Jamaica national team

[Czarkazem13]

It's about time for Jamaica to make it's move in the basketball world!!! With its great athletic heritage, it's but natural that they should also excel in basketball.

Roy Hibbert

Jerome Jordan

Patrick Ewing, Jr.

Samardo Samuels


I have read articles that Ben Gordon has Jamaican parents, too. And he hasn't made up his mind yet if he will represent his country of birth, Great Britain. Maybe the Jamaican federation can convince him, too.

I think Ron Artest and Aron Afflalo are also of Jamaican descent too.

[mvblair]

Did Ewing Sr. play for Jamaica?

No. I think his family moved to the US when he was a teenager.

Jamaica is the original Belize, having been disqualified from Centrobasket in 1996. If they show up with too good a team, will they get the Belize treatment again?

I don't know anything about that. Can you tell me something?

[sinobball]

Did Ewing Sr. play for Jamaica?

[JGX]

Jamaica is the original Belize, having been disqualified from Centrobasket in 1996. If they show up with too good a team, will they get the Belize treatment again?

[mvblair]

That's fantastic news. I have never have a problem with children who want to represent their parent's country. Plus, anything that makes an Americas team stronger is fine with me.

[saknarsas]

cool, it will be interesting to see how it turns out.

Ewing Jr. to play for Jamaica

Patrick Ewing Jr., son of NBA superstar Patrick Ewing, will reportedly represent Jamaica in international competition. Before being waived because of a serious MCL sprain, Ewing was averaging 16.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game for the Reno Bighorns of the D-League.

While Aljani Williams, president of the Jamaica Amateur Basketball association, was filing papers that would allow Roy Hibbert to represent Jamaica, he was informed that Ewing was also interested in representing Jamaica. According to the vice-president of Ewing's agency, Ewing's knee injury will not be a concern:

"He is playing full contact basketball and is in very good shape and will most likely be signing a full NBA contract this summer with one of a number of teams that have expressed interest, and should be back in the NBA by the start of the 2010/2011 season."

Ewing's first international games for Jamaica would be in the Centro Basketball Tournament, which begins on July 5th.

Ewing was born in Boston, but his father is a native of Jamaica. It's good to see players who probably wouldn't make the U.S. National team helping out basketball in other countries and getting some international experience themselves.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/john-krolik/

[alermac]

Jamaica is another of those Caribbean nations that could put together a very decent team if it manages to get all its globetrotters at once, and also having many migrants to the US obviously helps. I think they could become a reasonable regional power in the next few years, and 've heard the Federation is sending many young kids to US colleges for their development.

[Butata]

It's about time for Jamaica to make it's move in the basketball world!!! With its great athletic heritage, it's but natural that they should also excel in basketball.

Roy Hibbert

Jerome Jordan

Patrick Ewing, Jr.

Samardo Samuels


I have read articles that Ben Gordon has Jamaican parents, too. And he hasn't made up his mind yet if he will represent his country of birth, Great Britain. Maybe the Jamaican federation can convince him, too.

[Czarkazem13]

Thanks for the article.

[JGX]

They are looking at Roy Hibbert, maybe Patrick Ewing Jr:

http://sportsjamaica.com/read_article.php?id=16195