USA - World Select Team named for Nike Hoop Summit
COLORADO SPRINGS (Nike Hoop Summit) - The World Select Team that will face the best American high-school age basketball players at the Nike Hoop Summit on 10th April has been named.
The World Select Team consists of 10 players - aged 19 or younger - who hail from nine countries across four continents and all boast vast international experience.
The game will be played at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon and broadcast live across the USA.
The international roster was assembled by Nike's Consultant of Global Basketball Rich Sheubrooks after he conferred with general managers, clubs, federations, scouts and coaches from around the world.
The Nike sports marketing teams from around the world also had a great deal of input and suggestions on players from their regions.
"For the international players, this game opens their minds to different places and different people and cultures and, hopefully, also opens doors in terms of their professional careers," said Sheubrooks.
"We will have a competitive team. Many of the players have had extensive experience playing around the world in various competitions.
"Several of the players have competed against US players over the past year which should be an asset in a game like this. We have solid fundamental players who should match up well with the athletic talent of Team USA."
Last year's Nike Hoop Summit was one of the most memorable to date as the World Team rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the USA 97-89 and record their first win in the event since 1998.
Serbian big man Milan Macvan scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds - nine on the offensive end - to lead the World Team in that game. Macvan then went on to play a key role with the Serbian senior national team that took silver at the EuroBasket in Poland last summer.
For the sixth straight year, Australian national teams head coach Rob Beveridge will be in charge of the World Team.
Beveridge is fresh off of leading the NBL's Perth Wildcats to the Australian national championship just last week.
He will again be assisted by Serbia's Marin Sedlacek, who is making his 10th appearance at the Hoop Summit.
2010 WORLD SELECT TEAM ROSTER
Guards
Cory Joseph (6ft 3in; Findlay Prep, Nevada; Canada)
Duje Dukan (6ft 8in; Deerfield HS, Illinois; Croatia)
Sui Ran (6ft4in; Shandong Flaming Bulls; China)
Jason Cadee (6ft 0in; Australian Institute of Sport; Australia)
Forwards
Tristan Thompson (6ft 10in; Findlay Prep, Nevada; Canada)
Enes Kanter (6ft 10in; Stoneridge Prep, California; Turkey)
Nikola Mirotic (6ft 10in; Faymasa Palencia; Montenegro)
Mael Lebrun (6ft 6in; Entente Orleans; France)
Centres
Dejan Musli (7ft 0in; FMP Zeleznik; Serbia)
Robert Loe (7ft 0in; JTB/Breakers; New Zealand)
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COLORADO SPRINGS (Nike Hoop Summit) - The World Select Team that will face the best American high-school age basketball players at the Nike Hoop Summit on 10th April has been named.
The World Select Team consists of 10 players - aged 19 or younger - who hail from nine countries across four continents and all boast vast international experience.
The game will be played at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon and broadcast live across the USA.
The international roster was assembled by Nike's Consultant of Global Basketball Rich Sheubrooks after he conferred with general managers, clubs, federations, scouts and coaches from around the world.
The Nike sports marketing teams from around the world also had a great deal of input and suggestions on players from their regions.
"For the international players, this game opens their minds to different places and different people and cultures and, hopefully, also opens doors in terms of their professional careers," said Sheubrooks.
"We will have a competitive team. Many of the players have had extensive experience playing around the world in various competitions.
"Several of the players have competed against US players over the past year which should be an asset in a game like this. We have solid fundamental players who should match up well with the athletic talent of Team USA."
Last year's Nike Hoop Summit was one of the most memorable to date as the World Team rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the USA 97-89 and record their first win in the event since 1998.
Serbian big man Milan Macvan scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds - nine on the offensive end - to lead the World Team in that game. Macvan then went on to play a key role with the Serbian senior national team that took silver at the EuroBasket in Poland last summer.
For the sixth straight year, Australian national teams head coach Rob Beveridge will be in charge of the World Team.
Beveridge is fresh off of leading the NBL's Perth Wildcats to the Australian national championship just last week.
He will again be assisted by Serbia's Marin Sedlacek, who is making his 10th appearance at the Hoop Summit.
2010 WORLD SELECT TEAM ROSTER
Guards
Cory Joseph (6ft 3in; Findlay Prep, Nevada; Canada)
Duje Dukan (6ft 8in; Deerfield HS, Illinois; Croatia)
Sui Ran (6ft4in; Shandong Flaming Bulls; China)
Jason Cadee (6ft 0in; Australian Institute of Sport; Australia)
Forwards
Tristan Thompson (6ft 10in; Findlay Prep, Nevada; Canada)
Enes Kanter (6ft 10in; Stoneridge Prep, California; Turkey)
Nikola Mirotic (6ft 10in; Faymasa Palencia; Montenegro)
Mael Lebrun (6ft 6in; Entente Orleans; France)
Centres
Dejan Musli (7ft 0in; FMP Zeleznik; Serbia)
Robert Loe (7ft 0in; JTB/Breakers; New Zealand)
For more information, click here
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