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Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker has been named to the 2016 USA Men’s Select Team, USA Basketball announced today. The Select Team will train with the 2016 USA Basketball Men’s National Team during its training camp in Las Vegas, Nev. from July 18-21.

Parker, 21, will play his third NBA season in 2016-17. The 6-8 forward averaged 14.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 31.7 minutes per game in 2015-16 in his sophomore campaign and earned a spot on the U.S. team for the 2016 BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge as part of the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend. He tallied 11 20+ point games in 2015-16 and recorded six double-doubles on the season.

Parker has prior experience with USA Basketball, as he won a gold medal in both the 2012 U17 World Championship and U16 Championship (2011). He also participated in the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit and was a member of the Junior National Team (2010-12).

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich will oversee the Select Team and Spurs assistant coach Ime Udoka and Villanova University head coach Jay Wright will serve as assistant coaches.

“The 2016 USA Basketball Select Team continues to our tradition of featuring some of the game’s brightest and most promising young players. Participation in this camp provides them with valuable experience at the USA Basketball National Team level, while helping prepare the 2016 USA National Team for its upcoming international competition. For many of the Select Team players this is a continuation of their USA Basketball experiences and for others it is an introduction into our pipeline,” said Jerry Colangelo, USA Basketball National Team managing director.

“Being chosen for the Select Team is an honor and it is an important step in becoming involved in USA Basketball’s National Team program in the future. Current national team players like Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, as well as many other outstanding players, got their USA National Team start through a Select Team.”

Members of the USA Select Team will train with the USA National Team daily from July 18-21 (12-2 p.m. PT) at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center. All practices are closed to the public.

2017-20 USA National Team Head Coach:  Gregg Popovich, San Antonio SpursSelect Team Assistant  Coach:  Ime Udoka, San Antonio SpursSelect Team Assistant  Coach:  Jay Wright, Villanova UniversitySelect Team Athletic  Trainer:  Jon Ishop, Detroit PistonsSelect Team Athletic  Trainer:  Eric Waters, Washington Wizards

About USA Basketball
Based  in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Basketball, chaired by Jerry Colangelo,  is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for men’s and  women’s basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for  basketball in the U.S. by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and  the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for  the selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in  FIBA-sponsored international competitions, as well as for some national  competitions, and for the development of youth basketball initiatives that  address player development, coach education and safety.

USA  Basketball men’s and women’s teams between 2012-15 compiled a spectacular 151-6  win-loss record in FIBA and FIBA Americas competitions, the World University  Games and the Nike Hoop Summit, and posted a 92-15 win-loss record in official  FIBA and FIBA Americas 3x3 competitions.

USA  teams are the current men’s and women’s champions in the Olympics; men’s FIBA  World Cup and women’s FIBA World Championship; men’s and women’s FIBA U19 and  U17 World Championships; men’s and women’s U18 FIBA Americas Championships;  men’s U16 FIBA Americas Championship; the FIBA 3x3 Women’s World Championship;  and the women’s Youth Olympic Games. USA Basketball currently ranks No. 1 in  all five of FIBA’s world-ranking categories, including combined, men’s,  women’s, boys and girls.

For further information about USA  Basketball, go to the official website of USA Basketball at www.usab.com and connect with us on facebook.com/usabasketball, twitter.com/usabasketball, plus.google.com/+usabasketball, instagram.com/usabasketball and youtube.com/usab.

Tickets for the USA Basketball  Showcase exhibition games are on sale now. VIP ticket packages available in  select markets. For ticket information visit usab.com/showcase.

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Selected with the second overall pick by the  Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 2014 NBA Draft … College: In 2014, named First Team All-America by the USBWA,  Sporting News and Sports Illustrated … ACC Freshman of the Year … All-ACC First  Team as decided by the coaches and ACSMA … Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award, Oscar  Robertson Trophy and Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year finalist … named ACC  Rookie of the Week a record-tying 10 times … on the All-ACC Academic Team …  averaged 19.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 35 games at Duke … with  670 total points, was just the sixth freshman in ACC history to reach the  600-point plateau … scored in double figures 33 times, breaking the Duke  freshman record for double-digit scoring games held by Gene Banks (1978) and  Luol Deng (2004) … 14 double-doubles are the most by any freshman in Blue Devil  history … first Duke freshman to lead the team in both scoring (670 points) and  rebounds (306), and is the 14th player in Duke history to record  600+ points and 300+ rebounds in the same season … High School: Led Simeon Career Academy (Chicago) to four IHSA Class  4A state championships and averaged 18.4 points and 10.4 rebounds as a senior …  named the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic Co-MVP, and is a two-time Illinois Gatorade  Player of the Year and Illinois Mr. Basketball winner … also named National  Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior … played for USA Basketball, earning  gold medals at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship and the 2011 FIBA Americas  U16 Championship.

