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Aaron Harrison

Height*: 6’5

Weight: 210

Reach: 8’4

Wingspan: 6’8

Andrew Harrison

Height*: 6’5

Weight: 207

Reach: 8’4

Wingspan: 6’8.5

Kasey Hill

Height*: 6’0.75

Weight: 175

Reach: 7-11

Wingspan: 6’4

Demetrius Jackson

Height*: 6-1

Weight: 194

Reach: 8’0

Wingspan: 6’4.75

Rondae Jefferson

Height*: 6-6.5

Weight: 212

Reach: 8’7

Wingspan: 7’1

Jabari Parker

Height*: 6’8

Weight: 241

Reach: 8’8

Wingspan: 7’0

Julius Randle

Height*: 6’9

Weight: 248

Reach: 8’9.5

Wingspan: 6’11

Aaron Gordon

Height*: 6’9

Weight: 212

Reach: 8’10.5

Wingspan: 6’11.5

Bobby Portis

Height*: 6’11

Weight: 231

Reach: 8’11

Wingspan: 7’1.5

Noah Vonleh

Height*: 6’9.75

Weight: 242

Reach: 8’10

Wingspan: 7’4

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– Joel Embiid of Cameroon, Tomas Dimsa of Lithuania Added To Nike’s International Squad —

 PORTLAND, Ore. (April 15, 2013) – Adding 7’0” center Joel Embiid (Cameroon), who attends The Rock School in Florida, and Lithuanian guard Tomas Dimsa, who plays for the professional club team Zalgiris-Sabonio in Lithuania, while previously announced guard Mario Hezonja (Croatia/Regal FC Barcelona) has withdrawn, the roster for the 2013 World Select Team that will compete in the 16^th annual Nike Hoop Summit now stands at 11 players for the international showdown.

The 2013 Nike Hoop Summit, which will be played at 4 p.m. (PDT) on Saturday, April 20 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore., features America’s top, senior high-school players versus a World Select Team featuring many of the world’s best players age 19-years-old or younger.

Tickets for the 16th annual Nike Hoop Summit are on sale now, with reserved courtside seats for $25 and $50 and general admission tickets for $5 in advance and $10 on game day. Tickets will be available through the Rose Quarter Ticket Office, by calling 877-789-ROSE (7673) or by visiting www.rosequarter.com.

Embiid will play college basketball at the University of Kansas next season, having signed a National Letter of Intent in November 2012. A soccer and volleyball player in his native Cameroon, Embiid played basketball for the first time at the start of 2011, and his first organized game late that year after moving to the United States. Having been spotted at a basketball camp in Africa by former Montverde Academy alumnus and current NBA player Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Embiid attended Montverde in Florida, before transferring to The Rock School in Gainesville.

Dimsa is in the middle of a successful season with his club team Zalgiris-Sabonio which plays in the NKL, the second tier professional league in Lithuania. Dimsa is averaging 11.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game for his club this season and also has international experience dating back to 2010, when he won a silver medal with Lithuania at the U16 European Championship in Montenegro. A year later, he also was part of the Lithuanian team at the U18 European Championship in Poland.

Suiting up alongside Embiid and Dimsa for the World Team are: heralded prep forward Andrew Wiggins (Canada/Huntington Prep, W.Va.), who returns for his second Nike Hoop Summit appearance, having led the World Team with 20 points in an 84-75 victory in 2012; Gabriel Deck (Argentina/Quimsa Athletic Association Santiago del Estero); Dante Exum (Australia/Australian Institute of Sport); Nikola Ivanovic (Montenegro/KK Buducnost); Mouhammadou Jaiteh (France/Maritime Boulogne); Livio Jean-Charles (France/ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne); Sergey Karasev (Russia/Triumph Lyubertsy), who earned a bronze medal with Russia at the 2012 Olympics; Dennis Schröder (Germany/New Yorker Phantoms); and Karl Towns, Jr. (Dominican Republic/St. Joseph H.S., N.J.), who has verbally committed to the University of Kentucky for 2014-15.

