The NBA is sending the Lakers, Knicks and Timberwolves to Europe for the fifth installment of the league's preseason Europe Live Tour.

Each team will play two games overseas this coming fall, including contests against top European squads.

Los Angeles features Spain's Pau Gasol and New York has Italy's Danilo Gallinari.

"We like to bring the hometown player back to have his fans, and given the popularity of Pau in Spain, particularly Catalunya, we think that's a great idea," NBA commissioner David Stern said Tuesday on a conference call.