that basketballs governing body has pulled off over the past few months show that with the right plan with the right protocols games can be played safelyand he expressed confidence that the tokyo games will occuri think the question is will we be in position to have fans in tokyo and that moves by the day if not by the hour alves said things go south north we dont know but as far as the athletes the national teams in the tournament both men and women absolutelythere are 24 teams left in the race for the four remaining mens spots those will be decided in tournaments scheduled to take place between june 29 and july 4 while the nba playoffs will still be happeningand since this nba season started later than usual some top international players such as greeces giannis antetokounmpo of the milwaukee bucks and serbias nikola jokic of the denver nuggets might be busy with playoff games at the same timeserbia will play host to the dominican republic new zealand puerto rico italy and senegal lithuania will play host to south korea venezuela poland slovenia and angola croatia will play host to germany russia mexico tunisia and brazil and canada will play host to greece china uruguay turkey and the czech republicall four of those qualifiers will be winnertakeall one nation from each of those events advancing to the tokyo games