For a third-straight year, Roy Rana will lead the World Team at the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit. Rana is a seven-year veteran of Canada Basketball who was appointed head coach of Canada’s Junior National Team in 2012 and led the team to a bronze medal in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Brazil. The World Team assistant coach will be Serbia’s Marin Sedlacek, who is making his 13th Nike Hoop Summit appearance.

The World Team seeks to repeat its 2012 success, when it defeated the USA 84-75 in front of a Rose Garden crowd of 10,666 and a national television audience. Overall, the United States holds an 11-4 advantage in the Nike Hoop Summit.

An incredible 140 players who have participated in the Nike Hoop Summit have been drafted by NBA teams, including six No. 1 picks.

The list of World alumni includes: Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Serge Ibaka, Yi Jianlian, Luis Scola, Bismack Biyombo,Nicolas Batum,Andrea Bargnani, Omri Casspi, Enes Kanter and Vladimir Radmanovic.

For more information, please visit www.usabasketball.com/mens/hoopsummit or www.nikehoopsummit.com.

USA Basketball

Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for men’s and women’s basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the U.S. by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA sponsored international basketball competitions, as well as for some national competitions.

USA teams are the current men’s and women’s champions in the Olympics, men’s and women’s FIBA World Championships; women’s FIBA U19 World Champions; men’s and women’s FIBA U17 World Champions; and the men’s and women’s U18 and U16 FIBA Americas champions; as well as winners of the women’s FIBA 3X3 World Championship and 3×3 U18 World Championship.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (March 26, 2013) – Nike’s roster for the 2013 World Select Team that will compete in the 16th annual Nike Hoop Summit will celebrate the internationalism of the game with 10 players from 9 different countries across four continents.

The 2013 Nike Hoop Summit, which will be played at 4 p.m. (PDT) on Saturday, April 20 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore., features America’s top, senior high-school players versus a World Select Team featuring many of the world’s best players age 19-years-old or younger.

Heralded prep forward Andrew Wiggins (Canada/Huntington Prep, W.Va.) returns for his second Nike Hoop Summit appearance, having led the World Team with 20 points in an 84-75 victory in 2012.

Sergey Karasev (Russia/Triumph Lyubertsy), who already has made a splash in international competition after earning a bronze medal with Russia at the 2012 Olympics, also will suit up for the World Team.

The World roster also includes: forwards Gabriel Deck (Argentina/Quimsa Athletic Association Santiago del Estero) and Livio Jean-Charles (France/ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne); guards Dante Exum (Australia/Australian Institute of Sport), Nikola Ivanovic (Montenegro/KK Buducnost), Dennis Schröder (Germany/New Yorker Phantoms) Marlo Hezonja (Croatia/Regal FC Barcelona); and centers Mouhammadou Jaiteh (France/Maritime Boulogne) and University of Kentucky signee Karl Towns, Jr. (Dominican Republic/St. Joseph H.S., N.J.).

For a third-straight year, Roy Rana will lead the World Team at the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit. Rana is a seven-year veteran of Canada Basketball who was appointed head coach of Canada’s Junior National Team in 2012 and led the team to a bronze medal in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Brazil. The World Team assistant coach will be Serbia’s Marin Sedlacek, who is making his 13th Nike Hoop Summit appearance.

“So many former Hoop Summit players have gone on to become national and even global stars that the game is now firmly established as the most prestigious youth basketball event in the world,” said Lynn Merritt, VP Nike Global Basketball Sports Marketing. “Players such as Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki left their mark in the Nike Hoop Summit, and I’m excited to see who will be the next superstar. Nike is proud to partner with USA Basketball, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Rose Garden to again bring this year’s event to Portland.”

Wiggins will arrive in Portland as one of the most talked-about young players in basketball. Currently playing at Huntington Prep School in West Virginia, he is ranked by many sources as the top U.S. college basketball recruit for 2013. In February 2013, the Canadian forward was named the 2013 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. The son of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins, Andrew has won bronze medals playing for Canada and World Team head coach Rana at the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship and the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. In addition, he was named MVP in 2011 and 2012 playing for Canada in the Nike Global Challenge.

