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AMERICAN basketball will again be pitching up at The O2 this winter.

But could London-based basketball fans have a team of their own to support in the near future?

The North Greenwich arena will host the Miami Heat and New Jersey Nets on October 12 as part of the third National Basketball Association (NBA) Europe Live tour. The pre-season initiative will also feature games in Barcelona, Berlin and Paris.

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics attracted a capacity crowd to The O2 for last year’s event, prompting NBA bosses to consider expanding the league into Europe within the next decade.