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2012 USA Men's Select Team Roster
Featuring nine players owning USA Basketball experience, including the
2011-12 NBA Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving and the 2010-11 NBA Rookie of the
Year runner-up John Wall, USA Basketball today announced 13 players for the
2012 USA Men’s Select Team that will train against the 2012 USA Basketball
Men’s National Team during its July 6-12 training camp in Las Vegas, Nev.

Named to the 2012 USA Basketball Select squad were: Ryan Anderson (Orlando
Magic / California); DeJuan Blair (San Antonio Spurs / Pittsburgh); DeMarcus
Cousins (Sacramento Kings / Kentucky); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors / USC);
Derrick Favors (Utah Jazz / Georgia Tech); Paul George (Indiana Pacers /
Fresno State); Taj Gibson (Chicago Bulls / USC); Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz /
Butler); Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers / Duke); Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio
Spurs / San Diego State); Jeremy Lin (New York Knicks / Harvard); Klay
Thompson (Golden State Warriors / Washington State); and Wall (Washington
Wizards / Kentucky).

USA Basketball also announced that serving as co-head coaches of the USA
Select Team are 2010 USA Basketball World Championship assistant coach Jay
Triano and longtime Syracuse University assistant coach Mike Hopkins. Triano,
who served for three seasons as head coach of the Toronto Raptors, helped
coach the 2007 and 2008 USA Select Teams. Hopkins, who recently completed his
15th season as an assistant for the Orange, has served as a court coach at
the USA Basketball National Team training camps in 2006 and 2010, and was a
court coach at USA Basketball’s 2000 U20 National Team and 2001 U21 World
Championship Team trials.

“The USA Select Team was a vital part of the USA Men’s National Team’s
training in 2007, 2008 and 2010, and again in 2012 we’ll utilize this team
of select NBA players to help get our National Team ready for the very
competitive summer that is ahead of us,” said Jerry Colangelo, USA
Basketball chairman.

“Being chosen for the Select Team is quite an honor, and it’s an important
step in becoming involved in USA Basketball’s National Team program in the
future. In the past, current national team finalists like Kevin Durant,
Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Derrick Rose, LaMarcus Aldridge, Andre
Iguodala, as well as many other outstanding players got their USA National
Team start through the Select Team.”

Members of the USA Select Team will assemble in Las Vegas and conduct a
training session July 5, then train with the USA National Team July 6-11
(12:00-3:00 p.m. PDT). All practices will take place at UNLV’s Mendenhall
Center.

The USA National Team will open its 2012 training with a July 6-12 training
camp in Las Vegas, Nev., that concludes with the July 12 (6:00 p.m. local
time) USA Basketball Showcase that features the USA facing the Dominican
Republic at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center. Tickets for the exhibition game can
be purchased by calling 702-739-FANS or online at
http://www.UNLVtickets.com/eventInfo/spe/310/usa-basketball/.

“The 2012 Select Team has an excellent collection of talents. The group has
outstanding speed and versatility, some excellent shooters, and some very
good size,” added Colangelo. “It will be great to have them involved in USA
Basketball and in the National Team pipeline for our next quadrennium,
2013-16.”

Since the development of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team program in
2006, USA Basketball has selected and utilized three USA Select teams to help
the USA National teams prepare for its major international competitions.

The first USA Select Team was used in 2007 and featured up and coming players
like Andre Iguodala, Al Jefferson, David Lee and J.J. Redick. The Select
squad returned in 2008 and this time featured future NBA All-Stars like
Aldridge, Durant, Iguodala, Love, Rose, and Westbrook. In 2010 and to help
prepare the USA for the FIBA World Championship, a 20-member Select Team was
assembled and was comprised by top returning collegiate players. Among
players on the 2010 roster were Temple’s Lavoy Allen, BYU guard Jimmer
Fredette; Syracuse guard Scoop Jardine, Wisconsin center Jon Leuer, Butler
guard Shelvin Mack, Duke’s Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith, Florida State
forward Chris Singleton, UConn’s Kemba Walker and others.

2012 Select Team members with prior USA Basketball include Hayward and
Thompson who were part of the USA’s gold medalist U19 World Championship
Team; Cousins (2009), DeRozan (2008), Irving (2010) and Wall (2009) who were
members of USA Junior National Select teams that competed in the Nike Hoop
Summit. Additionally, Irving (2010) was a member of USA U18 National team,
while Cousins (2007) participated in USA Basketball’s Youth Development
Festival.

Former Duke Standout Irving earned the NBA’s Rookie of the Year honors this
season, while Wall finished second in the voting for last season’s Rookie of
the Year. Wall was named 2010-11 All-Rookie first team, and Favors and George
collected All-Rookie second team honors. Gibson was an All-Rookie first team
pick in 2009-10 and Blair claimed second team honors.

The 2012 Select Team features three players who completed their rookie NBA
season in 2011-12, six who wrapped up their second NBA season, three
third-year players and one player who finished in 2011-12 his fourth NBA
season.Finalists for the 2012 USA National Team include: LaMarcus Aldridge
(Portland Trail Blazers); Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks); Chauncey Billups
(Los Angeles Clippers); Chris Bosh (Miami Heat); Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles
Lakers); Tyson Chandler (New York Knicks); Anthony Davis (University of
Kentucky); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Rudy Gay (Memphis
Grizzlies); Eric Gordon (New Orleans Hornets); Blake Griffin (Los Angeles
Clippers); James Harden (Oklahoma City Thunder); Dwight Howard (Orlando
Magic); Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers); LeBron James (Miami Heat); Kevin
Love (Minnesota Timberwolves); Lamar Odom (Dallas Mavericks); Chris Paul (Los
Angeles Clippers); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat);
Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder); and Deron Williams (New Jersey
Nets).

Four of the 22 named finalists have been lost to injuries. Aldridge, Billups,
Howard and Rose have all suffered injuries that will prevent them from being
able to play this summer. The 2012 USA coaching staff is led by USA head
coach and Duke University Hall of Fame mentor Mike Krzyzewski. Back in 2012
as USA assistant coaches are Syracuse University and Hall of Fame coach Jim
Boeheim, and former NBA head coaches Mike D’Antoni and Nate McMillan.