Karasev played in two games at the London Olympics and three games as Russia took part in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. A player with the Moscow-based Triumph Lyubertsy Club at the top level of Russian professional basketball, Karasev is logging significant minutes in domestic and European club basketball. His father Vasily, a former national team player, is currently head coach of Triumph.

From Argentina, Deck plays for Quimsa in Liga A, the top division in Argentina, and was a key member of the Argentina U18 National Team that advanced to the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship bronze medal game. Deck also stood out at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship played in Lithuania last year, and led that tournament in scoring with 21.5 points per game.

French forward Jean-Charles is another player with experience at the top level of the professional game in his country with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, the club of which Hoop Summit alumnus and NBA All-Star Tony Parker is part owner and vice-president. Jean-Charles was also a member of the silver medal winning French team at last year’s U20 European Championship in Slovenia.

The latest in a long line of World Team players selected from the prestigious Australian Institute of Sport, Exum is coming off a strong performance at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship, a tournament in which he was the fourth-leading scorer (17.3 ppg.) to help Australia to the silver medal.

A guard from Montenegro, Ivanovic plays in his country’s top professional league for KK Buducnost and also has played for his club in the Adriatic League and EuroCup. He was named the Montenegro League’s Guard of the Year and Most Improved Player in 2011 before helping Buducnost win the 2012 league championship to earn a place on his national senior team.

Schröder is from German BBL club the New York Phantoms Braunschweig , having developed through their junior program. Schröder appeared for both Germany’s senior and U20 national teams in 2012 and in 2013 was selected for the BBL All-Star Game.

From famous European club Regal FC Barcelona, Hezonja started his career in his homeland Croatia with KK Dubrovnik and KK Zagreb before moving to Spain. Last summer, he also was part of the Croatia U17 team that won bronze at the FIBA U17 World Championship, finishing second in scoring at that tournament with 20.8 points per game. In 2011, Hezonja was also a key part of the U16 team that won gold at the U16 European Championship.

At the center position, Jaiteh is a product of the national academy, the Centre Federal du Basket-Ball and in 2012-13 signed for SO Maritime Boulogne in ProB, the second tier of French basketball. In 2012, Jaiteh was the fourth-leading scorer at the U18 European Championship in Lithuania.

The final name on the World Team roster is Dominican Republic center Towns, who has committed verbally to play collegiately after next season at the University of Kentucky and currently is playing high school basketball at St. Joseph High School in New Jersey. Having played impressively for his U17 national team at the 2011 Centrobasket U17 Championship, Towns was called up to the senior national team that played at the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Venezuela.

The World Team seeks to repeat its 2012 success, when it defeated the USA 84-75 in front of a Rose Garden crowd of 10,666 and a national television audience. Overall, the United States holds an 11-4 advantage in the Nike Hoop Summit.

An incredible 140 players who have participated in the Nike Hoop Summit have been drafted by NBA teams, including six No. 1 picks.

The list of World alumni includes: Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Serge Ibaka, Yi Jianlian, Luis Scola, Bismack Biyombo,Nicolas Batum,Andrea Bargnani, Omri Casspi, Enes Kanter and Vladimir Radmanovic.

For more information, please visit www.usabasketball.com/mens/hoopsummit or www.nikehoopsummit.com.

USA Basketball

Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for men’s and women’s basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the U.S. by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA sponsored international basketball competitions, as well as for some national competitions.

USA teams are the current men’s and women’s champions in the Olympics, men’s and women’s FIBA World Championships; women’s FIBA U19 World Champions; men’s and women’s FIBA U17 World Champions; and the men’s and women’s U18 and U16 FIBA Americas champions; as well as winners of the women’s FIBA 3X3 World Championship and 3×3 U18 World Championship.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 20, 2013) – USA Basketball today named the roster for its 2013 USA Junior National Select Team that will take on the World Select Team in the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit, and the USA will be led by two coaches and four players with prior international basketball experience, including USA medalists and prep standouts Aaron Gordon (Archbishop Mitty H.S./San Jose, Calif.), Rondaé Hollis-Jefferson(Chester H.S./Chester, Pa.), Jabari Parker (Simeon Career Academy/Chicago, Ill.) and Julius Randle (Prestonwood Christian Academy/ McKinney, Texas).

