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ATLANTA – Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins and guard Trae Young have been chosen as members of the USA Basketball Men’s Select Team, it was announced today by USA Basketball Chairman and National Team Managing Director Jerry Colangelo. The 13-man team will train with USA Basketball’s National Team during the Aug. 5-8 Las Vegas training camp.

“As an organization, we’re very excited for John and Trae to train and compete with the USA Basketball National Team program this summer,” said Hawks General Manager and Head of Basketball Operations Travis Schlenk. “We are proud of their selection and believe this experience will enhance their growth and development as basketball players.”

Collins led the Hawks in scoring and rebounding last season, posting 19.5 points and 9.8 boards in 30.0 minutes per contest (.560 FG%, .348 3FG%) in 61 games (59 starts). The second-year big man became just the second player to average at least 19.0 ppg and 9.5 rpg in 30.0 minutes or less since the NBA began tracking minutes in 1951-52. The Wake Forest product led all members of the 2017 NBA Draft class with 32 double-doubles and was one of just seven players (including six 2019 All-Stars) to average at least 19.5 points and 9.8 rebounds in 60 games or more.

Young led all first-year players in total points (1549) and total assists (653) en route to a unanimous First Team All-Rookie selection and a Hawks franchise record four Kia NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month awards. The No. 5 selection in the 2018 NBA Draft, Young averaged 19.1 points and 8.1 assists per game, becoming just the third rookie in NBA history to play in 70% of their team’s games and compile those minimum averages. He led the Eastern Conference in total assists and games with 20+ points/10+ assists (18) – the third-highest rookie total in NBA history.

As previously announced, Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce will serve as an assistant coach for the USA Basketball National Team alongside Golden State’s Steve Kerr and Villanova University’s Jay Wright under USA and San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich.

Featuring seven players owning prior USA Basketball experience, the select team’s roster also includes four members of the 2018-19 NBA All-Rookie first and second teams.

Also selected for the 2019 USA Basketball Select Team were: Jarrett Allen (Brooklyn Nets); Marvin Bagley (Sacramento Kings); Mikel Bridges (Phoenix Suns); Jalen Brunson (Dallas Mavericks); Pat Connaughton (Milwaukee Bucks); De’Aaron Fox (Sacramento Kings); Joe Harris (Brooklyn Nets); Jonathan Isaac (Orlando Magic); Mitchell Robinson (New York Knicks); Landry Shamet (Los Angeles Clippers); and Derrick White (San Antonio Spurs).

Former NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who served ashead coach of the 2017-19 USA Basketball’s six World Cup Qualifying Teams and the gold medalist 2017 USA AmeriCup team, will serve as head coach of the 2019 USA Basketball Select Team. Gonzaga head coach Mark Few, who served as head coach of the 2015 USA Pan American Games Team,will serve as a Select Team assistant coach.

“The purpose of the Select Team is to help prepare our National Team for the World Cup and to offer an opportunity for some younger NBA standouts to be involved in the USA Basketball National Team program,” said Colangelo. “These 13 players help extend the legacy of elite players who have been part of the USA Basketball Select teams. Not only will this group help prepare the United States for the FIBA World Cup, but it will also provide them with valuable experience at the USA Basketball National Team level.”

Members of the USA Select Team will train daily with the USA National Team from Aug. 5-8 at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center. All practices are closed to the public.

The Select Team members will also join with the National Team players and participate in the USA Blue versus USA White exhibition game that is scheduled for August 9, 7 p.m. (PDT), at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.  For game ticket information visit usab.com/mnttickets.

Allen, Bagley, Brunson, Fox, Isaac, White and Young all possess prior USA Basketball experience.

The 2019 USA Select Team features five players (Bagley, Bridges, Robinson, Shamet and Young) who completed their rookie NBA season in 2018-19, five players (Allen, Collins, Fox, Isaac and White) who wrapped up their second NBA season, one fourth-year NBA player (Connaughton) and one fifth-year NBA player (Harris).

Bagley and Young were named to the 2018-19 NBA All-Rookie first team, Robinson and Shamet earned All-Rookie second team honors and Bridges received the highest point total of rookies to not make the 2018-19 All-Rookie first or second teams. Also, Collins was named 2017-18 All-Rookie second team.

