2003 Tournament of the Americas squads

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

Group A

Argentina

Argentina men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Pepe Sánchez	26 – (1977-05-08)8 May 1977	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Detroit Pistons
G	5	Manu Ginóbili	26 – (1977-07-28)28 July 1977	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	San Antonio Spurs
G	6	Alejandro Montecchia	31 – (1972-01-01)1 January 1972	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Pamesa Valencia
C	7	Fabricio Oberto	25 – (1977-11-05)5 November 1977	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	San Antonio Spurs
G	8	Lucas Victoriano	25 – (1977-11-05)5 November 1977	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Real Madrid
C	9	Gabriel Fernández	26 – (1976-10-23)23 October 1976	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Forum Valladolid
F	10	Leonardo Gutiérrez	25 – (1978-05-16)16 May 1978	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Drac Inca Mallorca
C	11	Luis Scola	23 – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	TAU Cerámica
F	12	Federico Kammerichs	23 – (1980-06-21)21 June 1980	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Pamesa Valencia
F	13	Andrés Nocioni	23 – (1979-11-30)30 November 1979	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	TAU Cerámica
F	14	Leandro Palladino	27 – (1976-01-13)13 January 1976	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	TAU Cerámica
C	15	Rubén Wolkowyski	29 – (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 men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Novell Thomas	27 – (1975-12-17)December 17, 1975	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Buffalo City Thunder
G	5	Denham Brown	20 – (1983-01-06)January 6, 1983	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	University of Connecticut
G	6	Prosper Karangwa	25 – (1978-05-17)May 17, 1978	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Adirondack Wildcats
G	7	Steve Nash	29 – (1974-02-07)February 7, 1974	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Dallas Mavericks
G	8	Shawn Swords	29 – (1973-12-27)December 27, 1973	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Rida Scafati
F	9	Rowan Barrett	30 – (1972-11-24)November 24, 1972	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Hapoel Haifa
G	10	Greg Francis	29 – (1974-04-04)April 4, 1974	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Chester Jets
F	11	Andrew Kwiatkowski	24 – (1979-01-17)January 17, 1979	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Euro Roseto
C	12	Jesse Young	23 – (1980-04-29)April 29, 1980	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	George Mason University
F	13	Peter Guarasci	29 – (1974-02-25)February 25, 1974	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Crabs Rimini
F/C	14	Michael King	23 – (1980-01-16)January 16, 1980	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Wisconsin–Green Bay
F	15	Greg Newton	29 – (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.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Oscar Castellanos	35 – (1968-04-28)28 April 1968	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Soles de Jalisco
G	5	Pedro Meza	17 – (1985-10-15)15 October 1985	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Arizona Western College
G	6	Anthony Pedroza	24 – (1979-07-03)3 July 1979	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Marineros de Cozumel
C	7	Horacio Llamas	30 – (1973-07-17)17 July 1973	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Delfines de Mazatlan
C	8	Omar López	22 – (1980-09-05)5 September 1980	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Soles de Mexicali
C	9	Jesús Benítez	23 – (1979-09-10)10 September 1979	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Lobos de Saltillo
F	10	Víctor Mariscal	31 – (1972-05-24)24 May 1972	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Lobos de Saltillo
G	11	Omar Quintero	21 – (1981-09-26)26 September 1981	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Southern Nazarene University
C	12	Víctor Ávila	26 – (1977-03-23)23 March 1977	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Tijuana Tazmania Diablos
G	13	Enrique Zúñiga	27 – (1976-07-07)7 July 1976	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Conejos de Tuxtla
F	14	Eduardo Nájera	27 – (1976-07-11)11 July 1976	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Dallas Mavericks
C	15	Adam Parada	21 – (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.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	4	José Ortiz	39 – (1963-10-25)25 October 1963	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Cangrejeros de Santurce
F	5	Eddie Casiano	30 – (1972-09-20)20 September 1972	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Leones de Ponce
G	6	Bobby Joe Hatton	26 – (1976-10-11)11 October 1976	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Leones de Ponce
G	7	Carlos Arroyo	24 – (1979-07-30)30 July 1979	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Utah Jazz
F	8	Rick Apodaca	23 – (1980-07-01)1 July 1980	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Capitanes de Arecibo
G	9	Raymond Dalmau	29 – (1973-10-23)23 October 1973	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Piratas de Quebradillas
G	10	Elías Larry Ayuso	26 – (1977-03-27)27 March 1977	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Atléticos de San Germán
F	11	Antonio Latimer	24 – (1978-11-26)26 November 1978	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Indios de Mayagüez
F	12	Rolando Hourruitiner	28 – (1975-05-28)28 May 1975	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Cangrejeros de Santurce
F	13	Sharif Fajardo	27 – (1976-06-09)9 June 1976	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Atléticos de San Germán
F/C	14	Jorge Rivera	29 – (1973-12-09)9 December 1973	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Vaqueros de Bayamón
