![]() The team also features forwards - Damien Inglis (Chorale de Roanne Basket/France), James Metecan Birsen (Fenerbache Ulker/Turkey) and Nikola Jokic (Mega Vizura/Serbia). The World Team has named two other centers to its 2014 roster - Clint Capela (ES Chalon-sur-Saone/Switzerland) and Trey Lyles (Arsenal Technical H.S., Ind./Canada). (St Joseph High School, N.J./Dominican Republic) returns for his second Nike Hoop Summit appearance, having scored seven points to go with four rebounds and four assists in the 2013 victory. (Marian H.S./Fort Wayne, Ind.), who trained with USA Basketball as a member of the 2011-12 Developmental National Team and Kelly Oubre (Findlay Prep, Nev./Fort Bend, Texas) and Myles Turner (Trinity H.S./Bedford, Texas), who each took part in the 2013 USA Basketball Developmental National Team mini-camp this past October.Ĭenter Karl Towns, Jr. Rounding out the roster are Cliff Alexander (Curie Metropolitan H.S./Chicago, Ill.), who suited up for USA Basketball as a member of the 2013 USA 3x3 U18 World Championship Team James Blackmon, Jr. John's School/Houston, Texas) as well as Joel Berry II (Lake Highland Prep School/Apopka, Fla.) and Theo Pinson (Wesleyan Christian Academy/Greensboro, N.C.), who each own one international gold medal. ![]() Headlined by Jahlil Okafor (Whitney Young H.S./Chicago, Ill.), a three-time gold medalist and MVP of the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship, the 2014 USA Junior National Select Team roster also includes two-time gold medal winners Stanley Johnson (Mater Dei H.S./Fullerton, Calif.), Tyus Jones (Apple Valley H.S./Apple Valley, Minn.) and Justise Winslow (St. Here are further details from a USA Basketball release. Towns competed for the Dominican Republic against USA Basketball's senior men's national team in an exhibition in Las Vegas in 2012, even though he was just 16 years old at the time. A bunch of the other players invited are also projected as 2015 first-round picks. Looking ahead to 's 2015 mock draft, this event is set to have the top-seven projected picks (Okafor, Turner, Alexander, Lyles, Mudiay, Towns and Johnson). Matt Kamalsky of has a roster breakdown for the World Team right here, which includes multiple videos. Gao Shang | G | 6-foot-6 Guangdong Southern Tigers | China Jamal Murray | G | 6-foot-6 | Athlete Institute | Canada Trey Lyles | C | 6-foot-9 | Arsenal Technical HS, IN | CanadaĮmmanuel Mudiay | G | 6-foot-5 | Prime Prep Academy, TX | Democratic Republic of Congo Nikola Jokic | F | 6-foot-10 | KK Mega Vizura | Serbia James Metecan Birsen | F | 6-foot-9 | Fenerbache Ulker | TurkeyĬlint Capela | C | 6-foot-9 | ES Chalon-sur-Saone | Switzerlandīrandone Francis | G | 6-foot-5 | Arlington Country Day School, FL | Dominican Republicĭamien Inglis | F | 6-foot-9 | Chorale de Roanne Basket | France Name | Position | Height | Team | Country Justice Winslow | F | 6-foot-6 | 210 | Duke | Houston, TX Myles Turner | C | 6-foot-11 | 240 | Undecided | Bedford, TX ![]() Reid Travis | C | 6-foot-7 | 215 | Stanford | Minneapolis, MN Theo Pinson | F | 6-foot-6 | 185 | North Carolina | Greensboro, NC Kelly Oubre | F | 6-foot-7 | 190 | Kansas | Fort Bend, TX Jahlil Okafor | C | 6-foot-10 | 260 | Duke | Chicago, IL Tyus Jones | G | 6-foot-0 | 171 | Duke | Apple Valley, MN Stanley Johnson | F | 6-foot-7 | 226 | Arizona | Fullerton, CA | G | 6-foot 2 | 175 | Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN Joel Berry || | G | 6-foot-1 | 185 | North Carolina | Apopka, FL Name | Position | Height | Weight | College | HometownĬliff Alexander | F | 6-foot-9 | 230 | Kansas | Chicago, IL In case you're late to the party, the Hoop Summit has featured the likes of Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving, John Wall, Anthony Davis and Andrew Wiggins in recent years, and it has been a key springboard to the NBA for international players like Nicolas Batum, Bismack Biyombo, Donatas Motiejunas and Enes Kanter.įull event details are available right here. It's that time of year again: USA Basketball has announced the USA and World rosters for the 2014 Nike Hoop Summit, an international high school basketball showcase game set for the Moda Center on April 12 at 4 p.m.
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