Minnesota Timberwolves forward Anthony Edwards, runner-up in this year's Rookie of the Year voting, will join the headliner on the USA Basketball selection team, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The selected team will travel to Las Vegas training camp in July to practice and scuffle against Team USA ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Miami Heat coach Eric Spoelstra on Wednesday accepted an invitation to help coach a select team.
USA Basketball, which will be coached by Greg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs for the first time, completed its 12-man Olympic roster on Wednesday, although it is still possible that the names could change before the start of the Tokyo Games.
The full selection team roster is expected to be finalized in the coming days. USA Basketball began its on-court portion of training camp in Las Vegas on July 6.
Edwards, 19, was a unanimous selection for the All-Rookie First Team and finished second behind Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball for the Rookie of the Year award.
The top pick in last year's draft, Edwards averaged 19.3 points per game - the top of rookies - and was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month in each of the final three months of the season.
For Spoelstra, this is his first stint with USA Basketball. He and Popovich have been talking about the opportunity for several months, though it wasn't finalized until the past few weeks after the heats were eliminated from the NBA playoffs.
"I really just want to be part of the program," Spoelstra said. "I'm always pushing myself to be better in the offseason; I go to meet people and all those things. It's going to be a basketball immersion. I mean, dinners, team meetings... where I Right now in my career, I think it's the perfect thing to do for the summer of development."
Spoelstra said he was grateful that the USA Basketball Brain Trust - which includes Popovich, men's national team managing director Jerry Colangelo and men's national team director Sean Ford - extended the invitation.
Spoelstra will not go to the Tokyo Games. Popovich has three assistants: Golden State's Steve Kerr, Villanova's Jay Wright and former Atlanta Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce.