Three days ahead of their exhibition game against Slovenia and the Dragic Bros., Coach K and committee have trimmed the USA squad down to its final 12 players.
The unlucky four to receive the guillotine are Gordon Hayward, Chandler Parsons, Kyle Korver, and Damien Lillard. It would be a shocker had each these four actually sniffed the court, instead most of their time was spent cheerleading and feasting on some humble pie.
The biggest surprise if you can say that, would be Lillard. With that being said, Team USA had more guards than Buckingham Palace. There just wasn’t enough minutes to facilitate Lillard, Irving, Rose, and Curry at the point guard slot.
The final squad consists of Stephen Curry, Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving, James Harden, Klay Thompson and DeMar DeRozan in the backcourt. In the frontcourt we have Kenneth Faried, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, Andre Drummond, Rudy Gay and Mason Plumlee.
The FIBA World Cup begins August 30th.
via: USA Basketball