NAME                                POS       HGT       WGT    *AGE      NBA TEAM / COLLEGE

Jarrett Allen                     F            6-11      237        21          Brooklyn Nets / Texas

Marvin Bagley                  F            6-11      234        20          Sacramento Kings / Duke

Mikel Bridges                   F            6-7         210        22          Phoenix Suns / Villanova

Jalen Brunson                  G            6-3         190        22          Dallas Mavericks / Villanova

John Collins                      F            6-10      234        21          Atlanta Hawks / Wake Forest  

Pat Connaughton            G            6-4         209        26          Milwaukee Bucks / Notre Dame      

De’Aaron Fox                  G            6-3         180        21          Sacramento Kings / Kentucky           

Joe Harris                        G            6-6         218        27          Brooklyn Nets / Virginia

Jonathan Isaac                 F            6-10      210        21          Orlando Magic / Florida State     

Mitchell Robinson           C            7-1         240        21          New York Knicks / Chalmette High School 

Landry Shamet                G            6-5         188        22          Los Angeles Clippers / Wichita State

Derrick White                  G            6-4         190        25          San Antonio Spurs / Colorado           

Trae Young                     G            6-2         180        20          Atlanta Hawks / Oklahoma         

Select Team Assistant Coach:  Mark Few (Gonzaga)

Select Team Athletic Trainer:  Jon Ishop, Detroit Pistons

*Age is as of the last day of the USA Men’s National Team’s Las Vegas training, August 9, 2019.

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Atlanta's John Collins & Trae Young Named To 2019 USA Men's Basketball Select Team

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Kyle Korver at U.S. Team Training Camp

Kyle Korver and Klay Thompson had a friendly three-point shootout after the Team USA training session Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Two of the top shooters in basketball lit it up from seven spots on the floor in a catch-and-shoot format.  Korver won (barely) by beating Thompson at four of the seven spots.

It's pure joy to watch Korver shoot a basketball, and Thompson is pretty fun himself.  Take a look at the mastery below, courtesy of Rich Twu at LetsGoWarriors.com:

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Kyle Korver Beats Klay Thompson In Three-Point Contest

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Featuring 19 players, including two players who are new additions to the 2014-16 USA Basketball National Team roster, USA Basketball Chairman and National Team Managing Director Jerry Colangelo today announced this summer’s USA Basketball Men’s National Team from which the 2014 USA World Cup Team will be selected.

Added to the 2014-16 USA National Team roster and participating in the July-28-Aug. 1 USA National Team training camp in Las Vegas, Nevada, are NBA standouts DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors) and Chandler Parsons (Dallas Mavericks).

Previously named USA National Team members who are confirmed to participate in the 2014 Las Vegas training camp include: Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards); DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings);Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans); Andre Drummond(Detroit Pistons); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Kenneth Faried (Denver Nuggets); Paul George (Indiana Pacers); Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers); James Harden (Houston Rockets); Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz); Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers); Kyle Korver (Atlanta Hawks); Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers); Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); and Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors).

The 2014-16 USA Basketball National Team coaching staff features USA head coach and Duke University’s Naismith Hall of Fame mentor Mike Krzyzewski. Serving as assistant coaches are USA Basketball and Syracuse University and Naismith Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim, Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau and New Orleans Pelicans head coach Monty Williams.

All 19 players boast of prior USA Basketball experience and the group includes four members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team that brought home gold, and five members of the 2010 USA World Championship Team that also claimed gold.

“First off, I’m very pleased about the 19 players who are now confirmed to participate in the 2014 USA National Team training camp in Las Vegas. This group possesses outstanding individual talents, while also boasting of excellent versatility and varying amounts of USA Basketball experience,” said Colangelo, who has seen USA National teams compile a 62-1 record since taking charge of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team program in 2005. “I am also pleased about the addition of DeMar DeRozan and Chandler Parsons to the USA National Team and to the 2014 training camp. Both played well in last summer’s USA Basketball National Team mini-camp and went on to record outstanding NBA seasons.

“The Las Vegas training camp will be the start of our preparations for the World Cup, so this is a critical time for putting in place the foundation required for this USA Basketball team to be successful like its recent predecessors. This USA team will have a special opportunity to become the first USA team to repeat as world champions.”

USA mentor Krzyzewski, who as the USA National Team head coach has compiled a remarkable 43-1 record in official FIBA or FIBA Americas competitions since 2006 and compiled a 19-0 mark in exhibition games, is also impressed by the collection of talents that will compete for a position on the 2014 USA World Cup Team.

“The advantage of having a national team program like we’ve developed since Jerry took over in 2005 is the incredible depth of talent we can draw from. The commitment we receive from our players continues to amaze me and the fact that all of the players who will be in Las Vegas all have prior USA Basketball experience shows that the USA Basketball pipeline is working. The prior experience these guys have will help us with our continuity and jelling as a team as well.

“Looking at the roster of players who will be participating in the training camp I’m impressed by the success they had this past season and by what they have achieved in their careers. It’s valuable to have some veteran leadership who has won gold at the highest levels internationally. The list also includes some of the most exciting young players who could definitely contribute to this team. Myself and the entire coaching staff are excited to get things underway and as we’ve done each summer our team will strive to represent the United States with respect and a commitment to excellence that hopefully will make every American proud,” said Coach K.

