USA Basketball Developmental National Team

What: USA Basketbal l Men’sWhat: USA Basketbal l Men’sDevelopmental National TeamDevelopmental National Team• In an effort to field strong, experienced

teams and to help mentor young players,USA Basketball founded the DevelopmentalNational Team program in 2009.

• The DNT emcompasses all USA Basketballmen’s high-school age teams and trainingcamps, including the FIBA Americas U16 Championship, the FIBA U17 World Championship, the FIBA Americas U18 Championship, the Nike Hoop Summit and3x3 U18 national teams.

• DNT training camps are held at least twiceeach year, typically in October and June.

• Whether they make a 12-member roster,attend camp or play in the Nike HoopSummit, DNT players improve their leadership, teamwork and basketball skills.

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INSIDE THIS EDITIONINSIDE THIS EDITIONDNT Intro 12013 Nike Hoop Summit: Team 2Nike Hoop Summit: Quotes 42013 U16: Coaches & Camp 5USA Basketball at NBA All-Star 6Next Level: DNT Veterans 7VIDEOS: DNT Highlights 8Road Map & Calendar 9

Above: As the USA assistant coach in the 2012 NikeHoop Summit, Mike Jones saw first-hand just howtough the World Team can be.Below: A two-time USA Basketball 3x3 selection,Rondaé Hol l is-Jefferson will play on his first five-on-five USA Basketball Team in the 2013 Nike HoopSummit.

2013 Nike Hoop Summit2013 Nike Hoop Summit• The 2013 USA Junior National Select

Team, which will take on the WorldTeam in the 16th annual Nike HoopSummit, includes some of the nation’s best high-school seniors.

• Four players are previous USA medalists, including Aaron GordonAaron Gordon(Archbishop Mitty H.S./San Jose,Calif.), Rondaé Hol l i s - Jef fersonRondaé Ho l l i s -Jef fe rson(Chester H.S./ Chester, Pa.), Jabar iJabar iParkerParker (Simeon Career Academy/Chicago, I l l.) and Ju l i us Rand leJu l i us Rand le(Prestonwood Christian Acad./McKinney, Texas).

• The roster also features 2012 U18training camp participants AaronAaron(Travis H.S./Richmond, Texas) andAndrew Har r i sonAndrew Har r ison (Travis H.S./Richmond, Texas), as well as USABasketball newcomers Kasey H i l lKasey H i l l(Montverde Academy/Eustis, Fla.),Demet r ius JacksonDemetr ius Jackson (Marian H.S./Mishawaka, Ind.), Bobby Port i sBobby Port is (HallH.S./Little Rock, Ark.) and NoahNoahVon lehVonleh (New Hampton School,N.H./Haverhil l, Mass.).

• The U.S. wil l be led by M ike JonesM ike Jones(DeMatha Catholic H.S., Md.), whoearned two gold medals as an assistant coach for the 2011-12DNT. Assisting Jones will be formerNBA player and University of Virginia star Cory A lexanderCory A lexander (BooWilliams AAU, Va.), who earned goldat the ‘93 FIBA U21 World Championship and silver at the ‘92FIBA Americas U20 Championship.

• The 2013 Nike Hoop Summit wil l beplayed at 4 p.m. (Pacific) on Saturday, April 20 at the Rose Garden in Portland Ore. T i cketsT ickets are$25 and $50 for reserved courtsideand $5 in advance for generaladmission and $10 on game day.

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2013 USA Junior National Select Team2013 USA Junior National Select TeamNO NAME P H W DOB HIGH SCHOOL HOMETOWN11 Aaron Gordon F 6-9 210 09/16/95 Archbishop Mitty H.S./*Und. San Jose, CA 6 Aaron Harrison G 6-5 205 10/20/94 Travis H.S./*Kentucky Richmond, TX 7 Andrew Harrison G 6-5 205 10/20/94 Travis H.S./*Kentucky Richmond, TX 4 Kasey Hill G 6-0 170 12/03/93 Montverde Academy/*Florida Eustis, FL10 Rondaé Hollis-Jefferson F 6-7 205 01/03/95 Chester H.S./*Arizona Chester, PA 5 Demetrius Jackson G 6-1 165 09/07/94 Marian H.S./*Notre Dame Mishawaka, IN12 Jabari Parker F 6-9 201 03/15/95 Simeon Career Acad./#Duke Chicago, IL 9 Bobby Portis F 6-9 225 02/10/95 Hall H.S./*Arkansas Little Rock, AR13 Julius Randle F 6-9 225 11/29/94 Prestonwood Christian/*Und. McKinney, TX 8 Noah Vonleh F 6-8 220 08/24/95 New Hampton School/*Indiana Haverhill, MA

