Update From the U18 Trials
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After waking up at 5 a.m. in Manhattan and taking a 3-hour train ride down here to D.C., I’m ensconced at the Verizon Center for the 2008 USA U18 Men’s National Team Trials.
Here’s a quick overview of what I learned and saw from the morning session, with another one set for 5 o’clock.
WHO’S HERE: There are 18 players vying for 12 roster spots on the U18 team that will head to Formosa, Argentina later this month for the 2008 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. Among those 18, six are incoming college freshman and 12 are rising college seniors. Only four of the seniors have yet to pick a college (Lance Stephenson, Dominic Cheek, Ari Stewart and Ryan Kelly.)
I caught up with Lamont “Momo” Jones last week at the Steve Nash Nike Skills Academy in New Jersey.
Isaiah Armwood, a 6-foot-7, 178-pound power forward from Baltimore Montrose Christian who played high school ball with Kevin Durant, has committed to Villanova.