2014 USA Basketball Men’s National Team Notes:

• • The 19 NBA players represent 18 NBA teams, with only one team featuring a pair of players – the Golden State Warriors (Curry and Thompson).

• Four players were members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gold medal team (Davis, Durant, Harden and Love).

• Four players were members of the 2010 USA World Championship team that finished first (Curry, Durant, Love and Rose).

• Two players were members of both the 2012 U.S. Olympic and 2010 USA World Championship gold medalist teams (Durant and Love).

• Eleven players attended the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s National Team mini-camp (Beal, Cousins, Davis, DeRozan, Drummond, George, Hayward, Irving, Lillard, Parsons and Thompson).

• Seven players were part of the 2012 USA Select Team that trained against the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team (Cousins, DeRozan, George, Hayward, Irving, Leonard and Thompson).

• All 19 players attended at least one year of college before entering the NBA.

• Ten players were selected as 2014 NBA All-Stars (Curry, Davis, DeRozan, Durant, George, Griffin, Harden, Irving, Lillard and Love).

• Two players were named 2013-14 All-NBA first team (Durant, Harden), three were second team selections (Curry, Griffin, Love) and three were named All-NBA third team (Aldridge, George, Lillard).

• One player was selected 2013-14 NBA All-Defensive first team (George).

• The 2014 USA National Team roster includes 11 of the NBA’s top 16 scorers in 2013-14 – Durant (1st-32.0 ppg.); Love (4th-26.1 ppg.); Harden (5th-25.4 ppg.); Griffin (6th-24.1 ppg.), Curry (7th-24.0 ppg.), Cousins (9th-22.7 ppg.), DeRozan (10th-22.7 ppg.), George (12th-21.7 ppg.), Irving (14th-20. ppg.), Davis (15th-20.8 ppg.), and Lillard (16th-20.7 ppg.).

• The MNT roster also includes the NBA’s four of the top 10 rebounders –Drummond (2nd-13.2 rpg.), Love (3rd-12.5 rpg.), Cousins (5th-11.7 rpg.), and Davis (10th-10.0 rpg.).

• Additionally, Curry (8.5 apg.) ranked fifth in assists; George (1.9 spg.) listed fifth in steals; and Davis (2.8 bpg.) led the NBA in blocked shots.

Following the Las Vegas camp, which concludes with the 2014 USA Basketball Showcase, a USA Blue versus USA White exhibition game on Aug. 1 at the Thomas &amp; Mack Center, the selected team finalists will have a 12-day break. The U.S. team will reassemble in Chicago, Illinois, and train Aug. 14-15, then play an exhibition contest versus Brazil at the United Center on Aug. 16. The American squad will continue its World Cup preparations Aug. 17-22 in New York, New York, and play a pair of exhibition games at Madison Square Garden, the first on Aug. 20 against Dominican Republic, and the second versus Puerto Rico on Aug. 22. The USA will complete its pre-World Cup tour Aug. 24-26 on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain. Training Aug. 24-25, the U.S. will close out its exhibition tour on Aug. 26 facing Slovenia at Gran Canaria Arena.

The 2014 FIBA (International Basketball Federation) World Cup, featuring a total of 24 national teams, is scheduled to be held Aug. 30-Sept. 14 in Spain. The USA World Cup Team will play its preliminary round games in Bilbao, Spain, after being drawn into Group C along with teams from the Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Turkey and Ukraine.

The USA opens the 2014 World Cup preliminary round play on Aug. 30 against Finland, and then faces Turkey on Aug. 31 in a rematch of the 2010 FIBA World Championship gold medal game, a contest in which the USA claimed an 81-64 victory. Following a day off on Sept. 1, the USA resumes play Sept. 2 facing New Zealand. The U.S. will go against the Dominican Republic on Sept. 3, and will conclude its preliminary play on Sept. 4 facing Ukraine.

Each team at the 2014 World Cup will play the other teams in its preliminary group, and the top four finishing teams from each of the four preliminary round groups will then qualify for the round of 16. Winners of the round of 16 games will advance to the quarterfinals, while losers are eliminated. Winners of the quarterfinals games will advance to the medal round semifinals, while the quarterfinals losers are eliminated from the competition. Winners of the semifinals will advance to the Sept. 14 gold medal game, while semifinals losers will meet in the bronze medal game on Sept. 13. The games from the round of 16 to the semifinals will be played in Barcelona and Madrid, and the bronze and gold medal games will be held in Madrid.