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News from July 7
Someone was asking for the names of the players invited to try for the 1998
World Championship. Here you go....
>From: owner-nba-daily4@majordomo.netcom.com
>Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 05:46:03 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: News from July 7
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>
>News from July 7.
>
>USA Basketball announced the 29 invitees to compete for the 12 roster
>spots for the 1998 World Championship. Due to the lockout, no NBA players
>will be playing in the tournament - the list contains 5 college players,
>12 CBA players, 9 players playing in Europe, and 3 players who play in the
>CBA and Europe. The tryout camp will take place Wednesday through
>Tuesday, with the roster being reduced to 12 players on Tuesday,
>July 14. The World Championship tournament starts July 29 in Greece.
>The invitees are:
>
> Player Pos Ht Wt B-day College
> Wendell Alexis ........ F 6-9 220 7/31/64 Syracuse'86
> Ashraf Amaya .......... F-C 6-8 250 11/23/71 Southern Illinois'93
> Chucky Atkins ......... G 5-11 160 8/14/74 South Florida'97
> David Booth ........... G 6-6 210 5/28/70 DePaul'94
> Earl Boykins .......... G 5-5 135 6/2/76 Eastern Michigan'98
> Tim Breaux ............ F 6-7 215 9/19/70 Wyoming'92
> Mateen Cleaves ........ G 6-2 195 9/7/77 Michigan State'00
> Acie Earl ............. F-C 6-11 265 6/23/70 Iowa'93
> Bill Edwards .......... F 6-8 220 8/22/71 Wright State'93
> Kiwane Garris ......... G 6-2 183 9/24/74 Illinois'97
> Richard Hamilton ...... G 6-6 195 2/14/98 Connecticut'00
> Michael Hawkins ....... G 6-0 178 10/28/72 Xavier'95
> Bernard Hopkins ....... F 6-7 235 1/13/73 VCU'96
> Troy Hudson ........... G 6-0 170 3/12/76 Southern Illinois'97
> Nate Huffman .......... C 7-1 245 4/2/75 Central Michigan'97
> Tim Kempton ........... C 6-10 260 1/25/64 Notre Dame'86
> Warren Kidd ........... F-C 6-10 220 9/9/70 Middle Tennessee State'93
> Gerard King ........... F 6-9 230 11/25/72 Nichols State'96
> Jimmy King ............ G 6-5 210 8/9/73 Michigan'95
> Trajan Langdon ........ G 6-3 195 5/13/76 Duke'99
> Randy Livingston ...... G 6-4 200 4/2/75 LSU'96
> Gerald Madkins ........ G 6-4 210 4/18/69 UCLA'92
> Richard Manning ....... C 6-11 251 6/23/70 Washington'93
> Mike McDonald ......... C 6-10 235 2/13/69 New Orleans'95
> Brad Miller ........... C 6-11 240 4/12/76 Purdue'98
> Jimmy Oliver .......... G 6-6 208 7/12/69 Purdue'91
> Jason Sasser .......... F 6-7 210 1/13/74 Texas Tech'96
> Larry Stewart ......... F 6-8 230 9/21/68 Coppin State'91
> David Wood ............ F 6-9 230 11/30/64 Nevada-Reno'87
>
>Head Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (Hou) (Michigan'70)
>Assistants: Del Harris (LAL) (Milligan College'59)
> Mike Jarvis (St. John's)
> Lon Keuger (University of Illinois)
>