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Puerto Rico NT 2010
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According to the FIBA Americas website, Puerto Rico team manager Agustín Díaz has presented the list for consideration to the new president of the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation, Carlos Beltran.



"The list will have changes and as time goes by it will have some cuts," Diaz said.



"We expect to have at least 25 players called for the official practices."



List of 41 players: Guillermo Díaz, Jorge Bryan Díaz, Filiberto Rivera, Víctor Dávila, Carlos Arroyo, Andrés Rodríguez, Christian Dalmau, Ángel Daniel Vassallo, Joel Jones Camacho, Carmelo Antrone Lee, Alex Galindo, Luis Villafañe, Angel "Buster" Figueroa, Daniel Santiago, Jesse Pellot, Peter John Ramos, David Huertas, Ricky Sánchez, David Cortés, Larry Ayuso, James Life, Luis Colón, Rick Apodaca, Angelo Reyes, Alphonse Dyer, José Juan Barea, Manuel De Jesús, Nathan Peavy, Ramón Clemente, Mike Rosario, Javier Mojica, Edwin Ubiles, Kevin Hamilton. Manuel Narváez, Dennis Clemente, Carlos Rivera, Paul Graham, Angel "Piwi" García, John Holland, Carlos Strong and Richard Chaney.

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/la.../arti.html



That's a huge list for any national team. There will probably be some new faces joining experienced veterans such as Ayuso, Arroyo or Santiago.
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PR preliminary lists are always like that.
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Quote:Renaldo Balkman is in the 24-man list of players that Puerto Rico coach Manolo Cintron will select from as the FIBA Americas outfit heads into a long summer that will finish at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.



The Denver Nuggets reserve was discovered to have ties to Puerto Rico and is the only newcomer to the preliminary squad from the NBA.



Reports that Miami Heat duo Udonis Haslem and Michael Beasley were potential players have proved to be false.



Puerto Rico coach Manolo Cintron says Balkman is a player who could help the national team this summer as it plays at the Centrobasket Championship (July 5-11, Dominican Republic), Central American and Caribbean Games (24-31 of July, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) and the FIBA World Championship (August 28 to September 13).



“Renaldo is a versatile player who can defend the positions of one to four,” Cintron said in remarks published by Nuevo Dia.



“He has defensive and tactical value but offensively, I have not seen much. We know that he is an athletic player who could help us in some areas."



The 24-man list also includes the Miami Heat’s starting point guard, Carlos Arroyo, and Dallas Mavericks playmaker Jose Barea.



Puerto Rico hope to be in top form by the time they arrive in Ankara for the FIBA World Championship.



They will take on Greece, Ivory Coast, China, Russia and hosts Turkey in Group C.



Puerto Rico Basketball Federation president Carlos Beltran said: "I am optimistic that the team can be the best six to eight of the tournament."



Puerto Rico’s best position this decade was sixth place at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis.



Long before Turkey, though, Puerto Rico will play at the Centrobasket Championship.



The length of the domestic league (BSN) play-offs means some players may have little or no break before joining the national side for the preparations ahead of the tournament in Santo Domingo.



The practices for the Centrobasket begin in Guaynabo (June 17-19) at the Mario "Quijote" Morales Coliseum and then move to Mario Jimenez (June 20 to July 1).



The Centrobasket Championship qualifies the top four teams for the 2011 FIBA-Americas Championship and the top three for the 2011 Pan-American Games.



Cintron’s assistant coaches are Leonel Arill and Nelson Colon.



Full squad:





Carlos Arroyo

Larry Ayuso

Jose Juan Barea

Guillermo Diaz

Christian Dalmau

Luis Villafane

Joel Jones

Kevin Hamilton

Mike Rosario

Carmelo Lee

Angel Daniel Vassallo

Angelo Reyes

Renaldo Balkman

Peter John Ramos

Daniel Santiago

Manuel Narvaez

Ricky Sanchez

Filiberto Rivera

Nathan Peavy

Alphonse Dyer

Richard Chaney

Miguel Ali Berdiel,

Angel Garcia and

Javier Mojica.
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