Team USA announces 2019 World Cup preliminary roster

James Harden together with Team USA flag after olympic games gold medal

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

USA Basketball Chairman and National Team Managing Director Jerry Colangelo announced the 20 players that will participate in the training camp ahead of the upcoming World Cup tournament held in China.

Team USA’s preliminary roster includes Houston Rockets guard James Harden, New Orleans Pelicans forward/center Anthony Davis, Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry and Portland Trail Blazers guard, among others.

The full list of players, that includes seven 2019 All-Stars, is the following (per FIBA).

USA’s 20-player man list for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019
Harrison Barnes Bradley Beal Anthony Davis Andre Drummond
Eric Gordon James Harden Tobias Harris Kyle Kuzma
Damian Lillard Brook Lopez Kevin Love Kyle Lowry
CJ McCollum Khris Middleton Paul Millsap Donovan Mitchell
Jayson Tatum PJ Tucker Myles Turner Kemba Walker

“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 USA head coach Gregg Popovich, per the website of the country’s basketball federation. “We’ve got an excellent cross-section of veteran USA Basketball and NBA players, as well as some exciting younger players who possess amazing versatility.”

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