2003 Tournament of the Americas squads

Main article: 2003 Tournament of the Americas

This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2003 Tournament of the Americas.

Group A

Argentina

Argentina national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Sánchez, Pepe – (1977-05-08)8 May 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Detroit Pistons G 5 Ginóbili, Manu – (1977-07-28)28 July 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) San Antonio Spurs G 6 Montecchia, Alejandro – (1972-01-01)1 January 1972 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Pamesa Valencia C 7 Oberto, Fabricio – (1977-11-05)5 November 1977 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) San Antonio Spurs G 8 Victoriano, Lucas – (1977-11-05)5 November 1977 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid C 9 Fernández, Gabriel – (1976-10-23)23 October 1976 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Forum Valladolid F 10 Gutiérrez, Leonardo – (1978-05-16)16 May 1978 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Drac Inca Mallorca C 11 Scola, Luis – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) TAU Cerámica F 12 Kammerichs, Federico – (1980-06-21)21 June 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Pamesa Valencia F 13 Nocioni, Andrés – (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) TAU Cerámica F 14 Palladino, Leandro – (1976-01-13)13 January 1976 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) TAU Cerámica C 15 Wolkowyski, Rubén – (1973-09-30)30 September 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) TAU Cerámica	Head coach Rubén Magnano Assistant coach(es) Enrique Tolcachier Fernando Duró Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 20 August 2003

Canada

Canada National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Thomas, Novell – (1975-12-17)December 17, 1975 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Buffalo City Thunder G 5 Brown, Denham – (1983-01-06)January 6, 1983 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Connecticut G 6 Karangwa, Prosper – (1978-05-17)May 17, 1978 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Adirondack Wildcats G 7 Nash, Steve – (1974-02-07)February 7, 1974 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Dallas Mavericks G 8 Swords, Shawn – (1973-12-27)December 27, 1973 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Rida Scafati F 9 Barrett, Rowan – (1972-11-24)November 24, 1972 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Hapoel Haifa G 10 Francis, Greg – (1974-04-04)April 4, 1974 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Chester Jets F 11 Kwiatkowski, Andrew – (1979-01-17)January 17, 1979 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Euro Roseto C 12 Young, Jesse – (1980-04-29)April 29, 1980 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) George Mason University F 13 Guarasci, Peter – (1974-02-25)February 25, 1974 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Crabs Rimini F/C 14 King, Michael – (1980-01-16)January 16, 1980 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) University of Wisconsin–Green Bay F 15 Newton, Greg – (1974-07-09)July 9, 1974 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Cherno More Port Varna	Head coach Jay Triano Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 20, 2003

Mexico

Mexico men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Castellanos, Oscar – (1968-04-28)28 April 1968 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Soles de Jalisco G 5 Meza, Pedro – (1985-10-15)15 October 1985 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Arizona Western College G 6 Pedroza, Anthony – (1979-07-03)3 July 1979 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Marineros de Cozumel C 7 Llamas, Horacio – (1973-07-17)17 July 1973 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Delfines de Mazatlan C 8 López, Omar – (1980-09-05)5 September 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Soles de Mexicali C 9 Benítez, Jesús – (1979-09-10)10 September 1979 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Lobos de Saltillo F 10 Mariscal, Víctor – (1972-05-24)24 May 1972 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Lobos de Saltillo G 11 Quintero, Omar – (1981-09-26)26 September 1981 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Southern Nazarene University C 12 Ávila, Víctor – (1977-03-23)23 March 1977 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Tijuana Tazmania Diablos G 13 Zúñiga, Enrique – (1976-07-07)7 July 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Conejos de Tuxtla F 14 Nájera, Eduardo – (1976-07-11)11 July 1976 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Dallas Mavericks C 15 Parada, Adam – (1981-10-21)21 October 1981 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) UC Irvine	Head coach Guillermo Vecchio Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 20, 2003

