After Baylor last year, so it’s this year Kentucky who will represent the United States at the GLOBL JAM, a mini-tournament between four U23 teams organized in Toronto from July 7 to 16 by the Canadian Basketball Federation. The idea is simply to highlight the young talents of the selections concerned, and this year John Calipari’s program will face Germany on July 12, Canada on July 13 and an African selection on July 15.
The opportunity to see at work for the first time, before the start of the NCAA season and in a context close to that of FIBA, the “superteam” of “freshmen” of the Wildcats, composed of DJ Wagner, Justin Edwards , Aaron Bradshaw, Robert Dillingham and Reed Sheppard.
NBA players are not allowed to take part for contractual reasons, players like Franz Wagner or Shaedon Sharpe will not be present, but Canada could for example include in its ranks renowned academics like Zach Edey (Purdue) or Ryan Nembhard (Gonzaga), already present last year.
Last summer, it was notably Keyonte George, “freshman” at Baylor this season and probable future “lottery pick” next June, who showed himself in his best light before starting the NCAA season.
