Tickets are now on sale for the first-ever NBA game in Manchester featuring the Oklahoma City Thunder and Philadelphia 76ers on October 8, as part of the NBA Global Games Manchester 2013 presented by BBVA, it was announced today.

After an absence of eleven years, the BBL made a welcome return to Manchester last season as a new club, led by coach Jeff Jones, took on the Giants' name.

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MANCHESTER Giants have added Spanish big man Iker Amuchastegui to their squad for the new British Basketball League season.