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. C 4 Ortiz, José – (1963-10-25)25 October 1963 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Cangrejeros de Santurce F 5 Casiano, Eddie – (1972-09-20)20 September 1972 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Leones de Ponce G 6 Hatton, Bobby Joe – (1976-10-11)11 October 1976 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Leones de Ponce G 7 Arroyo, Carlos – (1979-07-30)30 July 1979 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Utah Jazz F 8 Apodaca, Rick – (1980-07-01)1 July 1980 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Capitanes de Arecibo G 9 Dalmau, Raymond – (1973-10-23)23 October 1973 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Piratas de Quebradillas G 10 Ayuso, Elías Larry – (1977-03-27)27 March 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Atléticos de San Germán F 11 Latimer, Antonio – (1978-11-26)26 November 1978 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Indios de Mayagüez F 12 Hourruitiner, Rolando – (1975-05-28)28 May 1975 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Cangrejeros de Santurce F 13 Fajardo, Sharif – (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Atléticos de San Germán F/C 14 Rivera, Jorge – (1973-12-09)9 December 1973 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Vaqueros de Bayamón C 15 Santiago, Daniel – (1976-06-24)24 June 1976 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Milwaukee Bucks	Head coach Julio Toro Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 20, 2003

Uruguay

Uruguay national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Morales, Pablo – (1978-05-31)31 May 1978 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Trouville F 5 Taboada, Emilio – (1982-05-11)11 May 1982 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Atenas F 6 Aguiar, Mauricio – (1983-02-03)3 February 1983 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Lauretana Biella G 7 Muro, Alejandro – (1974-06-09)9 June 1974 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Palestrina G 8 Mazzarino, Nicolás – (1975-10-21)21 October 1975 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Reggio Calabria F 9 Owens, Trelonnie – (1971-10-25)25 October 1971 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Plasencia G 10 Izuibejeres, Joaquín – (1982-02-23)23 February 1982 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Trouville C 11 Paez, Gastón – (1979-09-22)22 September 1979 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Welcome C 12 Szczygielski, Gustavo – (1967-09-28)28 September 1967 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Defensor Sporting G 13 Silveira, Luis – (1971-01-16)16 January 1971 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Defensor Sporting C 14 Bouzot, Marcel – (1971-03-02)2 March 1971 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Círculo Badajoz C 15 Batista, Esteban – (1983-09-02)2 September 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Welcome	Head coach Néstor García Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 20, 2003

Group B

Brazil

Brazil National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Machado, Marcelinho – (1975-04-12)12 April 1975 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Rimini Crabs F 5 Pinto, Renato – (1978-05-28)28 May 1978 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) COC-Ribeirão Preto C 6 Da Rosa, Murilo – (1983-07-14)14 July 1983 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Bauru G 7 da Silva, Válter – (1977-01-31)31 January 1977 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Unitri/Uberlândia G 8 Barbosa, Leandro – (1982-11-28)28 November 1982 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Bauru G 9 Ferraciú, Demétrius – (1973-07-17)17 July 1973 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Minas Tênis Clube F 10 Garcia, Alex – (1980-03-04)4 March 1980 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) COC-Ribeirão Preto C 11 Varejão, Anderson – (1982-09-28)28 September 1982 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) FC Barcelona F 12 Giovannoni, Guilherme – (1980-06-02)2 June 1980 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Rimini Crabs C 13 Nenê – (1982-09-13)13 September 1982 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Denver Nuggets C 14 De Souza, Luis Fernando – (1978-01-05)5 January 1978 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Minas Tênis Clube F 15 Splitter, Tiago – (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Bilbao Basket	Head coach Lula Ferreira Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 20, 2003

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Ramírez, Otto – (1974-11-14)14 November 1974 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) F 5 Paniagua, Carlos – (1976-04-09)9 April 1976 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Mauricio Báez F 6 Lalane, Henry – (1978-03-03)3 March 1978 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Calero de Villa Duarte G 7 Morban, Carlos – (1982-04-05)5 April 1982 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Florida International University F 8 Paulino, Henry – (1973-12-29)29 December 1973 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mauricio Báez F 9 Western, Franklin – (1972-04-11)11 April 1972 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Vaqueros de Bayamón C 10 Pichardo, Miguel Angel – (1980-02-08)8 February 1980 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) CAB Madeira G/F 11 Payano, Carlos – (1971-02-06)6 February 1971 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Vaqueros de Bayamón C 12 Vargas, José – (1963-06-23)23 June 1963 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Guaros de Lara C 13 Filion, Amaury – (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) JA Vichy G 14 Ortega, Víctor – (1981-12-24)24 December 1981 CPN Pueblo Nuevo C 15 Peterson, Jaime – (1971-09-29)29 September 1971 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) CD Universidad Complutense	Head coach Héctor Báez Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 20, 2003

