{"id":505073,"date":"2026-02-26T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505073\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:00:09","slug":"its-time-to-pick-your-players-for-window-2-fiba-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505073\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time to pick your players for Window 2\u00a0|\u00a0FIBA Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIES (Switzerland) \u2013 Attention basketball lovers! Window 2 of the World Cup 2027 Qualifiers is about to begin and the FIBA SMART Fantasy League has officially returned!<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about the Fantasy Legaue:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ru3du4v\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/news\/fiba-launches-the-first-ever-national-team-basketball-fantasy-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:10\/5.625;opacity:0;object-fit:cover\"\/>FIBA launches the first-ever national team basketball fantasy league<a class=\"ru3du4v\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/news\/step-into-the-game-how-the-world-cup-qualifiers-fantasy-league-works\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:10\/5.625;opacity:0;object-fit:cover\"\/>Step into the game: How the World Cup Qualifiers Fantasy League works<\/p>\n<p>By now, you should be familiar with all the rules of this exciting new game. If you\u2019re not, check out <a class=\"_1pmct9j0\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2027-european-qualifiers\/news\/new-window-new-rules-inside-fantasy-leagues-bold-transfers-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">this editorial piece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The key for all fantasy players now is to assemble their team, choose their players, and select their SMART Captain and X-Factor for Window 2.<\/p>\n<p>The national team rosters will soon be finalized after the technical meetings, and then the rosters will be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very important that you return to your team and check before the first game on the morning of February 26, to make sure you are happy with your final selection.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1dz8zx00 wzy8oya wzy8oy7 wzy8oy8 wzy8oy5  fiba-urcbug ofves50\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.fiba.basketball\/en?utm_source=fiba_website&amp;utm_medium=sponsoredcard_edito&amp;utm_campaign=generic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SMART FANTASY LEAGUE<\/p>\n<p>Create your team, join a league and challenge your friends<\/p>\n<p>Play now<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FIBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIES (Switzerland) \u2013 Attention basketball lovers! Window 2 of the World Cup 2027 Qualifiers is about to begin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-505073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}