2011 Nike Hoop Summit

[sinobball]

According to Draftexpress and eurohopes these players will play for the international team
Przemyslaw Karnowski, Mateusz Ponitka, Lucas Nogueira, Nenad Miljenovic, Dario Saric, Myck Kabongo, Bismack Biyombo and Evan Fournier.

So 8 players and 2 slots remaining. I hope Enes Kanter will play too. This years team is definitely a lot better than last years.

As mentioned above, Kyle Wiltjer (Canada) gets one slot. The last slot goes to Asia traditionally. They invited Guo Ailun from China but he turned it down.

[pohani komarac]

Kyle Wiltjer F 6'10'' 221 1991 Canada Jesuit HS (Portland, OR)
Dario Saric F 6'9'' 190 1994 Croatia KK Dubrava Zagreb
Davis Bertans F 6'7'' 205 1992 Latvia Union Olimpija Jr. Team
Mateusz Ponitka G 6'5'' 190 1993 Poland AZS Politechnika
Kevin Pangos G 6'1'' 178 1993 Canada Dr.Denison HS (Ont)
Evan Fornier G 6'6'' 185 1992 France Union Poitiers
Raul Togni Neto G 6'2'' 195 1992 Brazil Pitagoras Minas Tennis Club
Lucas Riva Nogueira C 7'0'' 225 1992 Brazil Estudiantes
Przemyslaw Karnowski C 7'0'' 269 1993 Poland Sport School Cetniewo

[ultimate_baller24]

Nenad Miljenovic is still waiting for the FMP confirmation to participate to the nike hoop summit.

[serbianhoops]

Canadian U19 NT will be one of the main favorite for the gold at the World Championship in Latvia. Canada has two players selected for the Nike Hoop Summit (PG Pangos 6'1 1993 and F Witljer 6'9 1992) and two players selected for the Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game (C Birch 6'9 1992 & PG Kabongo 6'2 1992). And also many other top prospects such as Sim Bhullar (C 7'5), Anthony Benett (PF 6'6 1993) and maybe Stefan Jankovic (SF 6'10 1993)

[ultimate_baller24]

As mentioned above, Kyle Wiltjer (Canada) gets one slot. The last slot goes to Asia traditionally. They invited Guo Ailun from China but he turned it down.

hoping it Will be Bobby Parks Jr.

[sinobball]

hoping it Will be Bobby Parks Jr.

pohani komarac posted the official roster above, there were only 9 players compared to the usual 10. I don't know if Nenad Miljenovic is the 10th player. Maybe they'll just go with 9.

[carlo]

In the USA Basketball site it is stated that "additions are expected before the game".

http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/hoopsummit/world_select_team_roster_annou_2011_03_21.html

[carlo]

An interesting coverage of some of the World Team selected players can be found here:

http://www.europeanprospects.com/tournaments/2011/nike-hoop-summit/nike-hoop-summit-2011-roster-announced/#more-2553

Biggest missing European players (if not added later on) are E Kanter, J Valanciunas, N Miljenovic and A Gentile.

[pohani komarac]

pohani komarac posted the official roster above, there were only 9 players compared to the usual 10. I don't know if Nenad Miljenovic is the 10th player. Maybe they'll just go with 9.

miljenovic has problems with covic, owner of FMP

[ultimate_baller24]

Guo Ailun Declines Invite to Nike Hoop Summit - Mar 25, 2011 (by Arthur Volbert)
Chinese basketball authorities caused Guo Ailun (193-G-93), Liaoning's outstanding young point guard, to turn down an invitation to the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon on April 9. They said it would clash with the U19 national team closed-door training session, held at the end of March in Beijing. The team is preparing for the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship in June. It is disappointing that we will not be able to see Guo perform against his peers in the Nike all-star game. But China has hopes of gaining its first world basketball medal in a FIBA championship.

Guo, as a guard, would be at a disadvantage in an all-star meet with teammates from Europe and South America because of communication problems. The Chinese style of play is not geared for all-star games which require much more selfish individualism than the Chinese wish to encourage. Chinese authorities do not wish to risk that Guo would be injured in this game. Given his performance in the World U-17 competition last year, Guo has nothing to prove about his capabilities. So we must wait until June to see how Guo fares against international competitors, in a setting more suited to his skill-set, training and ability to communicate with his teammates.

[wardjdim]

As always, this is a very thin World Select team

Given the fact that (under normal conditions) the frontcourt could be led by the likes of Vesely, Kanter, Mirotic and Valanciunas or the fact that the 16-year old Saric might be their most talented offensive player, this is the poorest team maybe in years..

[serbianhoops]

A thin World Select Team only if Miljenovic don't come. With him playing point guard, everything changes. He has that ability to create space and open shoots for his team mates. I really hope he will be allowed to play.

[thespywhozaggedme]

As always, this is a very thin World Select team

Given the fact that (under normal conditions) the frontcourt could be led by the likes of Vesely, Kanter, Mirotic and Valanciunas or the fact that the 16-year old Saric might be their most talented offensive player, this is the poorest team maybe in years..

Couldn't disagree more, Noguiera is a flat out stud; a bigger, more offensively gifted Nene at the same age. Wiltjer is possibly the best sf in the world for his age group, Nieto and Pangos can bit score and have amazing court vision and Saric is a very gifted player. I actually think this is one of the better World teams in quite some rime.

[raph]

Fournier is also a really gifted player, most likely the best prospect we have in years for the backcourt(since batum i'd say , and fournier is already able to do a lot more things than what nico could do at his age). I would not be surprised if he was kicking de colo out of the nt in the middle term.
There are some big names for this generation that are missing, but this generation is one of the deepest for europe in years imo

[serbianhoops]

It's now official, Nenad Miljenovic ('93) won't play at the Nike Hoop Summit