The NBA confirmed another new feature aimed at the Brazilian public. In an unprecedented initiative here, the NBA Basketball School Next Gen Clinic will hold ten stages in eight cities in four regions to form a squad for an international league experience.
Participants will be young boys born in 2011 and 2012 — 1,000 promises are expected to participate in the clinics, which will be led by Basketball School Brasil coaches, but will feature special guests.
In fact, this weekend (30 and 31), Vitor Galvani, coach of the 2025/26 season of the NBA G-League for Mexico City Capitanes, and Alex Garcia, known as Brabo, with experience at and then at the NBB, will be the news.
Walter Roese, former director of the NBA Academy LatAm, will be the technical director of Next Gen, which will feature the participation of Daniel Soares, head of NBA Basketball Operations for Latin America.
From the end of May until the end of August, there will be nine stages to select 25 finalists, the participants of the last and decisive weekend. From this group, ten of them will be chosen to represent Brazil in an event that will be fully paid for by the NBA.
NBA Basketball School Next Gen Clinic 2026 Schedule
- May 30-31 I NBA Store Arena Town (São Paulo-SP)
- June 20-21 I Youth Recreation (Caxias do Sul-RS)
- June 27-28 I Ginásio Pedrocão (Franca-SP)
- July 25-26 I Unifacisa Arena (Campina Grande-PB)
- August 1st-2nd I NBA Store Arena Town (São Paulo-SP)
- August 8-9 I Minas Tênis Clube (Belo Horizonte-MG)
- August 15-16 I NBA Store Arena (Curitiba-PR)
- August 22-23 I NBA Store Arena Uptown (Rio de Janeiro-RJ)
- to be confirmed I (Brasília-DF)
- August 30th I NBA Store Arena Town (São Paulo-SP) – Finals