The U.S. roster also features 2012 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team Training Camp participants Aaron (Travis H.S./ Richmond, Texas) and Andrew Harrison (Travis H.S./Richmond, Texas), as well as USA Basketball newcomers Kasey Hill (Montverde Academy/Eustis, Fla.),Demetrius Jackson (Marian H.S./Mishawaka, Ind.), Bobby Portis (Hall H.S./Little Rock, Ark.) and Noah Vonleh (New Hampton School, N.H./Haverhill, Mas.).

The 2013 Nike Hoop Summit will be played at 4 p.m. (PDT) on Saturday, April 20 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. Tickets are now on sale, with reserved courtside seats for $25 and $50 and general admission $5 in advance and $10 on game day. Tickets are available through the Rose Quarter Ticket Office, by calling 877-789-ROSE (7673) or by visiting www.rosequarter.com or www.nikehoopsummit.com

The Nike Hoop Summit, the country’s premier annual basketball game for high-school boys, features America’s top seniors playing against a World Team comprised of elite, international players who are 19-years-old or younger.

“I think first and foremost, looking at so much international basketball experience on this team, with the guys having played on the last U16, U17 and U18 teams, their familiarity with the international game is really going to be a benefit to us, and then so many of the guys actually having played with each other will be a benefit to us as well.” said USA head coach Mike Jones (DeMatha Catholic H.S., Md.), who was an assistant coach in last year’s Nike Hoop Summit, which saw the world team top the USA 84-75. “I learned a lot last year. I know our guys will be able to look at the World Team roster and recognize some of the players and have respect for their talent. We are going to be focused on making sure the USA wins. We don’t want to lose two in a row.”

Jones also served as an assistant coach for the 2011-12 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team, helping the USA to gold at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship and 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, as well as assisting the East Team to a bronze medal at the 2004 USA Basketball Men’s Youth Development Festival.

Assisting Jones on the U.S. sideline will be former NBA player and University of Virginia star Cory Alexander (Boo Williams AAU, Va.), who played on three USA Basketball teams. He earned a gold medal with the USA at the 1993 FIBA U21 World Championship, a silver medal at the 1992 FIBA Americas U20 Championship and a bronze medal with the South Team at the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival.

Parker is the only two-time USA gold medalist on the roster, and he was named the 2011 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year. He earned a gold medal at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship after averaging 12.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game despite a foot injury that limited him to just five of eight games, and he earned tournament MVP at the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship after averaging 15.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game to help the USA to a gold medal. Gordon started alongside Parker in all five games of the 2011 U16 championship, averaging team bests of 17.0 points and 11.2 rebounds per game.

The third member of the 2011-12 USA Men’s Developmental National Team along with Gordon and Parker is Hollis-Jefferson, who twice has represented the USA in 3×3 competition. This past September, Hollis-Jefferson collected silver at the 2012 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Championship after the USA fell to Serbia in overtime of the gold medal game, and he earned an individual bronze medal at the dunk competition. In 2011, he helped the USA finish in eighth place at inaugural 2011 FIBA 3×3 Youth World Championship.

Representing the USA at the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship this past summer, Randle won a gold-medal after averaging team highs of 14.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.

Seven U.S. team members have signed a National Letter of Intent for the 2013-14 NCAA season. Aaron and Andrew Harrison will play at Kentucky, Hill will attend Florida, Hollis-Jefferson is headed to Arizona, Jackson signed with Notre Dame, Portis committed to Arkansas and Vonleh will go to Indiana. Parker verbally committed to attend Duke in the fall, and two players – Gordon and Randle – remain undecided.

All 10 players rank among the nation’s top 30 boys basketball players and seven are ranked among the top 10 by three different scouting services. ESPNU ranks Parker at No. 2, Andrew Harrison at No. 3, Randle at No. 4, Aaron Harrison at No. 5, Gordon at No. 7, Vonleh at No. 8, Hill at No. 9, Portis at No. 11, Hollis-Jefferson at No. 17 and Jackson at No. 21.

