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Shabazz Napier may play for Puerto Rico in Olympic basketball qualifying

Orlando Magic guard Shabazz Napier could play for Puerto Rico in a last-chance Olympic basketball qualifying tournament in Serbia in July.

Napier, whose mother is Puerto Rican, was on a preliminary 24-man roster published by FIBA, citing Puerto Rican newspaper Primera Hora on Tuesday night, along with other current and former NBA players J.J. Barea, Carlos Arroyo, Renaldo Balkman, Maurice Harkless and John Holland.

The roster must be cut to 12 for the Olympic qualifying tournament, where Puerto Rico will be among six nations vying for one Olympic spot.