Hooray Chandler Parsons! Looks like you will finally get to be DeAndre Jordan's teammate after all. USA BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES 34 PLAYER ROSTER FOR 2015 MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM MINICAMP USA National Team Minicamp To Be Held August 11-13 In Las Vegas COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Aug. 6, 2015) – Featuring a total of 34 players, including 26 players on the National Team roster and eight players who are new additions to the 2014-16 USA Basketball National Team, USA Basketball Chairman and National Team Managing Director Jerry Colangelo today announced the roster of players expected to attend the Aug. 11-13 USA Basketball Men’s National Team minicamp in Las Vegas. The roster of attendees includes all 12 members of the gold medalist 2014 USA World Cup Team, and nine Olympic gold medalists, including eight members of the 2012 London Olympic team. Added to the 2014-16 USA National Team roster and participating in the Aug. 11-13 USA National Team training camp are eight NBA standouts, including Harrison Barnes (Golden State Warriors); Jimmy Butler (Chicago Bulls); Michael Carter-Williams (Milwaukee Bucks); Mike Conley (Memphis Grizzlies); Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors); Tobias Harris (Orlando Magic); DeAndre Jordan (Los Angeles Clippers); and Victor Oladipo (Orlando Magic). USA National Team members confirmed for the 2015 Las Vegas minicamp include: LaMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio Spurs); Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks); Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards); DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings); Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors); Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Kenneth Faried (Denver Nuggets); Rudy Gay (Sacramento Kings); Paul George (Indiana Pacers); Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers); James Harden (Houston Rockets); Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz); Dwight Howard (Houston Rockets); Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers); LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers); Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio Spurs); Kevin Love (Cleveland Cavaliers); Chandler Parsons (Dallas Mavericks); Chris Paul (Los Angeles Clippers); Mason Plumlee (Portland Trail Blazers); Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors); John Wall (Washington Wizards); and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder). “With this being a summer where we do not have an official competition that we need to prepare for, this year’s minicamp is an opportunity to continue and expand the brotherhood and camaraderie that has been built,” said Colangelo, who has served as managing director of the USA National Team since 2005. “It will be a celebration of all that we've accomplished with USA Basketball since the National Team program was formed in 2006 while also looking ahead to 2016. The minicamp is going to be low key with light workouts, no contact, and the USA Basketball Showcase on Aug. 13 will be a fun all-star type game. “We recognize and understand that some of our players’ availability to participate is still up in the air. Some players are coming off of injuries and are not yet ready to actively participate, or they are getting ready for their NBA seasons. So, it’s a good thing that we don’t have a competition to get ready for this summer. “We’re also excited about the eight players who have been added to the National Team roster. Seven of the players have been involved in past national team training camps or have participated in past camps as a member of our select teams. All of them enjoyed outstanding NBA seasons in 2014-15 and have been on our radar for a while,” added Colangelo. The 2014-16 USA Basketball National Team coaching staff features USA head coach and Duke University’s Naismith Hall of Fame mentor Mike Krzyzewski. Serving as assistant coaches are Jim Boeheim (Syracuse University), Tom Thibodeau and Monty Williams (Oklahoma City Thunder). The 2015 USA National Team minicamp will feature practices on Aug. 11-12, and the minicamp will conclude on Aug. 13 (7:30 p.m. PDT) with the 2015 USA Basketball Showcase, a USA Blue versus USA White exhibition game at the Thomas & Mack Center.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just Announced: <a href="https://twitter.com/usabasketball">@USABasketball</a> Announces 34 Player Roster For 2015 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USABMNT?src=hash">#USABMNT</a> Minicamp in Las Vegas! <a href="http://t.co/GBzNjrTwGt">pic.twitter.com/GBzNjrTwGt</a></p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/629367558144192512">August 6, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Who will be starters on the team? Harden, Lebron, Curry, Durant for sure. Do they pick by position? Maybe Cousins gets the starting nod over Dwight.
wow anthony davis only weighs 220 lbs? same as James Harden and Jimmy Butler and less than Kwi lenord? Damn, this is kid needs to seriously bulk up
Curry Harden Durant Lebron Davis No team can stop this. Almost dream team like when all is said and done
USA should go small. Stick we what worked in 2014. In any event...let's not overthink this. Team USA destroyed the World. The World has nothing.
Talk about being stuck in the past much. They seriously could not find better players than Parsons, Gay, DeRozan, Farried, Hayward, Plumlee?
My guess the final team will be: Chandler Parsons (Captain) Bradley Beal Michael Carter-Williams Jimmy Butler DeMar Derozan Harrison Barnes Andre Drummond Tobias Harris Victor Oladipo Gordon Hayward Mason Plumlee Kevin Love Rudy Gay Kawhi Leonard Carmelo Anthony
I think he went a year at 273. Saw him shake Brian Urlacher's hand that year and he made Urlacher look like a baby.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did <a href="https://twitter.com/dfavors14">@dfavors14</a> retire? <a href="https://t.co/Y1Z25GZBBB">https://t.co/Y1Z25GZBBB</a></p>— rudy gobert (@rudygobert27) <a href="https://twitter.com/rudygobert27/status/629394949327355904">August 6, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Somebody is going to unfairly get left off the 12-man roster. There is way too much talent at the 34-man camp. Holy ****.