Canada’s Luguentz Dort Named To World Select Team For 2017 Nike Hoop Summit
• World Team Roster (pdf)
Luguentz Dort, a 6-foot-4, Canadian guard from the Conrad Academy, Florida, was named to the 2017 World Select Team that will play in the 20th annual Nike Hoop Summit at 7 p.m. PDT on Friday, April 7 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.
World Team member Angus Glover (Illawarra Hawks), a 6-foot-4 guard from Australia, is unable to play due to a leg injury.
The World Select Team roster also includes Canadian guards Lindell Wigginton (Oak Hill Academy, Va.), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Hamilton Heights Christian, Tenn.) and Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hamilton Heights Christian, Tenn.); guard/forward R.J. Barrett (Montverde Academy, Fla./Canada); forwards Tadas Sedekerskis (Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain/Lithuania), Borisa Simanic (Crvena Zvezda/Serbia), Kostja Mushidi (BC Mega Leks, Serbia/Germany) and Isaiah Hartnestein (Zalgiris Kaunas, Lithuania/Germany); and centers Felipe Dos Anjos (Oviedo, Spain/Brazil), Nick Richards (The Patrick School, N.J./Jamaica) and Ikechukwu Obiagu (Greenforest Christian, Ga./Nigeria).
The annual Nike Hoop Summit pits the World Select Team against the USA Basketball Junior National Select Team and features many of the world’s leading basketball players age 19 years or younger.
The 2017 Nike Hoop Summit will be broadcast live on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and will be available on the ESPN app.
Tickets for the 2017 Nike Hoop Summit are on sale now. Lower bowl seating starts at just $10, and courtside seats are $50 and $75. Applicable service charges apply. Tickets will be available at bit.ly/HoopSummitTix, the Rose Quarter Box Office or by calling 800-745-3000.
