USA Basketball has announced in a press release that a 15-man Select Team will train with the U.S. Olympic squad as it prepares for the upcoming Olympics. The Select Team, which is made up mostly of younger players and some who have previous Team USA experience, will work out with the men’s national team in Las Vegas from July 6-8.
The members of the Select Team are as follows:
- Jalen Duren (Pistons)
- Cooper Flagg (Duke)
- Langston Galloway (free agent)
- Nigel Hayes-Davis (Fenerbahce)
- Trayce Jackson-Davis (Warriors)
- Jaime Jaquez (Heat)
- Brandon Miller (Hornets)
- Trey Murphy (Pelicans)
- Keegan Murray (Kings)
- Brandin Podziemski (Warriors)
- Micah Potter (Jazz/two-way FA)
- Payton Pritchard (Celtics)
- Jabari Smith Jr. (Rockets)
- Jalen Suggs (Magic)
- Amen Thompson (Rockets)
Perhaps the most notable name on the list is Flagg, who has committed to Duke and will begin his first college basketball season in the fall. He’s viewed as a strong candidate to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft.
Duren, Galloway, Murphy, Murray, and Pritchard were part of the U.S. Select Team that trained with the national team ahead of the 2023 World Cup.
It’s possible some of these players will use their Select Team experience as a springboard to represent Team USA in international competitions down the road. Kawhi Leonard, Devin Booker, Anthony Edwards, and Tyrese Haliburton are among the players on this year’s Olympic team that were members of a Select Team earlier in their respective careers.
The select team will be coached by Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley, who will be joined by assistants Jim Boylen and Matt Painter. Boylen, a former Bulls head coach and current Pacers assistant, was Team USA’s head coach during the qualifying contests. Painter has been the longtime head coach at Purdue.
No Scottie Barnes is a joke
Its a practice team. A 3 day work out team. I doubt Scottie wants to be a practice guy and give up time just to practice.
Please don’t be mad or disappointed if Coop isn’t the #1 pick next summer. There are some other very strong candidates for that spot & we can start with Ace Bailey. It’ll be a trip to see Coop going against legends like Bron/KD/Kawhi tho. As great as Coop, Ace & the other great youngsters in the 2025 class are, none of them are as comprehensively great as AJ Dybantsa tho. He’s the best American prospect since LeBron & he’ll be on display tomorrow in Istanbul vs France as the FIBA u17 World Cup gets underway… link to m.youtube.com
You wanted and thought Isaiah Collier should go 1 this year…
Jaime, Suggs, Murphy III, Miller, Keegan Murray
Podz, Jabari Smith, Amen Thompson, Micah Potter. Payton Pritchard off the bench
Matchups with Duren and Jackson Davis, and Galloway…
I doubt the kid plays much, but if so, probably instead of Potter
It is a little odd to see a 2-way FA on that list. However, he is a solid big that plays like a Euro big. It’s good practice for TeamUSA to play against him.
I liked Potter in his draft year/then summer league with the Heat. He is a useful floor spacing 5 that knows how to play and can playmaker a little, and almost semi adequately defend in certain lineups