The NBA and Euroleague Basketball announced today that the Philadelphia 76ers in addition to the Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs will participate in NBA Europe Live Presented by EA SPORTS(tm) in October of 2006. The four NBA teams will hold their training camps abroad and compete against top European basketball clubs in several European cities spanning five different countries.

Each of the four NBA teams will be based in a different European city during the first week of October. The Sixers will hold training camp in Barcelona, Spain and take part in an exhibition game against Winterthur FC Barcelona at the Palau Sant Jordi on Oct. 5, 2006. For Allen Iverson and the 76ers, it will mark the team's first trip to Europe. Previously, the team has participated in exhibition games in Puerto Rico and Mexico.

NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS(tm) will conclude with a tournament at the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany. The tournament will feature games between the 76ers and the Suns and the 2005-06 Euroleague Basketball Champion vs. the Euroleague Basketball runner-up on Oct. 10. The finale will feature matchups on Oct. 11 between the winners and the runners-up of each game. Information on ticket sales for each game of the tour will be announced at a later date.

The Clippers will train in Moscow at the Universal Sport Hall CSKA and play games against CSKA Moskow and Unics Kazan Oct. 6-8. The Phoenix Suns will hold their 2006 training camp in Treviso, Italy at La Ghirada, and play against Virtus Lottomatica Roma in Rome and PalaLottomatica on Oct. 6. The San Antonio Spurs will travel to Lyon, France to conduct their training camp. They will play against Adecco ASVEL Lyon-Villuerbanne at the Astroballe on Oct. 5, and will play Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in Paris on Oct. 8 at the Paris-Bercy.