The Nike Hoop Summit is an international men's

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sponsored by Nike, held once a year since 1995, except from 2001–2003, which features the

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Men's Junior Select Team against a World Select Team of international players. The players demonstrate their skills and hope to attract attention from either NBA scouts or

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. A number of current NBA players have participated in this event in the past. In the 2010 edition of the event, Enes Kanter scored 34 points and surpassed the event's record of 33 points set by Dirk Nowitzki in 1998. In 2012,

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scored 35 points to break Kanter's scoring record. Bismack Biyombo recorded the first

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in Hoop Summit history in 2011 with 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 blocks. 14 players, all members of the World Team have been selected to play in two Hoop Summits: Jovo Stanojević (1995 & 1996), Alexandre Bachminov (1996 & 1997), Matthew Nielsen (1997 & 1998), Antonis Fotsis, (1998 & 1999),

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(1999 & 2000),

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(1999 & 2000),

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(2007 & 2008),

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(2011 & 2012), Andrew Wiggins (2012 & 2013), Karl-Anthony Towns (2013 & 2014), Jamal Murray (2014 & 2015),

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(2015 & 2016),

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(2017 & 2018), and

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(2018 & 2019). Although it previously rotated American cities, the event has been hosted in

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since 2008. There was no Hoop Summit in 2020 or 2021 due to the

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Past games

The USA leads the all-time series 16–7.

Team records

United States

*Points: 35 by

(2012) *Rebounds: 14 by

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(2018) *Assists: 11 by John Wall (2009) *Steals: 5 by Ron Artest (1997), John Wall (2009), Tyus Jones (2014), and Markelle Fultz (2016) *Blocks: 9 by

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(1995)

World

*Points: 34 by Enes Kanter (2010) *Rebounds: 16 by

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(2018) *Assists: 9 by

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(2015) *Steals: 5 by

(2018) *Blocks: 10 by Bismack Biyombo (2011)

Stat leaders

Alumni selected in the NBA draft

*240 total draft picks **USA: 163 **World: 77 **First Round Picks: 178 **Second Round Picks: 62 *Draft(s) with the most alumni picked: 2011 & 2012 (15)

References

External links

* {{Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. Sports competitions in Portland, Oregon High school basketball competitions in the United States Basketball in Oregon Recurring sporting events established in 1995 1995 establishments in the United States Annual events in Oregon