<< Back To Press Releases

2007 Rose City Showcase Media Alert

June 7, 2007

MEDIA ALERT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

THE FIFTH ANNUAL adidas ROSE CITY SHOWCASE KICKS OFF FRIDAY AT GRANT HIGH SCHOOL

adidas and Courtside Entertainment present grassroots basketball at its finest!

Before Dwight Howard became an NBA All-Star, before Josh Smith and Gerald Green won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and before O.J. Mayo, Michael Beasley, and Kevin Love all became McDonald's All-Americans, they all had one thing in common - they participated in the adidas Rose City Showcase. Now in its fifth year, the Showcase will once again serve as the host to the nation's top grassroots basketball players and future college and NBA stars.

For the first time, the aRCS will kick off in resounding fashion in 2007 with the "Clash of the Classes" - an all-star event featuring the top players in the country from the Classes of 2008 and 2009. Pitting the rising seniors versus the rising juniors, the game promises to give the next great college and NBA stars the chance to make their mark. 2008's best such as Jrue Holiday, B.J. Mullens, and Tyreke Evans will face off against 2009's elite such as Derrick Favors, Dexter Strickland, and Lance Stephenson in what should be a matchup of epic proportions.

Following the "Clash of the Classes", the aRCS will get started on Saturday in what should once again be the year's greatest collection of prep talent in a single gym. Nationally ranked teams such as Indiana Elite (In..), Pump N Run (Calif.), Atlanta Celtics (Ga.), Oakland Soldiers (Calif.), Cleveland Basketball Club (Ohio), and the Northwest will be well represented by Rotary Select of Seattle, Friends of Hoop Seattle and Portland's own Team Jones. All will try to win three games within 48 hours to capture the 2007 aRCS title.

Previous participants in the adidas Rose City Showcase have included the likes of current NBA players Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic), Josh Smith (Atlanta Hawks), Marvin Williams (Atlanta Hawks), Martell Webster (Portland Trailblazers), and Gerald Green (Boston Celtics).

In addition, other ”A” list of current and future college stars who have played in the event include: O.J. Mayo (USC), Bill Walker (Kansas State), Michael Beasley (Kansas State), Austin Freeman (Georgetown), Senario Hillman (Alabama), James Harden (Arizona State), Randolph Morris (Kentucky), Brandon Rush (Kansas), Mario Chalmers (Kansas), Micah Downs (Kansas), Brandon Costner (NC State), Marshall Brown (Missouri), Gerald Henderson (Duke), Wayne Ellington (North Carolina), Dominic Waters (Hawaii/Portland State), Javaris Crittendon (Georgia Tech), Josh Heytvelt (Gonzaga), Mike Mercer
THE adidas ROSE CITY SHOWCASE (continued)

(Georgia), Jovan Adams (UNLV), Marcus Williams (Arizona), Terrence Williams (Louisville), Mitch Johnson (Stanford), Josh Tarver (Oregon State), Artem Wallace (Washington), Quincy Poindexter (Washington), Spencer Hawes (Washington), Calvin Haynes (Oregon State), Jerren Shipp (Arizona State), Seth Tarver (Oregon State), Lathen Wallace (Oregon State), Ian Andersen (Charlotte), Earl Clark (Louisville), Nolan Smith (Duke), Trevon Willis (Memphis), Venoy Overton (Washington), Justin Holiday (Washington), Senario Hillman (Alabama), Daniel Hackett (USC), Renardo Sidney (Artesia HS), Dominique Sutton (Wake Forest), Isaiah Thomas (UCONN), Brandon Jennings (Oak Hill Academy), Jrue Holiday (Campbell HS), Malik Story (Artesia HS) and former state of Oregon players of the year Maarty Leunen (Oregon), Jeremiah Dominguez (Portland State), and Kevin Love (UCLA).

The tournament format is also expanded to cover 17U- 11U, which will bring some of the “NATIONS NEXT” to Portland and join this exclusive INVITATION ONLY event.

2007 aRCS attendees include:
SUPER 17’S
➢ SEATTLE ROTARY SELECT (WA)
➢ INDIANA ELITE (IN)
➢ ATLANTA CELTICS (GA)
➢ CLEVELAND BASKETBALL CLUB (OH)
➢ PUMP N RUN ALLSTARS (CA.)
➢ FRIENDS OF HOOP SEATTLE (WA.)
➢ OAKLAND SOLDIERS (CA)
➢ TEAM FREDDY JONES (OR)

SWEET 16’S
➢ TEAM JONES (OR)
➢ SEATTLE ROTARY BLUE (WA)
➢ SEATTLE ROTARY BLACK (WA)
➢ TEAM A.C.C.E.S.S. (WA)
➢ IEBP (CA)
➢ FRIENDS OF HOOP SEATTLE (WA)
➢ PORTLAND 3-POINT (OR.)
➢ GRANT GENERALS (OR.)