USA HEAD COACH: Mike Jones, DeMatha Catholic High School, MDUSA ASSISTANT COACH: Cory Alexander, Boo Williams AAU, VA

*Indicates college where the player has signed a National Letter of Intent to play in 2013-14.#Indicates college where the player has verbally committed to attend in 2013-14.

2013 World Select TeamThe 2013 World Select Team will be selected by Nike’s international

scouts and announced sometime in March.

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Canadian Andrew Wiggins, a 6-7 forward atHuntington Prep in West Virginia, is a favorite to make the World Team again in2013 after helping the international squadto a win in 2012 with 20 points, including aWorld Team-record six 3-point attempts.

Above: Dirk Nowitzki against Rashard Lewis in 1998.Below: Tony Parker , one of the game’s biggest stars.

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“Enjoy it,” was NBA veteran Zach Randolph’sadvice. “It was a fun time, getting to play with all thebest players around the country and competingagainst all the foreign players. Just enjoy it and take itin for what it’s worth. Go out there and give your bestand play hard because the whole world will be watching.”

“It’s not just an all-star game,” emphasized Jrue Holiday of the 76ers, who played in the 2008 Nike HoopSummit and returned to scrimmage against the 2012 U.S.Olympic Team as a member of the USA Basketball SelectTeam. “Especially the Hoop Summit game, that was agood way to play against people outside of your culture,to interact with them on the court. Obviously, startingthere (within USA Basketball), then you might get to do itat another level, at the highest level. Playing on the(2012 USA) Select Team, playing against them, it was anawesome to experience.”

“It’s so important to go out there and get a win,” said2012 NBA Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving,. “I think theHoop Summit is a great experience for guys that are coming up and labeled as NBA Draft prospects, guys thatare going to be the next ones coming into our league orwho want to come into the league. But (they need to)know that in order to get a win, especially against thoseguys over there, they’ve been playing professionally fortwo or three years and they’re well ahead mentally andphysically, you have to just learn how to give a piece ofyourself for the betterment of the team, learn how tocontribute, whether you’re on the court or off the court.”

“Don’t take (the World Team) for granted,” said Dukefreshman Rasheed Sulaimon. “Last year I think a lotof guys took it for granted. I believe we were betterthan (the World) Team, but we lost. You never wantto be on the losing column, especially when you’re representing the United States. So, don’t take it forgranted. Respect your opponent and play as hard asyou can. Like I said, it’s not about any individual fame.It’s all about winning for the United States.”

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Above: Don Showalter is a four-time USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year awardwinner.Below: After being a court coach during the DNT’s2012 October mini-camp, L.J. Goolsby wastabbed as a 2013-14 DNT assistant coach.Lower left: The 2013-14 USA DNT roster is still tobe announced, and certainly some of the fall’smini-camp participants hope to be on it.

2013 U16 Championship2013 U16 Championship• Don Showalter, who led the USA to golds at

the 2009 and 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championships as well as the 2010 and 2012FIBA U17 World Championships, once again willlead the U.S. charge as head coach of the2013-14 USA Basketball Men’s DevelopmentalNational Team. Selected as assistant coacheswere Eric Flannery (St. Edward High School,Ohio) and L.J. Goolsby (KC Run GMC, Kan.)

• The 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championshipwill take place June 11-15 in Montanaldo,Uruguay.

• Members of the 2013-14 USA BasketballMen’s Developmental National Team, fromwhich the 2013 U16 roster will be selected,will be announced later this spring.

