International basketball is at long last seeing the best of Nigeria.

The country that gave the world Hakeem Olajuwon and also reached the knockout stages of 2006 FIBA World Championship has trailed in the wake of African brothers Angola over the eyars but in Caracas, Venezuela, this week, at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT), the team coached by Ayo Bakare has put forth three stunning performances.

Two of the most athletics players in the team are the Aminu brothers, natives of Atlanta whose father is Nigerian.

Alade Aminu, 24, played American college basketball at Georgia Tech while Al-Farouq Aminu, 21, competed at Wake Forest in North Carolina.

Alade has been a professional in Europe, spending this past season with Elan Chalon in France where he won three trophies on the domestic front.

Al-Farouq plays in the NBA with the New Orleans Hornets.

In Nigerian, Al-Farouq means "The king has arrived" and really, that is exactly what has happened in Caracas.