2008 NIKE Global Challenge Rosters

Canada Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date Pre-NBA Draft Team Nationality
Mike Allison FC 6-9 215 Hamilton Aug 4, 1990 Maine Canada
Kofi Ankoma-Mensa G 6-3 180 - -   Canada
Mangisto Arop F 6-5 215 Abyei Oct 1, 1990 Indiana State Canada
South Sudan
Alwayne Bigby GF 6-5 210 Toronto May 8, 1990 Rhode Island Canada
Marvin Binney G 6-3 195 Toronto Dec 15, 1990 St. Mary's (TX) Canada
Melvin Ejim SF 6-6 220 Toronto Mar 4, 1991 Iowa State Canada
Cory Joseph PG 6-2 200 Toronto Aug 20, 1991 Texas Canada
Ashton Khan G 6-1 180 Scarborough May 6, 1991 Tiffin Canada
Chadrack Lufile F 6-9 265 Burlington Sep 11, 1990 Wichita State Canada
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kelly Olynyk C 6-11 240 Scarborough Apr 19, 1991 Gonzaga Canada
Maurice Walker PF 6-10 255 Scarborough Nov 21, 1991 Minnesota Canada
Tyrone Watson F 6-5 225 Hamilton Jul 12, 1990 New Mexico State Canada

Lithuania Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date Pre-NBA Draft Team Nationality
Tadas Brazys PG 6-1 - Vilnius Jun 9, 1989   Lithuania
Simas Buterlevicius SF 6-6 207 Vilnius Apr 18, 1989 Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania) Lithuania
Rokas Cepanonis PF 6-9 198 Vilnius Mar 14, 1989 Zalgiris (Lithuania) Lithuania
Paulius Gvazdaitis C 6-11 231 Marijampole Oct 18, 1989   Lithuania
Sarunas Kulevicius SG 6-2 185 Siauliai Apr 29, 1989 Sakalai (Lithuania) Lithuania
Mindaugas Kuzminskas SF 6-9 215 Vilnius Oct 19, 1989 Siauliai (Lithuania) Lithuania
Dominykas Narkunas SF 6-7 - Vilnius Mar 8, 1989   Lithuania
Vytautas Pikalavicius GF 6-4 220 Siauliai May 15, 1990   Lithuania
Mantas Pukinskas SF 6-5 - Kaunas May 3, 1989   Lithuania
Sarunas Sliesoraitis SF 6-6 198 Vilnius May 24, 1989   Lithuania

Puerto Rico Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date Pre-NBA Draft Team Nationality
Ruben Cabrera F 6-7 245 Bayamon, PR Apr 11, 1990 Texas-RGV Puerto Rico
Raymond Cintron SG 6-0 195 Santurce, PR Feb 22, 1990 Capitanes de Arecibo (United States) Puerto Rico
United States
Jose Enrique Lopez Ramos F 6-5 200 Fajardo, PR Jun 24, 1991   Puerto Rico
United States
Carlos Lopez-Sosa F 6-11 225 Mayaguez, PR Jun 23, 1990 UNLV Puerto Rico
United States
Steven Miro G 6-3 190 Bayamon, PR May 25, 1991 Florida International Puerto Rico
United States
Malcolm Payne G 6-1 160 - -   United States
Puerto Rico
Jesus Rivera Cruz SF 6-6 180 Carolina, PR Dec 24, 1990   Puerto Rico
United States
Jose Gadiel Rodriguez F 6-7 215 Bronx, NY Oct 22, 1992 Texas Southern United States
Puerto Rico
Isaac Sosa G 6-3 180 Guaynabo, PR Feb 16, 1990 Canisius Puerto Rico
United States
Rasham Suarez G 6-3 205 Rio Piedras, PR Sep 21, 1992 Southern Mississippi Puerto Rico
United States
Xavier Zambrana SF 6-5 200 Carolina, PR Mar 25, 1991 Mets de Guaynabo (United States) Puerto Rico
United States

Senegal Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date Pre-NBA Draft Team Nationality
Aboubacar Casse GF 6-5 195 Dakar - Franklin Pierce Senegal
Souleymane Diedhiou F 6-6 220 Dakar - Montana Western Senegal
Byago Diouf G 6-3 180 Thies - Carroll (MT) Senegal
Lionel Gomis F 6-9 230 Dakar Jan 8, 1992 Robert Morris Senegal
Selle Hann GF 6-5 200 Dakar Sep 10, 1990 Vanguard Senegal
Baye Moussa Keita FC 6-10 220 Saint-Louis Sep 7, 1990 Syracuse Senegal
Ibrahima Keita G 6-3 - - -   Senegal
Remy Emmanuel N'Diaye - - - -   Senegal
Aziz NDiaye C 7-0 260 Dakar May 16, 1988 Washington Senegal
Papa Ndao F 6-8 225 Dakar Nov 15, 1992 Saint Joseph's Senegal
Thierno Niang PG 6-1 205 Medina Gouna Mar 8, 1990 Milwaukee Senegal
Assane Sene C 7-0 239 Saint-Louis Jun 20, 1989 Virginia Senegal

