2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship (June 3-9)

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Group A
Argentina
Dominican Republic
Mexico
United States

Group B
Brazil
Canada
Puerto Rico
Uruguay

Schedule: https://www.usab.com/mens/u16/schedule.aspx

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Canadian trials roster:

http://www.basketball.ca/en/news-article/18-athletes-selected-for-canada-basketball-u16-mens-national-tea

Brody Adams 6’8" Ottawa, ON St. Pius X High School

Keyonte Beals 6’2" Dartmouth, NS Rectory

Enoch Boakye 6’8" Brampton, ON Brampton Centennial S.S.

Jaden Clayton 5’10" Whitby, ON Andrews Osbourne Academy

Josiah Davis 6’1" Kitchener, ON Huron Heights S.S.

Jefferson de la Cruz Monegro 6’1" LaSalle, QC École Lucien-Pagé

Caleb Houstan 6’7" Mississauga, ON Montverde Academy

Luke Hunger 6’8" Montreal, QC Ashbury College

Nigel Hylton 6’6" Toronto, ON Oakwood Collegiate

Dorile (DJ) Jackson 6’2" Mississauga, ON St. Martin S.S

Dylan Kalambay 6’6" Brampton, ON St. Edmund Campion C.S.S

Jaden Kirkwood 6’4" Kanata, ON Ashbury College

Leonard Miller 6’5" Scarborough, ON Thornlea S.S

Ryan Nembhard 5’10" Aurora, ON Montverde Academy

Milos Nenadic 6’6" Kitchener, ON Cameron Heights Collegiate

Shaedon Sharpe 6’3" London, ON H.B. Beal S.S

Caelum Swanton-Rodger 6’8" Calgary, AB Sir Winston Churchill S.S

Jayden Webley 6’8" Calgary, AB Montverde Academy

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Canadian trials roster:

http://www.basketball.ca/en/news-article/18-athletes-selected-for-canada-basketball-u16-mens-national-tea

Brody Adams 6’8" Ottawa, ON St. Pius X High School

Keyonte Beals 6’2" Dartmouth, NS Rectory

Enoch Boakye 6’8" Brampton, ON Brampton Centennial S.S.

Jaden Clayton 5’10" Whitby, ON Andrews Osbourne Academy

Josiah Davis 6’1" Kitchener, ON Huron Heights S.S.

Jefferson de la Cruz Monegro 6’1" LaSalle, QC École Lucien-Pagé

Caleb Houstan 6’7" Mississauga, ON Montverde Academy

Luke Hunger 6’8" Montreal, QC Ashbury College

Nigel Hylton 6’6" Toronto, ON Oakwood Collegiate

Dorile (DJ) Jackson 6’2" Mississauga, ON St. Martin S.S

Dylan Kalambay 6’6" Brampton, ON St. Edmund Campion C.S.S

Jaden Kirkwood 6’4" Kanata, ON Ashbury College

Leonard Miller 6’5" Scarborough, ON Thornlea S.S

Ryan Nembhard 5’10" Aurora, ON Montverde Academy

Milos Nenadic 6’6" Kitchener, ON Cameron Heights Collegiate

Shaedon Sharpe 6’3" London, ON H.B. Beal S.S

Caelum Swanton-Rodger 6’8" Calgary, AB Sir Winston Churchill S.S

Jayden Webley 6’8" Calgary, AB Montverde Academy

That is most of Canada's top talent except for Elijah Fisher (2023) who is our next big time prospect (on the Wiggins, Barrett level) and Zaiden Cross. Not sure why either are not there.

Should be a solid team and likely the Sliver medal favorite.

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18 players left at US trials:

The 18 finalists for the 2019 USA U16 National Team are: Amari Bailey (Sierra Canyon H.S./Chatsworth, Calif.); Nathan Bittle (Crater H.S./Central Point, Ore.); Jaden Bradley (Cannon School/Concord, N.C.); Max Christie (Rolling Meadows H.S./Arlington Heights, Ill.); Zion Cruz (Hudson Catholic H.S./Trenton, N.J.); Gradey Dick (Wichita Collegiate School/Wichita, Kan.); Jalen Duren (Roman Catholic H.S., Pa.)/New Castle, Del.); Gregg Glenn III (Calvary Christian Academy/Pompano Beach, Fla.); AJ Griffin (Archbishop Stepinac H.S./Ossining, N.Y.); Camden Heide (Wayzata H.S./Wayzata, Minn.); Dillon Hunter (Westlake H.S./Atlanta, Ga.); Richard Isaacs Jr. (Coronado H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.); Will Jeffress (McDowell H.S./Erie, Pa.); Trevor Keels (Paul VI Catholic H.S., Va./Clinton, Md.); Tamin Lipsey (Ames H.S./Ames, Iowa); Chris Livingston (Buchtel H.S./Akron, Ohio); Jabari Smith Jr. (Sandy Creek H.S./Tyrone, GA); and Kijani Wright (Windward H.S./Los Angeles, Calif.).

