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USA Basketball Announces 19 Player Roster For 2014 Men's National Team Training Camp

-- USA National Team To Open Pre-World Cup Training July 28-August 1 In Las Vegas -

Kevin Durant Nineteen members of the 2014-16 USA USA Basketball Men's National Team will attend the July 28-Aug. 1 USA National Team training camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images )

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (July 14, 2014) - 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 ().

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 (); (); (); (Detroit Pistons); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Kenneth Faried (); Paul George (Indiana Pacers); (); (); Gordon Hayward (); (Cleveland Cavaliers); Kyle Korver (Atlanta Hawks); (Portland Trail Blazers); Kevin Love (); (Chicago Bulls); and (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.

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