FABULOUS 15’S
➢ TEAM JONES (OR)
➢ SEATTLE ROTARY BLACK (WA)
➢ FRIENDS OF HOOP SEATTLE (WA.)
➢ TEAM A.C.C.E.S.S. (WA)
➢ DEEP 3 (OR)
➢ IEBP (CA)
➢ PORTLAND HOOP KINGS (OR)
➢ PORTLAND ELITE LEGENDS (OR.)

14 & UNDER
➢ WILLEMETTE REIGN (OR)
➢ NORTHWEST HOOPS (WA)
➢ SPOKANE SWOOSH (WA)
➢ PORTLAND HOOP KINGS (OR)
➢ PORTLAND ELITE LEGENDS (OR)
➢ PORTLAND HAWKEYES (OR)
➢ S.A. FLIGHT (OR)
➢ SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE (WA.)

THE adidas ROSE CITY SHOWCASE (continued)

13 & UNDER
➢ ICP PORTLAND (OR)
➢ TEAM JONES (OR)
➢ SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE (WA)
➢ TACOMA FUTURE (WA)
➢ PORTLAND HOOP KINGS (OR)
➢ EASTERN WASHINGTON HEAT (WA)
➢ RUN IT BACK SPORTS (OR)
➢ CLUB YAKIMA CAVALIERS (WA.)

12 & UNDER
➢ ICP PORTLAND (OR)
➢ TEAM JONES (OR)
➢ TEAM GIWYFI (TX)
➢ SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE BLACK (WA)
➢ TACOMA FUTURE (WA)
➢ DD UNITED BALLERS (OR)
➢ PORTLAND HOOP KINGS (OR)
➢ SHOWTIME ATHLETICS (OR)

11 & UNDER
➢ ICP PORTLAND RED (OR)
➢ TEAM JONES (OR)
➢ DRIBBLE DRIVE BULLS (OR)
➢ SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE BLACK (WA)
➢ ICP PORTLAND BLACK (OR)
➢ A TOUCH OF CLASS (WA)
➢ SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE BLUE (WA)
➢ SEATTLE VISTA CONCEPT (WA)



- more -



THE adidas ROSE CITY SHOWCASE (continued)


The matchups for the 2007 aRCS Super 17’s future games are as follows:

Saturday, June 16th

Tournament Seeding Games
• GAME 1- 9:10am – # 1 INDIANA ELITE vs. #8 TEAM JONES
• GAME 2- 10:20am – # 4 OAKLAND SOLDIERS vs. #5 CLEVELAND BASKETBALL CLUB
• GAME 3- 11:30am – # 3 ATLANTA CELTICS vs. #6 FRIENDS OF HOOP SEATTLE
• GAME 4- 12:40pm – # 2 PUMP N RUN vs. # 7 SEATTLE ROTARY SELECT


Tournament Games
• 4:15pm – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2
• 5:30pm – Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4
• 6:45pm – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
• 8:00pm – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4

Sunday, June 17th – Suck It Up, Consolation, 3rd Place and Championship Games
• 4:15pm – adidas Rose City Showcase Suck It Up Game
• 5:30pm – adidas Rose City Showcase Consolation Game
• 6:45pm – adidas Rose City Showcase 3rd Place Game
• 8:00pm – 2007 adidas Rose City Showcase Championship Game

All Super 17’s feature games will be played at Grant High School, located at 2245 NE 36th Avenue in Portland. 2007 aRCS (16U- 11U) divisional tournaments will be held at Grant, Cleveland, Jefferson, and Franklin high schools, (8am- 8pm) Saturday and Sunday.

Proceeds for this year’s event will benefit Grant High School and Inner City Players Athletics.

Don't miss your chance to see some of the best basketball competition in the country right in “OUR OWN BACKYARD” June 15-17 at the 5TH ANNUAL adidas Rose City Showcase.




THE adidas ROSE CITY SHOWCASE (continued)

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Canaan Chatman, Courtside Entertainment / ICP
(t) 503.381.6310
canaan@courtsideentertainment.com

Francis Williams, Seattle Supersonics/ FOX Sports
(t) 206.465.1125
fawkfw@aol.com

Tamara Hickok, Courtside Entertainment
(t) 503.425.9975
tamra@courtsideentertainment.com

Travis Gonzolez, adidas America
Global Public Relations Manager
(t) 971.234.2305

Contact: (Sixeight68@aol.com)