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Brandon Miller named to USA Basketball’s select team

Charlotte Hornets rising sophomore forward Brandon Miller was named to the select team for USA Basketball’s upcoming Olympic preparations.

The select team is made up of mostly young players who will join Team USA in Las Vegas for camp as they prepare for the Olympics. The camp runs from July 5th through July 8th. The select team will, among other things, take part in scrimmages against the big boys.

Here’s the full roster of the select team:

  • Jalen Duren (Detroit Pistons)
  • Cooper Flagg (Duke University)
  • Langston Galloway (Free Agent)
  • Nigel Hayes-Davis (Fenerbahçe, Turkey)
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis (Golden State Warriors)
  • Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Miami Heat)
  • Brandon Miller (Charlotte Hornets)
  • Trey Murphy (New Orleans Pelicans)
  • Keegan Murray (Sacramento Kings)
  • Brandin Podziemski (Golden State Warriors)
  • Micah Potter (Utah Jazz/Salt Lake City Stars)
  • Payton Pritchard (Boston Celtics)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. (Houston Rockets)
  • Jalen Suggs (Orlando Magic)
  • Amen Thompson (Houston Rockets)

Two players from the 2021 select team went on to make the 2024 Olympic team this season–Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton. Miller will look to join that club and make a case to be on the national team next Olympics cycle in 2028 (just looked it up, that is in fact a real year).

These things tend to provide a really good experience for young players. They get to be in the gym with some of the best players in the league to see how they operate and to pick their brain as best they can. We’ll see if BMill can use this as a jumping off point for a breakout second season.

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