Scout.com has Parker at No. 2, Andrew Harrison at No. 3, Aaron Harrison at No. 4, Randle at No. 5, Gordon at No. 6, Hill at No. 7, Vonleh at No. 9, Hollis-Jefferson at No. 12, Portis at No. 16 and Jackson at
No. 26; while Rivals.com lists Randle at No. 2, Parker at No. 3, Aaron Harrison at No. 4, Andrew Harrison at No. 5, Gordon at No. 6, Vonleh at No. 7, Hill at No. 9, Portis at No. 17, Hollis-Jefferson at No. 19 and Jackson at No. 30.

Six members of the seven-player Naismith Boy’s High School Player of the Year Early Season Watch List released on Dec. 14 were U.S. Hoop Summit team members, including Aaron and Andrew Harrison, Hill, Hollis-Jefferson, Parker and Vonleh.

In the most recent USA Today Super 25 rankings (as of Jan. 14), Hill and his Montverde squad ranked
No. 2, while Parker and Simeon ranked No. 11. Hollis-Jefferson and Chester High School ranked No. 22 last week but out of the top 25 this week. Additionally, Gordon and Archbishop Mitty and the Harrison twins at Travis High School have spent time in the top 25 this season.

Following the 2011-12 high school basketball season, Parker earned Gatorade Boys Basketball National Player of the Year, and he listed on the USA Today All-USA 2012 High School Boys Basketball first team, along with Hill, who earned All-USA second-team honors.

The 2009-12 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team Committee selected the 2013 USA Junior National Select Team roster. Chaired in a non-voting position by Sean Ford, the USA Basketball Men’s National Team Director, the committee also includes: AAU appointees Ron Crawford and Boo Williams; National Federation of High Schools representatives Eric Flannery and John Olive; and athlete representative Kermit Holmes (1999 USA Pan American Games Team).

The 2013 World Select Team, which is expected to be announced in late February or March, will consist of 10 or 11 players age 19-years-old or younger from FIBA’s five geographic zones: FIBA Africa, FIBA Americas, FIBA Asia, FIBA Europe and FIBA Oceania, with the approved sanctioning of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the world governing body of international basketball.

Nike Hoop Summit History
The premiere event for high-school-age players, an incredible 140 former USA and World Select Team members have been drafted by NBA teams.

In 2012, the first three picks were former U.S. Nike Hoop Summit players, including Anthony Davis at No. 1 (New Orleans Hornets), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist at No. 2 (Charlotte Bobcats) and Bradley Beal at No. 3 (Washington Wizards). Since the first Hoop Summit in 1995, six alumni have been chosen No. 1 in the NBA Draft, and all told, 46 players have been selected among the first 10 draftees. Additionally, five players from the Hoop Summit have gone on to earn NBA Rookie of the Year honors, including Kyrie Irving (2012), Tyreke Evans (2010), Derrick Rose (2009), Kevin Durant (2008) and Elton Brand, who shared the honor in 2000.

As of January 2013, 68 former USA players and 17 former World team members were active in the NBA, and 25 former Hoop Summit players are currently competing on the collegiate level, including 19 past U.S. players and six former World team athletes.
USA Basketball

Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for men’s and women’s basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the U.S. by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection; training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA sponsored international basketball competitions, as well as for some national competitions.

USA teams are the current men’s and women’s champions in the Olympics, men’s and women’s FIBA World Championships; women’s FIBA U19 World Champions; men’s and women’s FIBA U17 World Champions; and the men’s and women’s U18 and U16 FIBA Americas Championships; as well as the women’s FIBA 3X3 World Championship and 3×3 U18 World Championship.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 15, 2013) – USA Basketball, Nike, the NBA Portland Trail Blazers and Portland Arena Management today announced that the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit will take place at 4 p.m. (PDT) on Saturday, April 20 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. The Nike Hoop Summit has been staged at the Rose Garden in Portland since 2008 and while there has recorded the four largest crowds in the event’s 15-year history.

Tickets for the 16th annual Nike Hoop Summit will go on sale at 10 a.m. (PDT) on Friday, Jan. 18, with reserved courtside seats for $25 and $50 and general admission tickets for $5 in advance or $10 at the door the day of the event. Tickets will be available through the Rose Quarter Ticket Office, by calling 877-789-ROSE (7673) or by visiting www.rosequarter.com.

