Forty-Eight Athletes Participate In 2013 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team October Mini-Camp
National Team for a mini-camp that took place Oct. 5-6 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The October mini-camp featured 34
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members of the 2013-14 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team (born on or after Jan. 1, 1997), who used the two days of train- ing to help prepare for the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship, as well as 14 players from the high school class of 2014, who trained in preparation for the 2014 USA U18 National Team and the 2014 USA Nike Hoop Summit Team.
Since the inception of the FIBA
Americas U16 Championship in 2009 and the FIBA U17 World Championship in 2010, members of the USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team program have dominated the competi- tions and won five consecutive gold medals and compiled a perfect 31-0 record at U16 and U17 championships.
The camp was again directed by
Don Showalter (Iowa City H.S., Iowa), who has now won five gold medals as head coach of the USA Basketball Developmental National Team since 2009. Mike Jones (DeMatha Catholic H.S., Md.) and Cory Alexander (Boo Williams AAU, Va.) assisted Showalter, while serving as court coaches were Boo Williams (AAU, Va.); Anthony Byrd (James Irwin H.S., Colo.); Terry Dunn (Sierra H.S., Colo.); and James Lane (Doherty H.S. (Colo.).
“This camp is not so much for the
players to be evaluated but to practice and play against each other. I think each of them got an idea of what they need to work on over the course of their high school season and next year's AAU spring and summer season. This will make the evaluation camp next July very, very competitive in order to compete for the U17 World Championship in Dubai.”
“The October mini-camp has
become a very important part of devel- oping players for future national team competitions,” said Sean Ford, USA Basketball Men’s National Team
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or a fifth straight year USA Basketball gathered members of its Men’s Developmental
Director and Chair of the USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team Committee. “We had a lot of USA Basketball experience on the court, and we had a chance to introduce some new talent to the Developmental National Team.”
is and those kind of things. I think this experience will be a great help to our future teams.”
The 14 players from the Class of
2014 included: Joel Berry (Lake Highland Prep School/Apopka, Fla.); James Blackmon, Jr. (Marian H.S./Fort Wayne, Ind.); Justin Jackson (Homeschool Christian Youth/ Spring, Texas); Stanley Johnson (Mater Dei H.S./Fullerton, Calif.); Tyus Jones (Apple Valley H.S./ Apple Valley, Minn.); Kevon Looney (Hamilton H.S./ Milwaukee, Wis.); Chris McCullough (Brewster
Academy, N.H./Bronx, N.Y.); Jahlil Okafor (Whitney Young H.S./ Chicago, Ill.); Kelly Oubre (Findlay College Prep, Nev./Fort Bend, Texas); Theo Pinson (Wesleyan Christian Academy/ Greensboro, N.C.); D’Angelo Russell (Montverde Academy Fla./Louisville, Ky.); Reid Travis (De Las Salle H.S./ Minneapolis, Minn.); Turner; and Rashad Vaughn (Findlay Prep, Nev./ Golden Valley, Minn.).
“You go back five years, and we
Daniel Giddens goes up strong during play at the 2013 USA Basketball Developmental National Team mini- camp that was held Oct. 5-6 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
In addition to 34 members of the
DNT, 14 players from the high school class of 2014 (born prior to Jan. 1, 1997) trained for USA teams that will play in 2014. “We felt that our (Nike) Hoop
Summit teams have not had the success we want them to, first of all, and second- ly they have not had the opportunity to work together, or against each other, until a couple of days before the Hoop Summit,” Showalter explained. “So we identified some great players
who have not been a part of USA Basketball before that we brought in. Not only did they get a chance to get accli- mated to what USA Basketball is about, but they learned what the Hoop Summit
weren't sure what our success would be, other than to bring kids together,” said Showalter. “The mini-camp has really expanded over the years. The players look forward to getting back together with each other and the coach- es look forward to seeing the improve- ments that have taken place in each of the players. It has been a really good thing from my standpoint as a coach
for USA Basketball.” Among the 2013-14 DNT roster, all
12 players who won gold at the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship participated, including tournament MVP Malik Newman (Callaway H.S./Jackson, Miss.). Eighteen of the DNT members have prior training camp experience.
Among the 14 older players, Okafor
is the most experienced. This past sum- mer, he helped the USA to a gold medal and was named to the all-tournament team at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship, and he was MVP of the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship. Berry, Johnson and Tyus Jones played alongside Okafor on the 2012 USA U17
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