Serbia Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date Pre-NBA Draft Team Nationality
Filip Covic PG 5-8 163 Belgrade Jun 5, 1989 KK FMP (Serbia) Serbia
Milos Dimic SG 6-5 183 Leskovac Oct 17, 1989 KK FMP (Serbia) Serbia
Dejan Djokic PG 6-2 187 Belgrade Aug 11, 1989   Serbia
Branko Lazic SG 6-5 192 Loznica Jan 12, 1989   Serbia
Uros Lukovic C 7-0 220 Belgrade Jun 8, 1989 Vrsac Swisslion (Serbia) Serbia
Nikola Markovic C 6-10 210 Belgrade Jul 7, 1989 KK Beobank (Serbia) Serbia
Dejan Musli C 7-0 242 Prizren Jan 3, 1991 KK Partizan (Serbia) Serbia
Ivan Smiljanic F 6-7 194 Belgrade Apr 4, 1989   Serbia
Marko Stojadinovic SF 6-7 202 Belgrade Feb 27, 1989   Serbia
Milojko Vasilic PF 6-10 220 Uzice Jul 8, 1989   Serbia
Aleksandar Zaric SG 6-4 198 Slavonski Brod Mar 20, 1989   Croatia
Serbia
Stefan Zivanovic G 6-5 210 Belgrade Feb 19, 1989 KK FMP (Serbia) Serbia

USA 1 Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date Pre-NBA Draft Team Nationality
Harrison Barnes SF 6-8 225 Ames, IA May 30, 1992 North Carolina United States
DeMarcus Cousins C 6-11 270 Mobile, AL Aug 13, 1990 Kentucky United States
Roger Franklin F 6-5 220 Duncanville, TX Sep 7, 1990 North Texas United States
Tommy Mason-Griffin PG 5-11 205 Houston, TX Sep 29, 1990 Oklahoma United States
Alex Oriakhi PF 6-9 255 Lowell, MA Jun 21, 1990 Missouri United States
Mason Plumlee PF 6-10 254 Warsaw, IN Mar 5, 1990 Duke United States
Phil Pressey PG 5-11 175 Dallas, TX Feb 17, 1991 Missouri United States
Royce White PF 6-8 268 Minneapolis, MN Apr 10, 1991 Iowa State United States
Rodney Williams F 6-7 205 Minneapolis, MN Jul 23, 1991 Minnesota United States
Jamil Wilson SF 6-7 229 Milwaukee, WI Nov 21, 1990 Marquette United States

USA 2 Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date Pre-NBA Draft Team Nationality
Avery Bradley PG 6-3 180 Tacoma, WA Nov 26, 1990 Texas United States
Reggie Bullock SG 6-6 205 Baltimore, MD Mar 16, 1991 North Carolina United States
Abdul Gaddy PG 6-3 195 Tacoma, WA Jan 26, 1992 Washington United States
Jordan Hamilton SF 6-7 220 Los Angeles, CA Oct 6, 1990 Texas United States
John Henson PF 6-11 219 Greensboro, NC Dec 28, 1990 North Carolina United States
Terrence Jones PF 6-9 255 Portland, OR Jan 9, 1992 Kentucky United States
Wally Judge PF 6-9 250 Washington, DC Aug 24, 1990 Rutgers United States
Kendall Marshall PG 6-4 195 Dumfries, VA Aug 19, 1991 North Carolina United States
Roscoe Smith SF 6-9 202 Baltimore, MD May 1, 1991 UNLV United States
Dante Taylor PF 6-9 235 Greenburgh, NY Mar 19, 1990 Pittsburgh United States

USA 3 Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date Pre-NBA Draft Team Nationality
Aaron Dotson SG 6-4 200 Seattle, WA Mar 31, 1991 Utah United States
Gary Franklin, Jr. PG 6-2 190 Inglewood, CA Dec 8, 1990 Baylor United States
Xavier Henry G 6-6 220 Ghent Mar 15, 1991 Kansas United States
Milton Jennings PF 6-9 225 Summerville, SC Jun 26, 1990 Clemson United States
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist SF 6-7 232 Philadelphia, PA Sep 26, 1993 Kentucky United States
Mike Moser F 6-8 211 Portland, OR Nov 8, 1990 Oregon United States
Albania
Daniel Orton PF 6-10 255 Oklahoma City, OK Aug 6, 1990 Kentucky United States
Jereme Richmond F 6-7 205 Waukegan, IL Mar 13, 1992 Illinois United States
Deshaun Thomas F 6-7 220 Fort Wayne, IN Aug 29, 1991 Ohio State United States
Jeremy Tyler PF 6-10 260 San Diego, CA Jun 21, 1991 Tokyo Apache (Japan) United States
Dion Waiters SG 6-4 215 Philadelphia, PA Dec 10, 1991 Syracuse United States
John Wall PG 6-3 210 Raleigh, NC Sep 6, 1990 Kentucky United States