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Parker and Recommendations — Way back in high school, Parker led Simeon High in Chicago to four straight state titles. After being courted by all the top schools, he committed to Duke and played one mostly breathtaking season, earning first-team consensus All-American status. A tailor-made one-and-done prospect, the confluence of Duke’s shocking first-round tournament loss to Mercer, Parker’s Mormon background (mission trips are custom), and Mike Krzyzewski’s counsel combined to make people like us sweat a bit. Alas, he declared for the draft via Sports Illustrated.

Knowledge his Power – Parker is regarded as a smart kid off the court and a polished talent on the court. Everyone seems to consider him the guy most ready to contribute on Day One in the NBA. He hit double-figures in points in 33 of 35 games at Duke, and showed off a diverse offensive game well beyond his years. There is some question about his position at the next level, but most people are now saying power forward.

8.7 — Parker is known first and foremost as a pure scorer. Yet he didn’t lead the league in scoring, rather, he led the ACC in rebounding as a freshman with 8.7 per game. Defense is not considered his strong suit (to put it lightly), but if defensive rebounding counts as defense, he might have something here.

28.7 — PER is not nearly as useful in the college game as the pros because there is such a massive variation in strength of schedules in college. The competition varies way too much to make meaningful comparisons. That said, Parker’s 28.7 PER is a quick and easy reference to his impressive efficiency as a freshman. He ranked in the top 10 in the nation among players from major conferences.

High score — When people compare you (like Chris Collins above and seemingly everyone else everywhere) to an All-Star scoring champion who has been the best player on a playoff team almost every year in the pros, that is a very good sign. Yes, if you can get someone like Carmelo Anthony, you do it. Even if the comparisons are optimistic (and they are), few players since Anthony have looked like more sure bets to score 20+ per game by Year Two. By all accounts, Parker is a level-headed guy with a rare ability to create his own shot and adapt his game to any defense.

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Jabari Ali  Parker will play basketball for the Bucks soon, you may have heard.

Here are 10  things you may or may not know about the new Duke of Milwaukee. (Sorry, one  thing he seems not to have is a nickname, which is fine. Jabari works.)

Sonny Parker,  father of Jabari, played in the NBA for the Warriors from 1976 to 1982. He has  a basketball-reference.com page and everything. That is not all. As  basketball-reference aficionados know, each player has “Similarity Scores”  listed on their profile that attempt to compare players whose careers are  similar in terms of quality and shape. Two of the top four players on Sonny  Parker’s similarity player score list? Drew Gooden and Ersan Ilyasova.

Jabari played  high school hoops at the same school as Derrick Rose in Chicago, at Simeon. Here  is the twist. Parker, who is six years younger than Rose, actually scrimmaged with Rose once upon a time… when Parker was in  fifth grade and when Rose was busy winning state titles. More recently, Rose  expressed his support of Parker like so: "I’m happy for him now, just seeing  him… He was a chubby, fat little kid playing with us when I was in high school,  and now he’s potentially going to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft." (Yeah.  Also: Simeon coach Robert Smith, who coached Parker and Rose, declared Parker the best player he has ever  coached.)  Central Division fun starts  in… fourth months.

Just a few  short months ago, there was some debate as to whether Parker would declare for  the draft at all. His final game at Duke was a rough one on personal and team  levels, an upset second-round loss to Mercer in the NCAA tournament. Thankfully  for us, he officially entered the draft via an articulate first-person letter  in Sports Illustrated.

Speaking of  Sports Illustrated, the magazine gave him the cover and called him “The Best  High School Basketball Player Since LeBron James” all the way back in… 2012.

Parker ranked  among the top 10 in the nation among players from major conferences with a 28.7  PER. While the stat is not nearly as educational in college as the pros due to  massive variation in strength of schedules, it is a nice reference point to  Parker’s offensive efficiency.

John Hammond  described Parker as “engaging” and “bright” when addressing the media at the  team’s training center right after the Bucks made the selection. He is probably  supposed to say things like that, but it is also true. Parker graduated high  school with a 3.7 GPA and then made the All-ACC Academic Team, which means he  maintained a 3.0 cumulative GPA in his academic career.

Everyone  lauds Parker for his ability to score, and that is a good thing for everyone to  do. But he led the ACC in a very different category, and people don’t talk  nearly as often about that part of his game. Defense is not yet his strong  suit, but Parker averaged 8.7 rebounds per game to lead the league, and if you  consider defensive rebounding as part of defense, then he has something to work  with here.