Team USA Mini-Camp Roster

[im not you]

[h2]Twenty-five accept invites to minicamp[/h2]

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Kevin Durant, rookie of the year Derrick Rose and college player of the year Blake Griffin are among the 25 players who have accepted invitations to participate in the USA Basketball national team minicamp.

The roster of players was announced Thursday in Las Vegas, where the Americans will train from July 22-25. The minicamp will be used to identify prospects for openings on the U.S. teams in the 2010 world championships and 2012 Olympics.

Durant nearly made the U.S. team that played in the Olympic qualifier two years ago and is a leading candidate to wear a USA uniform. Griffin was expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft later Thursday by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Also expected at the minicamp are Portland's Greg Oden, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and Jerryd Bayless; Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook and Jeff Green; Memphis' O.J. Mayo and Rudy Gay; New Jersey's Devin Harris and Brook Lopez; Utah's Ronnie Brewer, Paul Millsap and Kyle Korver; Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young; the Lakers' Trevor Ariza; New York's David Lee; Minnesota's Kevin Love; Atlanta's Josh Smith; Charlotte's .J. Augustin; Indiana's Danny Granger; and Boston's Glen Davis.

Some of the players trained with the Americans on the select team of young players who scrimmaged against the national team in 2007 and last summer before the Olympics.

The camp will close with a blue-white exhibition game at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 25. An announcement is expected that week on whether Mike Krzyzewski will return to coach the team.
Kevin is a lock for that 2010/2012 squad

 

[kiddin like jason]

KORVER.

 

[Retroballer]

Glen Davis????

 

[bigmike23]

i just read the list on ESPN.com and died laughing

some of these guysare just wasting there time

 

[i nasmatic i]

No Eric Gordon

.

 

[guillermo gutierez]

Ariza/ Granger

G. Davis .........potential olympian?

naw b.

 

[mateen cleaves]

Originally Posted by RetroBaller

Glen Davis????

 

[tarvald drama chase]

Augustin, Durant, and Aldridge.... HORNS CONNECTION BABYYYY

 

[willinc]

Would like to see Durant and Roy on the team.

 

[im not you]

Oh yeah...I still say KD got robbed for the spot on the '08 team by Mike Redd

 

[jayadict92]

big baby

 

[pharelfor3]

Man Brandon Roy has to make it this time.

 

[jmause3]

Some of these guys have a snowballs chance in hell

 

[downtown43]

Big Baby probably gave the mailman a kiss when he got the invitation

 

[grimey]

Glen Davis

 

[jpzx]

Jerryd Bayless over Eric Gordon?

 

[im not you]

Originally Posted by jmause3

Some of these guys have a snowballs chance in hell

For most of these guys they aren't really going to try out. It's just to go get some work in.

If you're Bayless or Milsap or somebody...if you wanna get better...you gonna be at home working out? Or in Vegas against the olympic team working out?

 

[swizzc]

i wonder why kevin martin didn't get invited back, he played on the select team a few summers ago

 

[high class scum bag]

No Monta Ellis? No Beasley?

Bayless over Mario Chalmers?

 

[crazyrichazn]

BLAZERS invited.that's what's up!!

 

[im not you]

Originally Posted by High Class Scum Bag

No Monta Ellis? No Beasley?

Bayless over Mario Chalmers?

In a setting where he can play his game...Bayless is 10X more talented than Chalmers.

And these invites are largely influenced by specific talents and coaching recommendations. They aren't necessarily out to find the BEST 25 young guys inthe league.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

 

[put em up]

Oden? over A. Harford. really

 

[vctry20]

Originally Posted by Put em up

Oden? over A. Harford. really

it doesn't really matter neither of them are making the final roster

 

[purplenurple1414]

Juice, Durant, and Granger on the '10/'12 teams