The Nike Hoop Summit, the country’s premier annual basketball game for high-school boys, features America’s top high-school seniors playing against a World Select Team comprised of elite international players 19-years-old or younger.

“We are very excited to play the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland,” said Jim Tooley, USA Basketball Executive Director/CEO. “The Nike Hoop Summit legacy continues to expand, and many of today’s greatest players have participated in this event. From Nike to the Trail Blazers and Rose Quarter staffs, along with the tremendous basketball fans in the area, Portland has been an outstanding home for the Nike Hoop Summit, and we look forward to another exciting game in 2013.”

“The Nike Hoop Summit has become a big day for basketball fans in Portland each year, and we are excited to host it once again,” said Portland Trail Blazers President and CEO Chris McGowan. “It’s a great opportunity to watch tomorrow’s college and NBA stars play in person. We’re proud of the relationship we have with USA Basketball and Nike to continue what has become an annual tradition at the Rose Garden.”

“USA Basketball and the Trail Blazers have been tremendous Nike partners helping to take the Hoop Summit to unprecedented heights the past few years,” said Lynn Merritt, V.P. of Nike Global Basketball Sports Marketing. “We are thrilled to bring the world’s best young talent back to Portland, and we look forward to watching them compete in basketball’s premier international youth event in our own backyard.”
In 2012, a record-setting 35 points from the USA’s Shabazz Muhammad (UCLA/Las Vegas, Nev.) wasn’t enough to overcome a talented and experienced World Team, which captured an 84-75 win. Although the USA holds an 11-4 advantage in the series, the World Team has won two of the past four, including in 2009.
Held annually from 1995-2000, the Nike Hoop Summit was resumed in 2004 after a three-year hiatus. The game was held in the city hosting the men’s NCAA Final Four in 1998 (San Antonio, Texas), 1999 (Tampa, Fla.), 2000 (Indianapolis, Ind.) and 2004 (San Antonio, Texas), In 2005-2007 the game was staged at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.

The 2013 USA Basketball Junior National Select Team roster will be selected by the USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team Committee and is expected to be announced later in January, with the 2013 World Select Team to follow in March.
The USA Junior National Select Team is expected to consist of 10 players, a head coach and an assistant coach, while the World Select Team will consist of 11 players age 19-years-old or younger from FIBA’s five geographic zones: FIBA Africa, FIBA Americas, FIBA Asia, FIBA Europe and FIBA Oceania, with the approved sanctioning of FIBA, the world governing body of international basketball.

Nike Hoop Summit History
The premiere event for high-school-age players, an incredible 140 former USA and World Select Team members have been drafted by NBA teams, including 15 players in 2011 and 2012.

In the 2012 NBA Draft, The first three picks were former U.S. Nike Hoop Summit players, including Anthony Davis at No. 1 by the New Orleans Hornets, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist at No. 2 by the Charlotte Bobcats and Bradley Beal at No. 3 by the Washington Wizards.
That same thing occurred in the 2008 NBA Draft, with Hoop Summit alums going one, two three in Derrick Rose as the No. 1 pick by the Chicago Bulls, Michael Beasley at No. 2 by the Miami Heat and O.J. Mayo at No. 3 by Minnesota Timberwolves.
Since the first Nike Hoop Summit in 1995, six Hoop Summit alumni have been chosen No. 1 in the NBA Draft, and all told, 46 players have been selected among the first 10 draftees.

Five players have gone on to earn NBA Rookie of the Year, including Kyrie Irving (2012), Tyreke Evans (2010), Derrick Rose (2009), Kevin Durant (2008) and Elton Brand, who shared the honor in 2000.

