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USA Basketball choses select team to prep finalists for world cup in spain

USA Basketball’s has selected a 13-man select team to practice and help prepare players who have been selected as finalists for Team USA’s senior men’s team, which will compete in the the World Cup next month in Spain. The list young NBA stars chosen to compete in this week’s World Cup training camp in Vegas include: .

   Harrison Barnes (Golden State Warriors)

   Trey Burke (Utah Jazz); Jimmy Butler (Chicago Bulls)
   Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors)
   Tim Hardaway Jr. (New York Knicks)
   Tobias Harris (Orlando Magic)
   Doug McDermott (Chicago Bulls)
   Victor Oladipo (Orlando Magic)
   Mason Plumlee (Brooklyn Nets)
   Miles Plumlee (Phoenix Suns)
   Marcus Smart (Boston Celtics)
   Dion Waiters (Cleveland Cavaliers)
   Cody Zeller (Charlotte Hornets). 
   Smart and McDermott were both first round picks in this year’s draft and were the only two college players to compete in last summer’s pre-Olympic rising stars camp in Vegas. 
    “Being chosen for the Select Team is an honor and an important step in becoming involved in USA Basketball’s National Team program in the future,” Team USA’s executive director Jerry Colangelo said. “In the past, current national team players like Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, as well as many other outstanding players got their USA National Team start through the Select Team.”

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Dick Weiss is a sportswriter and columnist who has covered college football and college and professional basketball for the Philadelphia Daily News and the New York Daily News. He has received the Curt Gowdy Award from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and is a member of the national Sportswriters Hall of Fame. He has also co-written several books with Rick Pitino, John Calipari, Dick Vitale and authored a tribute book on Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.

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