Following the 112-86 Team USA victory over Puerto Rico at Madison Square Garden, the team announced its final roster that will travel to Spain for the 2014 FIBA World Cup.
Named as members of the official 2014 USA Basketball World Cup Team were: DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings); Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors); Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons); Kenneth Faried (Denver Nuggets); Rudy Gay (Sacramento Kings); James Harden (Houston Rockets); Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers); Mason Plumlee (Brooklyn Nets); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); and Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors).
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Lillard is not included 🙁
Removing lillard is their biggest mistake.
My boy DeRozan!
Splash Brothers FTW!
That’s so dope that they both made it!
Clay’s d is so ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!! and Dame couldn’t make it because of how many others have to have the ball in their hand(cough cough harden).
Team USA has the strongest lineup despite of dropping several top-class players.
I’m surprised they took all 4 big guys (Davis, Drummond, Plumlee and Cousins) and not leave Drummond, Plumlee of Cousins home in exchange for another wing (Korver of Parsons). I do like the fact that they chose DeRozan, he’s another great scorer and playmaker if needed. Good thing to take Rose and let him come of the bench and make Irving a starter, he made a very good impression and showed a lot of energy on defense!
They need as many bigs as possible. 4 isn’t enough
Curry and Thompson were easy choice to make it, they help spread the floor and deadly, but Lillard not making it was kind of a shame. You know Coach K had that connection w/ Kyrie. But then again, Kyrie was on select team from 2010, so he had senority. Dame on the next one. And Demarcus thou?…played 1 game…idk.
Shame on dame not making the team
Why Cousins??knowing he has elbow issue and his temper might be lost again especially playing with international players…lillard???damn!!you can count in him in times of big shot..drop klay take lillard…
klay thompson plays considerably better defense than damian lillard though. that’s a huge factor to keep in mind. also he may not be as clutch as lillard- few people are- but as a spot-up shooter he is pretty much second to none in the league.
Damian lillard is better then Irving, lillard never got a chance. If kyrie hadn’t played at duke it would be lillard. Kyrie shot 4-11 last night
Why not lillard, he’s a better point guard than Irving, at least leave mason plumlee home, I mean lillard would be better just sayin
So glad rudy made it. Love watching him play
It’s BS that lillard didn’t make it. He’s better than Klay and Kyrie. Shame that players from duke make the roster just because they are from duke. (Plumlee). Not taking lillard will be their biggest mistake
Great to see D Rose is back on court for this can’t wait to watch FIBA nightwing and hsuperman what do u think of d rose making roster
I think Cousins will benefit greatly from this experience, he already looks calmer out there.
Thank you for saying something positive on him, the dude is a freak and they need him, THAT is why he is on the squad. They will need size and with the smaller numbers of fouls someone has to eat them. Yet, most of the cats here probably only watch Fiba when the US is playing.
This will be a defining moment for irving and Lilliard IMO. I think Kyrie will have a big boost comin into the next season as he will learn to facilitate the ball by playing with better players who demand it. I also believe dame’s next season will be critical to his career, he will either take a back seat to irving as the #1 young pg or he will play with a chip on his shoulder and embrace his disposition with hard work.
I would take Parsons over Plumlee any day.