Something for our HoopBall fanatics to get fired up about during this NBA down time!
USA USA USA!
The 15-member USA National Team training camp roster and the 14-member USA Select Team will open training camp Aug. 5 at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center. Daily practices will be held Aug. 5-8 and will be capped by a USA Blue-USA White exhibition game that is scheduled for Aug. 9 (7 p.m. PDT) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, which will feature members of the World Cup training and USA Select teams.
USA National Team members expected at the World Cup training camp include Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat); Harrison Barnes (Sacramento Kings); Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics); Kyle Kuzma (Los Angeles Lakers); Brook Lopez (Milwaukee Bucks); Kyle Lowry (Toronto Raptors); Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks); Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz); Mason Plumlee (Denver Nuggets), Marcus Smart (Boston Celtics); Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics); P.J. Tucker (Houston Rockets); Myles Turner (Indiana Pacers); Kemba Walker (Boston Celtics); and Thaddeus Young (Chicago Bulls).
The 14-man USA Basketball Select Team includes Jarrett Allen (Brooklyn Nets); Marvin Bagley III (Sacramento Kings); Mikal Bridges (Phoenix Suns); Jalen Brunson (Dallas Mavericks); John Collins (Atlanta Hawks); Pat Connaughton (Milwaukee Bucks); Craig; De’Aaron Fox (Sacramento Kings); Joe Harris (Brooklyn Nets); Jonathan Isaac (Orlando Magic); Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies); Mitchell Robinson (New York Knicks); Derrick White (San Antonio Spurs); and Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks).
The 2018-20 USA Basketball National Team coaching staff features USA and San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. Serving as USA assistant coaches are Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce and Villanova University head coach Jay Wright.
Former NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who served as head coach of the 2017-19 USA Basketball’s six World Cup Qualifying Teams and the gold medalist 2017 USA AmeriCup Team, will serve as head coach of the 2019 USA Basketball Select Team. Gonzaga head coach Mark Few, who was head coach of the 2015 U.S. Pan American Games Team, will serve as the USA Select Team assistant coach.
Following the Las Vegas camp, selected team finalists will take a short break and will reassemble in Los Angeles to train Aug. 13-15 and play an exhibition contest versus FIBA’s No. 2 world ranked team, Spain, at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Aug. 16.
The official, 12-member roster for the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s World Cup Team will be announced on Aug. 17.
Is our National Team good enough to get it done?
I almost think the Select Team could beat the National Team.
I remember during my undergrad years when the US began to take these tournaments lightly and got embarrassed. Probably still good enough for now, but the dropouts happening all over the place is a little clunky.
We will be fine with this sqad. I'm not worried at all. The good news is that the real big boys will show up next summer for the Olympics!
Fox moved up to National Team from Select Team!
That's a big helper for sure.
Enjoyed watching the Team USA Blue/White scrimmage last night.
Trying to put together the final 12 man roster. Here are the 9 that I think are a lock. I'm really concerned about the lack of quality bigs!!
Kemba Walker
Donovan Mitchell
Jaylen Brown
De'Aaron Fox
Harrison Barnes
Joe Harris
Khris Middleton
Myles Turner
Kyle Kuzma
What do you guys think?
Update: After M Bagley & K Lowry withdrawals, USA Basketball will select 12-man roster from these 15 finalists… – H Barnes – J Brown – D Fox – J Harris – K Kuzma – B Lopez – K Middleton – D Mitchell – M Plumlee – M Smart – J Tatum – PJ Tucker – M Turner – K Walker – D White
Here is my final guess for the 12 man Team USA roster for the FIBA World Cuo:
Kemba Walker
Donovan Mitchell
Jayson Tatum
Jaylen Brown
De’Aaron Fox
Harrison Barnes
Joe Harris
Khris Middleton
Myles Turner
Kyle Kuzma
PJ Tucker
Brook Lopez
Starting 5 prediction:
Walker
Mitchell
Brown
Tatum
Lopez
Kemba Walker scored 23 points and Myles Turner added 15 to give Team USA a 102-86 win over Australia on Thursday in a World Cup warm-up game.
The attendance at Marvel Stadium, which normally hosts soccer, cricket and Australian rules football, was 51,218, billed as the largest crowd ever to watch a basketball game in Australia. The stadium was transformed into a makeshift basketball arena for two games against the Americans before the World Cup starts this month in China.
51k for a warmup? Goodness.
Melbourne sports fans are nuts. They would fill a 10k seat stadium to watch 2 cockroaches race.
For context, average australian rules attendance for 2019 was 35k and max was 92k. Also remember it wasnt billed as a warmup locally, it was a rare chance to watch some NBA stars go toe to toe.
