USA prepare for the future, name Select Team

COLORADO SPRINGS (2016 Rio Olympic Games) - Young pros and rising stars from the NCAA have been named in the USA Select Team to train with the USA Olympic squad in Las Vegas 18-21 July.

San Antonio Spurs boss Gregg Popovich, who is to succeed Mike Krzyzewski as USA coach after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, is to oversee the Select Team. He will be helped by his Spurs assistant Ime Udoka and the head coach of NCAA champions Villanova, Jay Wright.

USA 25-player Select Team
Malcolm Brogdon	Devin Booker	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Willie Cauley-Stein
Kris Dunn	Aaron Gordon	Jerami Grant	Gary Harris
Rodney Hood	Brandon Ingram	Brice Johnson	Stanley Johnson
Zach LaVine	CJ McCollum	Doug McDermott	Emmanuel Mudiay
Jahlil Okafor	Jabari Parker	Julius Randle	D'Angelo Russell
Marcus Smart	Myles Turner	Denzel Valentine	Justise Winslow
Cody Zeller

Among those chosen are Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns and Jahlil Okafor of the Philadelphia 76ers, players that were named to the 2015-16 NBA All-Rookie first team. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sacramento Kings), Emmanuel Mudiay (Denver Nuggets), D'Angelo Russell (Los Angeles Lakers), Myles Turner (Indiana) and Justise Winslow (Miami Heat) earned All-Rookie second team honors.

Select Team members that reached the top of the podium of the FIBA U19 World Championship with the USA include Aaron Gordon (Orlando Magic), Okafor, Marcus Smart (Boston Celtics) and Winslow. They won the title in 2013.

Select Team member Doug McDermott of the Chicago Bulls played for the USA at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship and at the 2013 World University Games.

He and Smart were also in the Select Team of 2014, along with Cody Zeller (Charlotte Hornets).

"The 2016 USA Basketball Select Team continues our tradition of featuring some of the game's brightest and most promising young players," said Jerry Colangelo, USA Basketball chairman and National Team managing director.

"Participation in this camp provides them with valuable experience at the USA Basketball National Team level, while helping prepare the 2016 USA National Team for its upcoming international competition. For many of the Select Team players this is a continuation of their USA Basketball experiences and for others, it is an introduction into our pipeline.

"Being chosen for the Select Team is an honor and it is an important step in becoming involved in USA Basketball's National Team program in the future. Current National Team players like Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, as well as many other outstanding players, got their USA National Team start through a Select Team.

"We're also very excited to get our future National Team head coach Gregg Popovich involved this summer. Coach Popovich's coaching success speaks for itself and it will be great to have him be a part of this year’s Las Vegas training camp."

FIBA