United States

United States national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club G 4 Iverson, Allen – (1975-06-07)7 June 1975 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Philadelphia 76ers G 5 Kidd, Jason – (1973-03-23)23 March 1973 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) New Jersey Nets G/F 6 McGrady, Tracy – (1979-05-24)24 May 1979 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Orlando Magic C 7 O'Neal, Jermaine – (1978-10-13)13 October 1978 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Indiana Pacers G 8 Carter, Vince – (1977-01-26)26 January 1977 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Toronto Raptors F 9 Collison, Nick – (1980-10-26)26 October 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Seattle SuperSonics G 10 Bibby, Mike – (1978-05-13)13 May 1978 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sacramento Kings F 11 Martin, Kenyon – (1977-12-30)30 December 1977 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Jersey Nets G 12 Allen, Ray – (1975-07-20)20 July 1975 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Seattle SuperSonics F 13 Duncan, Tim – (1976-04-25)25 April 1976 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) San Antonio Spurs F 14 Brand, Elton – (1979-03-11)11 March 1979 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Los Angeles Clippers F 15 Jefferson, Richard – (1980-06-21)21 June 1980 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) New Jersey Nets	Head coach Larry Brown Assistant coaches Gregg Popovich Roy Williams Oliver Purnell Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 20, 2003

Venezuela

Venezuela men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 4 Díaz, Víctor – (1968-04-02)2 April 1968 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Delfines de Miranda F 5 Julio, Luis – (1980-06-12)12 June 1980 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Gaiteros del Zulia G 6 Mijares, Yumerving – (1976-09-30)30 September 1976 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Marinos de Anzoátegui G 7 Guevara, Rafael – (1979-05-02)2 May 1979 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Gaiteros de Zulia F/C 8 Aguilera, Tomás – (1977-09-25)25 September 1977 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Marinos de Anzoátegui G 9 Torres, Óscar – (1976-12-18)18 December 1976 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Pompea Napoli G 10 Guevara, Diego – (1977-02-10)10 February 1977 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Trotamundos de Carabobo C 11 Marriaga, Miguel Ángel – (1984-06-06)6 June 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Gaiteros de Zulia C 12 Bayona, Heberth – (1978-04-26)26 April 1978 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Guaros de Lara C 13 Osorio, Roque – (1976-01-24)24 January 1976 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Trotamundos de Carabobo C 14 Blanco, Rosmel – (1976-09-11)11 September 1976 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Trotamundos de Carabobo G/F 15 Morris, Carlos – (1975-11-10)10 November 1975 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Toros de Aragua	Head coach Néstor Salazar Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 20, 2003

Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Maynard, Vernal – (1981-04-30)April 30, 1981 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Winston-Salem State University G 5 Sheppard, Kevin – (1979-09-17)September 17, 1979 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jacksonville University G 6 Oliver, Marcus – (1980-10-20)October 20, 1980 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Houston F 7 Victor, Cuthbert – (1983-01-30)January 30, 1983 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Murray State University C 8 Richards, Ja Ja – (1974-11-19)November 19, 1974 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Maratonistas de Coamo G/F 9 White, Calvert – (1975-12-07)December 7, 1975 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) All Eyez On We 10 Caesar, Roal – (1982-08-20)August 20, 1982 Indiana University Southeast 11 Gregory, Keylen – (1986-10-30)October 30, 1986 F 12 Trimmingham, Leon – (1971-02-01)February 1, 1971 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Seoul SK Knights F 13 Heywood, Jamel – (1977-03-19)March 19, 1977 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Gallitos de Isabela C 14 Peterkin, Omari – (1983-12-29)December 29, 1983 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Notre Dame 15 Charles, Sylvester – (1962-02-11)February 11, 1962 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Head coach Tevester Anderson Legend nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on August 20, 2003

External links

• 2003 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.
• FIBA Americas 2003 - Men Basketball, LatinBasket.com.