Levon Kendall, a longtime veteran of Team Canada, has been impressed with Cory Joseph.

“I’ve been most impressed with his attitude, not having a sense of entitlement (from being a first round selection),” said Kendall.

“He understands guys have been here (a while), he’s got to prove himself before he gets that respect. He has to earn it to a certain extent so that’s what I’ve been most surprised (about). It’s nice to see that.”

Leo Rautins, head coach of Canada, was asked about the absence of Tristan Thompson during their Olympic qualifying.

"I don’t think there’s a negative with Tristan. He’s told me he wants to play, he’s told everybody else he wants to play, it’s not that he doesn’t want to deal with it.

"All of our conversations with Tristan’s people are, one, he made a promise to his mom academically to do some stuff and, two, the word was he was just physically wiped out. I can tell you, I watched what Andy (Rautins, a Knicks draft pick in 2010) went through last year in the pre-draft stuff, he was wiped out and that might have led to what happened later in the summer, he was exhausted. I’m not going to question that.

"Tristan’s a great kid, he’s been involved in our camps as a high schooler, there’s no negative there.

"If people want to make one out of that, I think that’s just looking for something."

Katin Reinhardt canceled a trip to Texas on Wednesday and decided to make a verbal commitment to UNLV.

Reinhardt, a 6-foot-5-inch guard from Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei High School, is ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 43 player in the class of 2012.

"I called Coach Rice and said, 'Let's get this done.' I couldn't pass this up," Reinhardt said. "The relationship I have with Coach Rice is great. I can't wait to join that whole team and that coaching staff and try to win a championship. Hopefully, UNLV basketball will be back at the top."

Point guard Javan Felix has verbally committed to playing for Texas.

"Texas is my dream school,'' Felix said. "It has always been my dream school. For me to get a chance to go there, I just felt like I had to do it.''

The 6-foot Felix said he also made unofficial visits to Baylor and Texas A&M this summer and considered LSU, Oregon and Virginia.

Jordan Hamilton has yet to sign his first NBA contract, but he has left agent Arn Tellem.

Sources close to Hamilton say he will sign with Gregory Nunn, who recently opened the basketball division at Premier Sports.

Jaylen Bond gave a verbal commitment to Texas on Tuesday.

Bond will enroll in classes for the fall semester on Aug. 19. The 6-foot-7, 219-pound swingman backed out of a scholarship to Pittsburgh in March in order to spend next year at St. Thomas More School in Connecticut.

But Bond opted to go to Texas instead of prep school. The 18-year-old will be eligible to play for Texas this upcoming season only if Pittsburgh releases him from his scholarship.

He had scholarship offers from Temple, Penn State, St. Joseph’s and Tennessee for the class of 2012.