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Friday / November 22.
  • World Select Team for the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit announced

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    The World Select Team for the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit was announced on Thursday.

    Featuring many of the best players in the world who are 19 years old or younger, the game will take place on April 9 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.

    Among the players on the roster are Edin Atic (AEK Athens, Greece/Bosnia & Herzegovina), DeAndre Ayton (Hillcrest Academy, Ariz./Bahamas), Isaia Cordinier(Denain ASC Voltaire/France), Andres Feliz (West Oaks Academy, Fla./Dominican Republic),Harry Froling (Australian Institute of Sports/Australia), Justin Jackson (Hill Academy/Canada),Thon Maker (Orangeville Prep, Canada/Australia), Lauri Markkanen (HBA-Marsky Helsinki/Finland), William McDowell-White (Ignatius Park College/Australia), Wesley “Mogi” Silva (Paulistano/Unimed Sao Paolo/Brazil), Martynas Varnas (Zalgiris Kaunas II/Lithuania) and Ziming Fan (Foshan Long Lions/China).

    The USA Basketball Junior National Select Team, featuring elite American high school seniors, will play the World Select Team.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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