

Nickname: The Answer, AI
Height: 1.83m
Position: Guard
Born: Virginia Peninsula, USA

Honors
• A seven-time NBA All-Star and has started for the Eastern Conference in all seven games. Named MVP of two NBA All-Star Games (2001 and 2005).
• Has career averages in the NBA of 30.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.19 steals in 62 play-off games.
• Led the Sixers to the 2001 NBA Finals.
• Served as a co-captain on the USA men’s team which won a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games.
• Helped lead the USA to a gold medal at the 2003 FIBA Americas championships.
• Member of the gold medal winning USA team at the 1995 World University Games team in Fukuoka, Japan.

Hobbies
• Enjoys drawing during his free time.
• Watching movies … Favourite actors are Samuel L. Jackson and Al Pacino and best film is The Color Purple.
• Likes music and has recorded a rap CD.

Fun Facts
He and his wife, Tawanna, have four children: daughters Tiaura and Messiah, and sons Allen II and Isaiah Rahsaan.

The 2005-06 season marked his 10th season with the 76ers; only one active player has played for only one team for a longer period of time – Minnesota’s Kevin Garnett.

Played more minutes per game than any other player in the NBA this season and was the second highest scorer with an average of 33 points per contest. His all-time high in a single game is 60 points, which came against the Orlando Magic in February 2005.

Lists lasagne as favourite food.

Former University of Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson said of Iverson: “I've been to three calf shows, nine horse ropings and seen Elvis once. But I have never seen anything like this in my life."


Juan Carlos Navarro, FC Barcelona


Juan Carlos Navarro (2006 © Euroleague Basketball, S.L.)



Nickname: La Bomba (The Bomb)
Height: 1.92m
Position: Guard
Born: Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain

Honors
• Won the Euroleague with FC Barcelona in 2003.
• Won the ACB Spanish League title with FC Barcelona in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004.
• Lifted the Spanish Cup in 2001 and 2003.
• Won the Korac Cup in 1999.
• Named Most Valuable Player of the ACB in 2006.
• Represented Spain in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Helped the national team to win a silver medal at the 2003 European Championships in Sweden, a bronze at the 2001 European Championships in Turkey, and gold at the World Junior Championship in 1999

Hobbies
• Likes the Internet. Has his own website: www.labombanavarro.com
• Enjoys dining out with friends.
• Favourite film is The Silence of the Lambs.
• Likes lots of different music but top song is ‘Where Is the Love?’ by the Black Eyed Peas.

Fun Facts
Came through the FC Barcelona youth team. He started playing at CB Santfeliuenc before being signed up as a youth player by FC Barcelona.

Was chosen in the second round of the 2001 NBA draft by Washington.

Is best friends with Memphis Grizzlies star Pau Gasol.

Always puts on his right shoe first.

Was recently awarded Spain’s Royal Order of Sporting Merit medal.