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US team:

Named to the 2019 USA U16 National Team are: Amari Bailey (Sierra Canyon H.S./Chatsworth, Calif.); Max Christie (Rolling Meadows H.S./Arlington Heights, Ill.); Jalen Duren (Roman Catholic H.S., Pa.)/New Castle, Del.); Gregg Glenn III (Calvary Christian Academy/Pompano Beach, Fla.); AJ Griffin (Archbishop Stepinac H.S./Ossining, N.Y.); Dillon Hunter (Westlake H.S./Atlanta, Ga.); Richard Isaacs Jr. (Coronado H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.); Will Jeffress (McDowell H.S./Erie, Pa.); Tamin Lipsey (Ames H.S./Ames, Iowa); Chris Livingston (Buchtel H.S./Akron, Ohio); Jabari Smith Jr. (Sandy Creek H.S./Tyrone, Ga.); and Kijani Wright (Windward H.S./Los Angeles, Calif.).

https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2019/05/mu16-team-named.aspx

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Final Canadian roster:

Enoch Boakye 6’8" Brampton, ON Brampton Centennial S.S.

Jaden Clayton 5’10" Whitby, ON Andrews Osbourne Academy

Josiah Davis 6’1" Kitchener, ON Huron Heights S.S.

Caleb Houstan 6’7" Mississauga, ON Montverde Academy

Luke Hunger 6’8" Montreal, QC Ashbury College

Dorile (DJ) Jackson 6’2" Mississauga, ON St. Martin S.S

Dylan Kalambay 6’6" Brampton, ON St. Edmund Campion C.S.S

Leonard Miller 6’5" Scarborough, ON Thornlea S.S

Ryan Nembhard 5’10" Aurora, ON Montverde Academy

Shaedon Sharpe 6’3" London, ON H.B. Beal S.S

Caelum Swanton-Rodger 6’8" Calgary, AB Sir Winston Churchill S.S

Jayden Webley 6’8" Calgary, AB Montverde Academy

http://www.basketball.ca/en/news-article/u16-mens-national-team-announced-ahead-of-fiba-u16-americas-cham

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Argentina roster:

Lucas Maglietti
Club: Estudiantes de Formosa
Posición: Base
Altura: 1,78
Clase: 2003

Francisco Conrradi
Club: Quimsa de Santiago del Estero
Posición: Base
Altura: 1,90
Clase: 2003

Juan Gorosito Maza
Club: Central Olímpico de Ceres
Posición: Base
Altura: 1,82
Clase: 2003

Lucas Di Muccio
Club: Lanús
Posición: Escolta
Altura: 1,93
Clase: 2003

Nicolás Quiroga
Club: Libertad de Sunchales
Posición: Escolta
Altura: 1,90
Clase: 2003

Lucas Sigismonti
Club: Kimberley de Mar del Plata
Posición: Alero
Altura: 2,01
Clase: 2003

Valentín Forestier
Club: Leandro Alem de Bahía Blanca
Posición: Alero
Altura: 1,94
Clase: 2003

Estaban Caffaro
Club: Trebolense
Posición: Alero
Altura: 2,00
Clase: 2003

Santino Romegialli
Club: Argentino de Firmat
Posición: Ala-Pivote
Altura: 2,03
Clase: 2003

Augusto Roveres
Club: Lanús
Posición: Ala-Pivote
Altura: 2,05
Clase: 2003

Julián Lorca González
Club: Ameghino de Villa María
Posición: Pivote
Altura: 2,07
Clase: 2003

Nicolás Burgos
Club: 9 de Julio de Junín
Posición: Pivote
Altura: 2,06
Clase: 2003

https://www.argentina.basketball/ver/noticia/la-seleccion-nacional-u16-confirmo-su-plantel-para-el-fiba-americas

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Very in-depth review of the Canadian team here - going through each player.

https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1845465

Should be a fairly strong Canadian team, with a solid amount of high level prospects.

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Dominican Republic:

Entre los 12 jugadores, hay tres debutantes en el equipo nacional: Nomar Tejada del Distrito Nacional, Luis Peña de la provincia La Altagracia y Giancarlo Farias residente en Nueva York.

