Bradley Beal, Serge Ibaka to play in NBA's Africa game in August

CLEVELAND -- Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal and Denver Nuggets forwardKenneth Fariedwill play in the NBA's exhibition game in South Africa this summer.

Serge Ibaka of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Gorgui Dieng of the Minnesota Timberwolves also will take part in the Aug. 1 game in Johannesburg, the league said Tuesday.

Beal and Faried will play for captain Chris Paul's Team World in the game, the NBA's first in Africa. Luol Deng of the Miami Heat, who was born in South Sudan, will lead Team Africa, with Ibaka and Dieng joining him.

More players will be announced at a later date.