C	15	Daniel Santiago	27 – (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 men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	4	Pablo Morales	25 – (1978-05-31)31 May 1978	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Trouville
F	5	Emilio Taboada	21 – (1982-05-11)11 May 1982	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Atenas
F	6	Mauricio Aguiar	20 – (1983-02-03)3 February 1983	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	Lauretana Biella
G	7	Alejandro Muro	29 – (1974-06-09)9 June 1974	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Palestrina
G	8	Nicolás Mazzarino	27 – (1975-10-21)21 October 1975	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Reggio Calabria
F	9	Trelonnie Owens	31 – (1971-10-25)25 October 1971	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Plasencia
G	10	Joaquín Izuibejeres	21 – (1982-02-23)23 February 1982	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Trouville
C	11	Gastón Paez	23 – (1979-09-22)22 September 1979	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Welcome
C	12	Gustavo Szczygielski	35 – (1967-09-28)28 September 1967	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Defensor Sporting
G	13	Luis Silveira	32 – (1971-01-16)16 January 1971	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Defensor Sporting
C	14	Marcel Bouzot	32 – (1971-03-02)2 March 1971	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Círculo Badajoz
C	15	Esteban Batista	19 – (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 men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Marcelinho Machado	28 – (1975-04-12)12 April 1975	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Rimini Crabs
F	5	Renato Pinto	25 – (1978-05-28)28 May 1978	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	COC-Ribeirão Preto
C	6	Murilo Da Rosa	20 – (1983-07-14)14 July 1983	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Bauru
G	7	Válter da Silva	26 – (1977-01-31)31 January 1977	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Unitri/Uberlândia
G	8	Leandro Barbosa	20 – (1982-11-28)28 November 1982	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Bauru
G	9	Demétrius Ferraciú	30 – (1973-07-17)17 July 1973	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Minas Tênis Clube
F	10	Alex Garcia	23 – (1980-03-04)4 March 1980	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	COC-Ribeirão Preto
C	11	Anderson Varejão	20 – (1982-09-28)28 September 1982	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	FC Barcelona
F	12	Guilherme Giovannoni	23 – (1980-06-02)2 June 1980	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Rimini Crabs
C	13	Nenê	20 – (1982-09-13)13 September 1982	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Denver Nuggets
C	14	Luis Fernando De Souza	25 – (1978-01-05)5 January 1978	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Minas Tênis Clube
F	15	Tiago Splitter	18 – (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 men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Otto Ramírez	28 – (1974-11-14)14 November 1974	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
F	5	Carlos Paniagua	27 – (1976-04-09)9 April 1976	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Mauricio Báez
F	6	Henry Lalane	25 – (1978-03-03)3 March 1978	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Calero de Villa Duarte
G	7	Carlos Morban	21 – (1982-04-05)5 April 1982	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Florida International University
F	8	Henry Paulino	29 – (1973-12-29)29 December 1973	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Mauricio Báez
F	9	Franklin Western	31 – (1972-04-11)11 April 1972	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Vaqueros de Bayamón
C	10	Miguel Angel Pichardo	23 – (1980-02-08)8 February 1980	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	CAB Madeira
G/F	11	Carlos Payano	32 – (1971-02-06)6 February 1971	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Vaqueros de Bayamón
C	12	José Vargas	40 – (1963-06-23)23 June 1963	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Guaros de Lara
C	13	Amaury Filion	22 – (1981-08-01)1 August 1981	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	JA Vichy
G	14	Richard Ortega	21 – (1981-12-24)24 December 1981	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	CPN Pueblo Nuevo
C	15	Jaime Peterson	31 – (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 men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Allen Iverson	28 – (1975-06-07)7 June 1975	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Philadelphia 76ers
G	5	Jason Kidd	30 – (1973-03-23)23 March 1973	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	New Jersey Nets
G/F	6	Tracy McGrady	24 – (1979-05-24)24 May 1979	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Orlando Magic
C	7	Jermaine O'Neal	24 – (1978-10-13)13 October 1978	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Indiana Pacers
G	8	Vince Carter	26 – (1977-01-26)26 January 1977	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Toronto Raptors
F	9	Nick Collison	22 – (1980-10-26)26 October 1980	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Seattle SuperSonics
G	10	Mike Bibby	25 – (1978-05-13)13 May 1978	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sacramento Kings
F	11	Kenyon Martin	25 – (1977-12-30)30 December 1977	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	New Jersey Nets
G	12	Ray Allen	28 – (1975-07-20)20 July 1975	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Seattle SuperSonics
F	13	Tim Duncan	27 – (1976-04-25)25 April 1976	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	San Antonio Spurs
F	14	Elton Brand	24 – (1979-03-11)11 March 1979	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Los Angeles Clippers
F	15	Richard Jefferson	23 – (1980-06-21)21 June 1980	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	New Jersey Nets