As of January 2012, 68 former USA players and 17 former World team members were active in the NBA, including former U.S. team members: Al-Farouq Aminu (New Orleans Hornets); Metta World Peace (formerly Ron Artest, Los Angeles Lakers); Harrison Barnes (Golden State Warriors); Will Barton (Portland Trail Blazers); Shane Battier (Miami Heat); Jerryd Bayless (Toronto Raptors); Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards); Michael Beasley (Phoenix Suns); Avery Bradley (Boston Celtics); Elton Brand (Dallas Mavericks); Nick Collison (Oklahoma City Thunder); DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings); Anthony Davis (New Orleans Hornets); Ed Davis (Toronto Raptors); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors); Chris Duhon (Los Angeles Lakers); Mike Dunleavy (Milwaukee Bucks); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Wayne Ellington (Minnesota Timberwolves); Monta Ellis (Milwaukee Bucks); Tyreke Evans (Sacramento Kings); Kevin Garnett (Boston Celtics); Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies); Daniel Gibson (Cleveland Cavaliers); Tyler Hansbrough (Indiana Pacers); Al Harrington (Orlando Magic); Tobias Harris (Milwaukee Bucks); Spencer Hawes (Philadelphia 76ers); Gerald Henderson, Jr. (Charlotte Bobcats); Xavier Henry (New Orleans Hornets); John Henson (Milwaukee Bucks); Kirk Hinrich (Chicago Bulls); Jrue Holiday (Philadelphia 76ers); Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers); Antawn Jamison (Los Angeles Lakers); Al Jefferson (Utah Jazz); Jared Jeffries (Houston Rockets); Joe Johnson (Brooklyn Nets); Terrance Jones (Houston Rockets); Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Charlotte Bobcats); Brandon Knight (Detroit Pistons); Ty Lawson (Denver Nuggets); Malcolm Lee (Minnesota Timberwolves); Meyers Leonard (Portland Trail Blazers); Rashard Lewis (Miami Heat); Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves); Kendall Marshall (Phoenix Suns); O.J. Mayo (Dallas Mavericks); Greg Monroe (Detroit Pistons); Jermaine O’Neal (Phoenix Suns); Patrick Patterson (Houston Rockets); Zach Randolph (Memphis Grizzlies); Austin Rivers (New Orleans Hornets); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); Brandon Rush (Golden State Warriors); Kyle Singler (Detroit Pistons); J.R. Smith (New York Knicks); Josh Smith (Atlanta Hawks); Nolan Smith (Portland Trail Blazers); Jared Sullinger (Boston Celtics); Marquis Teague (Chicago Bulls); Sebastian Telfair (Phoenix Suns); John Wall (Washington Wizards); Martell Webster (Washington Wizards); Louis Williams (Philadelphia 76ers); Brandan Wright (Dallas Mavericks); Tony Wroten (Memphis Grizzlies); and Thaddeus Young (Philadelphia 76ers).
World Hoop Summit alums now playing for NBA teams include: Andrea Bargnani (Toronto Raptors); Nicolas Batum (Portland Trail Blazers); Bismack Biyombo (Charlotte Bobcats); Omri Casspi (Cleveland Cavaliers); Evan Fournier (Denver Nuggets); Serge Ibaka (Oklahoma City Thunder); Cory Joseph (San Antonio Spurs); Enes Kanter (Utah Jazz); Patrick Mills (San Antonio Spurs); Donetas Motiejunas (Houston Rockets); Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks); Tony Parker (San Antonio Spurs); Vladimir Radmanovic (Atlanta Hawks); Samardo Samuels (Cleveland Cavaliers); Luis Scola (Phoenix Suns); Kevin Seraphin (Washington Wizards); and Tristan Thompson (Cleveland Cavaliers).

Additionally, 25 former Hoop Summit players are currently competing on the collegiate level, including 19 past U.S. players and six former World team athletes.

Duke (Quinn Cook, Mason Plumlee and Rasheed Sulaimon), North Carolina (Reggie Bullock, James McAdoo and Leslie McDonald) and UCLA (Kyle Anderson, Shabazz Muhammad and Tony Parker) top the list with three current members having played for the USA in the Nike Hoop Summit. Kentucky features two Hoop Summit alumni in Archie Goodwin and Nerlens Noel, while eight schools boast of one player, including Arizona with Kaleb Tarczewski, Florida with Patric Young, Memphis with Adonis Thomas, Michigan with Mitch McGary, Michigan State with Gary Harris, Pittsburgh with James Robinson, Syracuse with Rakeem Christmas and UNLV with Mike Moser.

