The Twelve!

The roster for the 2018 USA Basketball Men’s U17 World Cup Team today was finalized after six days of training camp at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Named to the team were: Scottie Barnes (University School/West Palm Beach, Fla.); Vernon Carey Jr. (University School/Southwest Ranches, Fla.); Jalen Green (San Joaquin Memorial H.S./Fresno, Calif.); R.J. Hampton (Little Elm H.S./Little Elm, Texas); De'Vion Harmon (Guyer H.S./Corinth, Texas); Evan Mobley (Rancho Christian H.S./Temecula, Calif.); Wendell Moore Jr. (Cox Mill H.S./Charlotte, N.C.); Isaac Okoro (McEachern H.S./Powder Springs, Ga.); Jeremy Roach (Paul VI Catholic H.S./Leesburg, Va.); Isaiah Stewart (La Lumiere School, Ind./Rochester, N.Y.); Jalen Suggs (Minnehaha Academy/Minneapolis, Minn.); and Romeo Weems (New Haven H.S./New Haven, Mich.).
“First of all, it was very difficult to get down to 12,” said USA U17 head coach Don Showalter (USA Basketball youth division coach director), a nine-time recipient of the USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year award and a nine-time gold medalist head coach of USA U16 and U17 national teams. “We feel the 12 that we have fit what we need, which is versatility. They can play different positions. We've got some shooters. We've got some slashers. So, I think the 12 we have kind of have the whole package for us.”
Training camp began with 30 hopefuls on June 15, and 18 finalists for the team named on June 18 trained through June 20.
James Wiseman (East H.S./Nashville, Tenn.) was not able to be considered for the team due to injury.
The team will continue training camp at the USOTC until departing for the competition on June 23.
The USA’s assistant coaches are Scott Fitch (Fairport H.S., N.Y.) and Stan Waterman (Sanford School, Del.).