If there’s anything USA Basketball learned in the last FIBA World Cup and Olympics is that it was time was a new generation of players.
Despite winning the gold medal in the last Olympics, it was time was Team USA to transition to a new, younger group of players, similar to what they did when they announced that Grant Hill was taking over the program.
Eight players have committed to playing for Team USA in the FIBA World Cup in the Philippines with the oldest being 28-year-old Bobby Portis.
Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves), Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies), Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers), Austin Reaves (Los Angeles Lakers), Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans), Mikal Bridges (Brooklyn Nets), and Jalen Brunson (New York Knicks) are all 26 years old and under.
