A_Milik
2019-9-13 20:40:59
USA Basketball’s senior men’s team is losing steam at an alarming rate. In the past few weeks, the roster expected to defend the United States’ FIBA World Cup championship this summer in China lost its two biggest stars, Anthony Davis and James Harden, and two key shooters in Eric Gordon and C.J. McCollum.
The churn continued this week. Just before this piece was published, Bradley Bealwithdrew due to the impending birth of his child. After this piece was published, Damian Lillard — expected to be the star of the team — pulled out, as did Philadelphia’s Tobias Harris. Zion Williamson, who was unlikely to play anyway, also made it official that he would sit. Several other players from the original roster, including Kevin Love and Paul Millsap, have also pulled out