El resto de la selección es el mismo que estuvo en el pasado Centrobasket U15 de México: Jean Montero, Huascar Cuevas, Silvano Grullón, Breylin García, Edixon Gómez, Yuhanser Ynfante, Ángel Pimentel Montás, Álex Ventura y Handerson Silverio.

https://almomento.net/seleccion-sub-16-lista-para-premundial-masculino-de-la-fiba/

The player to watch is Montero, who scored 15.4 ppg as one of the youngest players at least year's U17 WC, and then scored 31 a game to lead the DR to the Centrobasket U15 championship.

Puerto Rico:

El equipo quedó conformado por Johned Walker, Jeremy Figueroa, Jesús Sierra, Sebastián Santiago, Geancarlo Peguero, Eric Navarro, Zabdiel Santana, Kendric Dávila-Díaz, Gregory Limage, Mikkel Cintrón, Arnaldo García y Joshua Rivera.

https://www.elvocero.com/deportes/definida-la-selecci-n-nacional-sub--rumbo-al-premundial/article_b03882f4-7bed-11e9-8141-471748a08c22.html

Walker, Garcia, and Figueroa were the top players at Centrobasket last year.

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Day 1:
Canada 101 Uruguay 63
Brazil 72 Puerto Rico 58
Dominican Republic 71 Mexico 66
USA 83 Argentina 57

Nightmare start for the US, trailing 25-8 early in the second quarter after shooting something like 3 for 25. They tied the game by halftime, opened up a lead in the third, and pulled away in the fourth, but never really played their best...the bigs struggled to finish against a packed defense and Argentina was able to make it a halfcourt game. OTOH when you don't play great and still beat Argentina by 25 you have a pretty strong team. Will Jeffress got hurt late in the first quarter and didn't return, but according to Twitter it's not a serious injury. In the other Group A game the Dominicans pulled off their own comeback win over Mexico and tomorrow they play Argentina in a crucial game for quarterfinal seeding.

Canada and Uruguay combined for 59 fouls in their game.

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Day 2:
Canada 90 Brazil 67
Puerto Rico 69 Uruguay 58
USA 104 Mexico 52
Dominican Republic 90 Argentina 77

42 points and 11 rebounds for Montero in DR's win over Argentina.

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Day 3:

USA 122 Dominican Republic 71
Argentina 84 Mexico 75
Canada 96 Puerto Rico 76
Uruguay 68 Brazil 55

US-DR was actually 46-44 late in the first half, before the US scored 13 points in a row going into the break. Once the game got away from the Dominicans they rested their starters and they lead just grew and grew. US shot 22-39 from three, which has to be a record for this tournament. AJ Griffin sat out for the second straight game with a sore hamstring.

Uruguay's upset of Brazil shakes up the quarterfinal pairings a bit:

USA-Puerto Rico
Argentina-Uruguay
Dominican Republic-Brazil
Canada-Mexico

From the US standpoint I'd rather have played Uruguay, but PR hasn't shown anything in this tournament.

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Day 3:

USA 122 Dominican Republic 71
Argentina 84 Mexico 75
Canada 96 Puerto Rico 76
Uruguay 68 Brazil 55

US-DR was actually 46-44 late in the first half, before the US scored 13 points in a row going into the break. Once the game got away from the Dominicans they rested their starters and they lead just grew and grew. US shot 22-39 from three, which has to be a record for this tournament. AJ Griffin sat out for the second straight game with a sore hamstring.

Uruguay's upset of Brazil shakes up the quarterfinal pairings a bit:

USA-Puerto Rico
Argentina-Uruguay
Dominican Republic-Brazil
Canada-Mexico

From the US standpoint I'd rather have played Uruguay, but PR hasn't shown anything in this tournament.

Any chance Brazil threw that game in order to avoid Argentina?
Despite losing to DR - Argie looks like a deeper, better team.

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Any chance Brazil threw that game in order to avoid Argentina?
Despite losing to DR - Argie looks like a deeper, better team.

I didn't watch but Brazil's starters played normal minutes so it seems unlikely. I think they are just shooting terribly--Motta who had 28 against Argentina and 36 against Uruguay at the South American U15 last year is 6-36 from the field in this tournament, and as a team they are 10-66 from three.

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Quarterfinals:
Canada 95 Mexico 78
Dominican Republic 73 Brazil 71
USA 102 Puerto Rico 51
Argentina 62 Uruguay 53

DR wins it on a floater by Cuevas with 1.1 seconds left, after Brazil had scored six in a row to tie the game.

US started off slow for the fourth straight game, and didn't shoot well from outside, but were too physically dominant for PR.

Mexico's Bonilla with 27 points and 20 rebounds in a losing cause against Canada. He plays for Barcelona and is going to the NBPA Top 100 camp next week. Didn't do much against the US but had big games against Argentina and now Canada.

Best four teams qualified, I think, but USA-Canada finals are becoming inevitable at these tournaments.