This was made known the president of the Basketball Federation of Puerto Rico, Carlos Beltran, through the Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia seems that Carlos Arroyo, Miami-based Puerto Rican Heat and selection has pressure on their teammates, Michael Beasley and Udonis Haslem, to play alongside him in the national team. The two wings of the Puerto Rican Heat claim to have grandmothers, hence the interest of Arroyo.
There is still no official confirmation, but according to this newspaper both players are being consulted on interest they have to play internationally with Puerto Rico.
"I personally wanted to keep this information confidential level because in these cases comes into play institutional credibility. But I say yes, we are verifying this information. We came from various sources which appear to have Puerto Rican grandmother, "Beltran said.
If finally confirmed the inclusion of both players select Puerto Rico would have seven players with NBA experience, which would make one of the favorites for the World Cup in Turkey. The seven players are: Carlos Arroyo, Jose Barea, Guillermo Diaz, Renaldo Balkman, Udonis Haslem, Michael Beasley and Peter John Ramos.
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