The roster of players was announced Thursday in Las Vegas, where the Americans will train from July 22-25. The minicamp will be used to identify prospects for openings on the U.S. teams in the 2010 world championships and 2012 Olympics.
Durant nearly made the U.S. team that played in the Olympic qualifier two years ago and is a leading candidate to wear a USA uniform. Griffin was expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft later Thursday by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Also expected at the minicamp are: Portland’s Greg Oden, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and Jerryd Bayless; Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook and Jeff Green; Memphis’ O.J. Mayo and Rudy Gay; New Jersey’s Devin Harris and Brook Lopez; Utah’s Ronnie Brewer, Paul Millsap and Kyle Korver; Philadelphia’s Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young; the Lakers’ Trevor Ariza; New York’s David Lee; Minnesota’s Kevin Love; Atlanta’s Josh Smith; Charlotte’s D.J. Augustin; Indiana’s Danny Granger; and Boston’s Glen Davis.
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