NBA stars Karl-Anthony Towns and Al Horford headline the Dominican Republic’s preliminary roster for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
“There’s a mutual interest [between Towns and the federation], and we exchange messages on the phone every day,” the Federation president Rafael Uribe told radio show Diamante Deportivo regarding Karl-Anthony Towns’ participation in the tournament.
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If Towns plays in the Basketball World Cup, it will be the first time in 10 years that he will play for the national team. Meanwhile, Al Horford has been a member of the Dominican Republic national team since 2008. In 2011, he won a bronze medal at the FIBA Americas Championship and earned All-Tournament Team honors.
The Dominican Republic will travel to Manila, Philippines to take on the hosts, Angola and Italy in Group A.
The 30-man preliminary roster of the Dominican Republic for the FIBA Basketball World Cup is as follows:
- Andres Feliz
- Gelvis Solano
- Jean Montero
- Richard Bautista
- Victor Liz
- Rigoberto Mendoza
- Chris Duarte
- LJ Figueroa
- Lester Quinonez
- Juan Miguel Suero
- Gerardo Suero
- Luis Montero
- Justin Minaya
- Jassel Perez
- Angel Delgado
- Eloy Vargas
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- Al Horford
- Jonathan Araujo
- Juan Guerrero
- Antonio Pena
- Luis Santos
- Joel Soriano
- David Jones
- Yaxel Lenderborg
- Eddy Polanco
- Anyeuri Castillo
- Miguel Dicent
- Brandone Francis
- Sadiel Rojas
