Well everyone, I promised I would get you as much info as I possibly could on how to follow and/or watch the 2011 Nike Global Challenge. I will give you as much as I know at this current time. OregonLive.com, which is a site connected with the Oregonian Newspaper and other Oregon media sources, will be covering the games. They usually do this through video, pictures and real time live blogging. Last year, they did indeed show the final two games over live streaming, as I watched them with my own two eyes. They have yet to give any information as to whether they will be doing so this year, but bookmark this site and you will get a lot of information on these prospects through out the 3 days of tournament play:
http://highschoolsports.oregonlive.com/news/article/-916981083101781293/nike-global-challenge-top-high-school-basketball-players-ducks-recruits-will-be-on-display/
Here are the updated rosters, as there have been minor changes. For one, DaJuan Coleman has decided to play at Adidas Nations rather than at the NGC, but other than DaJuan, these rosters look very similar to the initial listings.
USA East
PG Braxton Ogbueze (Verbal Commit to Florida) 6’1, 177
PG James Robinson 6’3, 206
PF Jerami Grant 6’8 196 (Son of former NBA player Harvey Grant, nephew of Horace. Replacing Rodney Purvis)
SG Omar Calhoun (Connecticut) 6’6, 189
SG Ricardo Ledo 6’6, 193
SG/SF Cameron Biedschild (Notre Dame) 6’7, 173
PF/C Brice Johnson 6’10, 185
C Chris Obekpa 6’9 224 (Shot blocker extraordinaire, replacing DaJuan Coleman)
C Nerlens Noel 7’0, 201
USA West
PG LJ Rose 6’3, 189
PG Dominic Artis (UCLA) 6’1, 167 (Replacing J-Mychal Reese, who is unable to attend due to injury)
SG Rasheed Sulaimon (Duke) 6’5, 185
SG/SF Danuel House 6’7, 183
SG/SF Matt Jones 6’5, 182
SF/PF Aaron Gordon 6’8, 207
SF/PF Brandon Ashley 6’7, 191
PF Julius Randle 6’9, 243
PF/C Landen Lucas 6’10 241 (Local player, replacing Tony Parker who switched teams)
PF/C Grant Jerrett (Arizona) 6’10, 220
USA Midwest
PG Marcus Paige (North Carolina) 6’2, 156
PG Terry Rozier 6’1, 168
SG Archie Goodwin 6’5, 181
SG Gary Harris 6’6, 198
SG/SF JP Tokoto (North Carolina) 6’7, 185
SF Jabari Parker 6’9, 222
SF/PF Alex Poythress 6’8, 213
PF Jarnell Stokes 6’9, 256
PF/C Tony Parker 6’10, 285 (Replacing Mitch McGary, who is unable to attend due to injury)
C Daniel Ochefu 6’11, 232
So, that is a pretty good run down of the US Teams. I will give the link to the Canadian Rosters as well, and I believe all of the players listed are in fact showing up. Additional links, such as my previous post and once again the tournament website:
http://www.nbadraft.net/forum/2011-nike-global-challenge-us-rosters-announced
http://nikeglobalchallenge.com/index.htm
http://nikeglobalchallenge.com/ngc11_teams/canada.htm
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