The ever-expanding map for David Stern's NBA will mark another conquest next October, as the league has announced the Pacers and Nuggets will meet up for a preseason game in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 8 (via Indy Cornrows). Preseason tours of Europe and China have become somewhat commonplace, but the NBA has never played a game on the island. (And yes, the Indiana Pacemates will be making the trip too.)The Pacers press release notes that basketball is the top sport on Taiwan. China has certainly taken a liking to the NBA, and Pacers star Danny Granger is revered as the Saint of Transition Threes in Indonesia. NBA squads including the Bulls (with or without London-born Ben Gordon) will tour Europe this preseason as well.
