USA Men's Pan American Games Training Camp To Open Friday
October 13, 2011 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 13, 2011) -- Twenty-one players under contract to play in the NBA Development League in 2011-12, including seven with previous USA Basketball experience, will convene Friday in Tulsa, Okla., for the start of the USA Basketball Men's Pan American Games Team training camp. The training camp will run Oct. 14-22 and be utilized to select the USA's 12-man roster that will compete in the 2011 Pan American Games basketball competition that is being held Oct. 26-30 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Slated to attend the USA Pan American Games Team training camp are: Blake Ahearn (Erie BayHawks/Missouri State '07); Brian Butch (Injured for 2010-11 season/Wisconsin '08); Chris Daniels (KCC Egis, South Korea/Texas A&M-Corpus Christi '08); Justin Dentmon (Texas Legends/Washington '09); Jerome Dyson (Tulsa 66ers/Connecticut '10); Moses Ehambe (Iowa Energy/Oral Roberts '08); Anthony Goods (Dakota Wizards/Stanford '09); Ron Howard (Fort Wayne Mad Ants/Valparaiso '06); Marcus Lewis (Tulsa 66ers/Oral Roberts '09); Leo Lyons (Austin Toros/Missouri '09); Renaldo Major (Dakota Wizards/Fresno State '04); Anthony Mason, Jr. (Sioux Falls Skyforce/St. John's '10); Matt Rogers (Texas Legends/Southwest Baptist '10); Walker Russell (Fort Wayne Mad Ants/Jacksonville State '06); Donald Sloan (Reno Bighorns/Texas A&M '10); Gregory Stiemsma (Sokhumi Tbilisi, Georgia/Wisconsin '09); Curtis Sumpter (Maroussi BC, Greece/Villanova '07); Lance Thomas (Austin Toros/Duke '10); Curtis Withers (Angeles de Puebla, Mexico/Charlotte '06); Chris Wright (Dayton '11); and Luke Zeller (Bakersfield Jam/Notre Dame '09).
"I think the overall depth of the 21 guys and the versatility they have to play multiple positions will be a great asset for the team," said Tulsa 66ers head coach Nate Tibbetts, who on July 27 was named by USA Basketball head mentor of the USA Men's Pan American Games Team. "Also, the wealth of experience these players have had both in the NBA D-League and overseas will be very beneficial. We are looking forward to getting training camp started in Tulsa to see these 21 players compete for roster spots."
Assisting Tibbetts on the USA bench are Tulsa 66ers coaching staff members Jermaine Byrd and Dale Osbourne. Additionally, Austin Toros head coach Brad Jones and Idaho Stampede head coach Randy Livingston are assisting as court coaches during the USA's training camp.
Training camp for the 2011 USA Basketball Men's Pan American Games Team will held Oct. 14-22 (see schedule below) at the Tulsa Convention Center (Okla.). The 12-member USA Men's Pan American Games Team will be announced before the team departs Oct. 23 for the Pan American Games competition in Mexico.
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