USA Basketball named training camp roster

From nbl.com.au:

USA Basketball have named a squad of 20 that will compete at a Las Vegas training camp to be named in the final 2019 FIBA World Cup team that travels to Australia to face the Boomers at Marvel Stadium before going onto China.

The stacked lineup features NBA All-Stars James Harden, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Kemba Walker, Bradley Beal, Andre Drummond, Kevin Love, Brook Lopez, Kyle Lowry, Paul Millsap and Khris Middleton.

Up and coming stars Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum, Miles Turner and Kyle Kuzma have also been included in the training camp roster as well as veterans P.J Tucker, Eric Gordon and Harrison Barnes.

18 of the 20 named have previously represented USA Basketball on the world stage with Barnes (2016), Davis (2012), Harden (2012), Love (2012) and Lowry (2016) capturing gold at the Olympics while Davis, Drummond and Harden were part of the gold medalist 2014 USA World Cup Team and Gordon and Love were members of the gold medalist 2010 USA World Cup Team.

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Head Coach Greg Popovich is joined by assistant coaches Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors, Lloyd Pierce of the Atlanta Hawks and Jay Wright from Villanova University.

“I am excited about getting to training camp in August and working with all of the players that have been selected to attend the USA National Team training camp in Las Vegas,” said Popovich.

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