Head coach

Larry Brown

Assistant coach(es)

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.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	4	Víctor Díaz	35 – (1968-04-02)2 April 1968	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Delfines de Miranda
F	5	Luis Julio	23 – (1980-06-12)12 June 1980	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Gaiteros del Zulia
G	6	Ernesto Mijares	26 – (1976-09-30)30 September 1976	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Marinos de Anzoátegui
G	7	Rafael Guevara	24 – (1979-05-02)2 May 1979	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Gaiteros de Zulia
F/C	8	Tomás Aguilera	25 – (1977-09-25)25 September 1977	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Marinos de Anzoátegui
G	9	Óscar Torres	26 – (1976-12-18)18 December 1976	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Pompea Napoli
G	10	Diego Guevara	26 – (1977-02-10)10 February 1977	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Trotamundos de Carabobo
C	11	Miguel Ángel Marriaga	19 – (1984-06-06)6 June 1984	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Gaiteros de Zulia
C	12	Heberth Bayona	25 – (1978-04-26)26 April 1978	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Guaros de Lara
C	13	Roque Osorio	27 – (1976-01-24)24 January 1976	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Trotamundos de Carabobo
C	14	Rosmel Blanco	26 – (1976-09-11)11 September 1976	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Trotamundos de Carabobo
G/F	15	Carlos Morris	27 – (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 men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Vernal Maynard	22 – (1981-04-30)April 30, 1981	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Winston-Salem State University
G	5	Kevin Sheppard	23 – (1979-09-17)September 17, 1979	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jacksonville University
G	6	Marcus Oliver	22 – (1980-10-20)October 20, 1980	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	University of Houston
F	7	Cuthbert Victor	20 – (1983-01-30)January 30, 1983	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Murray State University
C	8	Ja Ja Richards	28 – (1974-11-19)November 19, 1974	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	Maratonistas de Coamo
G/F	9	Calvert White	27 – (1975-12-07)December 7, 1975	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	All Eyez On We
F	10	Roal Caesar	21 – (1982-08-20)August 20, 1982	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Indiana University Southeast
G/F	11	Keylen Gregory	16 – (1986-10-30)October 30, 1986	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Antilles School
F	12	Leon Trimmingham	32 – (1971-02-01)February 1, 1971	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Seoul SK Knights
F	13	Jamel Heywood	26 – (1977-03-19)March 19, 1977	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Gallitos de Isabela
C	14	Omari Peterkin	19 – (1983-12-29)December 29, 1983	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	University of Notre Dame
F	15	Sylvester Charles	41 – (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

References

External links

2003 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.
FIBA Americas 2003 - Men Basketball, LatinBasket.com.
"Teams: Las Americas Tournament for Men". fibaamericas.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2004.

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