World Team alums playing at an American college or university include: Anthony Bennett at UNLV, Duje Dukan (2010) at Wisconsin, Przemyslaw Karnowski and Kevin Pangos at Gonzaga, Robert Loe at Saint Louis University, and Kyle Wiltjer at Kentucky.

About USA Basketball
Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for men’s and women’s basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the U.S. by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection; training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA sponsored international basketball competitions, as well as for some national competitions.
USA teams are the current men’s and women’s champions in the Olympics, men’s and women’s FIBA World Championships; women’s FIBA U19 World Champions; men’s and women’s FIBA U17 World Champions; and the men’s and women’s U18 and U16 FIBA Americas Championships; as well as the women’s FIBA 3X3 World Championship and 3×3 U18 World Championship.
USA Basketball also currently ranks No. 1 in all five of FIBA’s world ranking categories, including combined, men’s, women’s, boys and girls.

About the Rose Quarter
The Rose Quarter in Portland, OR is owned by an affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers and managed by AEG Facilities. The Rose Quarter includes 20,000-seat Rose Garden, 12,000-seat Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 6,500-seat Theater of the Clouds, 40,000-square foot Exhibit Hall and the Rose Quarter Commons. Home to the NBA Portland Trail Blazers, the Rose Garden is a $267 million multi-purpose arena that opened in the fall of 1995. The WHL Winterhawks play in Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which opened in 1961 and served as the original home of the Trail Blazers. Veterans Memorial Coliseum is attached to 40,000-square foot Exhibit Hall and seven meeting rooms. The Commons, Portland’s largest outdoor public plaza, connects the Rose Garden and the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and can accommodate up to 5,000 people for outdoor events. Ovations Food Services is the official food and beverage concessionaire for the Rose Quarter.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (April 7, 2012)   –  Despite a record-setting 35 points from the USA’s Shabazz Muhammad (Bishop Gorman H.S. / Las Vegas, Nev.), the World Select Team captured an 84-75 win over the USA Junior National Select Team in the Nike Hoop Summit on Saturday night at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore.

Down by as many as 18 points in the first half, the USA fought back to take a 75-74 lead with 3:20 remaining in the game before the International squad closed on a 10-0 run to capture its fourth win and largest margin of victory in the 15-game history of the event.

“Obviously, we were down 52-34 at halftime. We had forced nine turnovers, but we dug a hole of 10-0,” said USA head coach Kevin Boyle (Montverde Academy, Fla.). “We got it to 32-26, and I think they out-scored us 20 or 22-2 to end the half to go up 18. We weren’t rotating good on defense. We were kind of standing and watching a little bit on offense. I don’t know if we started the game a little tight from the atmosphere, a lot of guys playing international basketball for the first time, or if they just came out more aggressive. In the second half we forced 14 turnovers, were able to turn them over a lot, able to get back into the game. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get the job done with the hole being so large.”

Muhammad, in addition to setting the event scoring mark, also tied the U.S. record for field goals made (12) and set a new high for field goals attempted (19), while Kyle Anderson (St. Anthony H.S. / North Bergen, N.J.) grabbed a U.S. record-tying 10 rebounds to go with 12 points and four assists.

“I wasn’t really aware of (the scoring record),” Muhammad said. “I just thought my shot was going in tonight. I thought we really played well in the second half with the rotations on defense. If we would have done that in the first half, we would have come closer to winning the game.”

A trio of double-digit scorers led the World Team. Canada’s Andrew Wiggins tallied 20 points, including six attempted 3-pointers, tying the International record. China center Wang Zhelin added 19 points, and Croatia’s Dario Saric scored 13 points to go with 14 rebounds, which tied the previous World Team high.

The USA was plagued by ice-cold 35.9 percent (28-78 FGs) shooting from the field and was out done of the glass by a 57-34 margin. In fact, the World Team’s 57 rebounds established a new game high for the international squad.

“Wow, special win for us, for the World Team,” said Roy Rana (Canada), head coach of the World Team. “I know it hasn’t happened too often, so anytime you get a win over the USA it’s a good feeling. I thought we got off to a tremendous start and then hung on for our lives.”