• The 2013-14  DNT will train May 30–June 7at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

• The final , 12-member USA U16 NationalTeam roster will be selected prior to theteam’s departure for Uruguay.

• Athletes must be 16-years-old or younger,born on or after Jan. 1, 1997, in order to beeligible to compete in the U16 tournament.

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“I really can’t explain what it feels like to look at itand then go back to the start of training camp in LasVegas and up to the last game. Guys sacrificed andwe were all in it for each other. That’s what thissymbolizes. It’s very important to me and it’s ablessing to have this. Hopefully I’ll get another one.”

- Kevin Durant (as told to Forbes Magazine)

Of the 10 starters for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, eightwere USA Basketball Olympians.

“Words can’t explain what it feels like to have a USAring. Most guys don’t accomplish this in their lifetime.For me to do it at a young age with the guys on theteam was a great experience. It’s an honor to receivethis ring tonight. It’s beautiful. It’s definitely going tobe right next to my NCAA National Championship ring.”

- Anthony Davis (as told to Forbes Magazine)

Prior to starting at Duke, Blue Devil freshman Rasheed Sulaimon played on a pair of USA teams in 2012 – the USA Junior National Select Team that participated in the Nike HoopSummit and the USA U18 National Team that claimed gold at theFIBA Americas U18 Championship. Obviously, being coached by aHall of Famer and two-time U.S. Olympic Team head coach MikeKrzyzewski, helps bring out the best in players, from incomingfreshmen to perennial NBA All-Stars such as Kobe Bryant andJason Kidd, but Sulaimon also readily admits he learned a lot fromthe trio of USA U18 coaches.

“We had three great coaches – Billy Donovan of Florida, ShakaSmart of VCU and Mark Few of Gonzaga – three of the top

coaches right now in college basketball,” he said. “So, I was like a sponge and tried totake as much as I could from them.”

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The USA’s top scorer and rebounder in the 2012 FIBA AmericasU18 Championship, Julius Randle (Prestonwood Christian Academy/McKinney, Texas) will be back in a USA jersey for the 2013Nike Hoop Summit. Unlike last summer, which saw Randle contribute14.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game in five wins, the hoop summit is a one-game showdown.

"I think the game is an example of how rich basketball is in theUSA," Randle said. "It's the USA versus all of the top players fromevery other country. That speaks to how good basketball is in theUSA. And the game is played in an NBA arena in the (Portland) RoseGarden and they sell a lot of tickets. It's a big crowd, and that's always something that has stuck out about the game to me, too.”

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Historically, USA U18 National Teams are comprised of risingcollege freshmen and high-school seniors. The gold-medal winnning2012 USA U18 team, however, featured one athlete who already had17 NCAA Division I games under his belt -- Jarnell Stokes. At USAtry outs, Stokes quickly impressed everyone in the gym, and he wasselected to the 12-member USA team.

“I was shocked how much in Brazil the Brazilians loved us,”Stokes recalled. “I felt like after the game, they stripped us of practically all our clothes. I can remember me and Shaq Goodwinwalking out with just shorts on when we left after the championshipgame. It was hard for us to say no to guys who cared that muchabout the USA. We take for granted the smallest things, like a USABasketball shirt, but to them it meant the world.”

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U18 Gold-Medalist Julius Randle Returns For USAU18 Gold-Medalist Julius Randle Returns For USA

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You can reach USA Basketball by contacting the asst. men’s national team director, BJ Johnson at 719-590-4800 or at bjohnson@usabasketball.com.

DEVELOPMENTAL NATIONAL TEAM FUTURE EVENTS

2013April 20 Nike Hoop Summit Class of 2013Spring 2013-14 USA DNT Roster Announced Born on/after 01/01/97May 30-June 10 2013 USA DNT Training Camp Born on/after 01/01/97June 11-15 FIBA Americas U16 Championship Born on/after 01/01/97TBA FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championship Born on/after 01/01/952014April Nike Hoop Summit Class of 2014June FIBA Americas U18 Championship Born on/after 01/01/96June 27-July 6 FIBA U17 World Championship Born on/after 01/01/97TBD Youth Olympic Games Born on/after 01/01/96

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