Top G-League plays from this season. He's been playing extremely well and getting chances with the Lakers NBA team as well. He'll be playing with them against the Mavs tonight.
Lol, no.Ric Flair Woooo said:
the GOAT
Or might be the fact that he can spend all of his time and energy in playing basketball.Quote:
If he would have played this confidently/aggressive in college can you imagine what would have happened that year ...
...must be the coaching
HirschfeldAg said:
If he would have played this confidently/aggressive in college can you imagine what would have happened that year ...
...must be the coaching
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Alex Caruso was chosen for the official 12-member USA team that will participate in the upcoming FIBA World Cup Qualifying third-window games against Mexico City on June 28 in Mexico City and Cuba on July 1 in Havana.
Jeff Van Gundy, who led the USA to a 5-0 record and the gold medal at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup and has led the USA to a 4-0 record in the first two windows of the World Cup Qualifiers, returns as head coach. NBA G League Erie Bayhawks head coach Josh Longstaff and former Georgetown University coach John Thompson III will serve as USA assistant coaches.
Standing 4-0 and atop of the Group C first-round standings, the USA is already assured of being one of the three teams from its group to advance to the FIBA World Cup Qualifying second round.
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Featuring seven players boasting of previous FIBA World Cup Qualifying game experience and all 12 athletes possessing NBA G League experience, USA Basketball announced today after four practices the official 12-man roster for the USA World Cup Qualifying Team that will compete in the third window of FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifying. The U.S. will face Mexico (2-2) on June 28 in Mexico City and play Cuba (0-4) on July 1 in Havana.
Named to the USA World Cup Qualifying Team were:
Taylor Braun(Salt Lake City Stars)
Alex Caruso(Los Angeles Lakers)
Reggie Hearn (Grand Rapids Drive)
Jonathan Holmes(Maine Red Claws)
Amile Jefferson(Iowa Wolves)
Kevin Jones(Baskonia, Spain)
Nick Johnson(Austin Spurs)
Trey McKinney Jones(Fort Wayne Mad Ants)
Xavier Munford(Wisconsin Herd)
David Stockton(Stockton Kings)
Rashawn Thomas(Oklahoma City Blue)
Marcus Thornton(Canton Charge).
"They're together," said USA World Cup Qualifying Team head coach Jeff Van Gundy when asked what he liked about his 12-member squad. "This is a good group of committed athletes that I think are going to represent us well. That doesn't mean that we'll win, but they'll represent us well and they're going to work hard and compete for each other and for the country, and that's all you can ask.
"It's a brutally hard decision and all 14 of the players here were deserving. It came down to keeping an extra point guard versus an extra wing and those aren't easy decisions."
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Standing 4-0 and atop of the Group C first-round standings, the USA is already assured of being one of the three teams from its group to advance to the FIBA World Cup Qualifying second round.
The full Americas World Cup Qualifying schedule is available at usab.com/mens/wc-qualifying/schedule.aspx.
2017-18 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers
Featuring 16 national teams from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America, the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament for the Americas zone features four preliminary round groups, and each group consists of four teams.
The USA was drawn into Group C and is joined by Cuba, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Group A consists of Argentina, Panama, Paraguay and Uruguay; Group B is made up by Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela; and Group D consist of Bahamas, Canada, Dominican Republic and U.S. Virgin Islands.
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The USA currently owns a 4-0 record and sits atop of the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifying first-round, Group C standings. Puerto Rico (2-2) and Mexico (2-2) currently list tied for second, while Cuba (0-4) is fourth.
In the third and final first-round window of the World Cup Qualifying, the USA will play two away games, at Mexico on June 28, 2018, and at Cuba on July 1, 2018.
After completion of the first round, the top three finishing teams in each of the four, Americas first-round groups advance to the second round. The three advancing teams from Group A and Group C will form Group E, while the top three finishers from Group B and Group D will form Group F. The three second-round windows of competition will take place Sept. 13-17, 2018; Nov. 29-Dec. 3, 2018; and Feb. 21-25, 2019.
Following completion of the Americas second-round games, seven teams will qualify out of the zone for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, including the top three finishing teams from second-round Group E and Group F, and the best fourth placed team between Group E and Group F.
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Results from the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 will qualify seven teams for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The top two finishing teams in the World Cup from the Americas and Europe, as well as the top finisher from Africa, Asia and Oceania will earn Olympic qualifying berths. Additionally, Olympic host, Japan,automatically qualified, and the final four nations will qualify through four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments that will be held in 2020 in advance of the Olympics.