TYRESE HALIBURTON loves road games. Few things in basketball make him happier than going into a hostile environment and hearing the sweet sound of disappointed silence. And as part of USA Basketball’s World Cup team, he’s finding like-minded people. No longer the No. 1 ranked nation in the world according…
TYRESE HALIBURTON loves road games. Few things in basketball make him happier than going into a hostile environment and hearing the sweet sound of disappointed silence.No longer the No. 1 ranked nation in the world according to FIBA — Spain overtook the Americans last November and off the top of the list for the first time in 12 years — and coming off a seventh-place finish in the last World Cup four years ago, this now No.
It does, however, have tons of talent. Of the six players expected to be in the World Cup who were NBA All-Stars last season, three — Haliburton, Jaren Jackson Jr. of Memphis and Anthony Edwards of Minnesota — play for the US “I’m playing for the United States. We know what our calling is,” forward Bobby Portis of Milwaukee said. “Our standard is gold. Anything less than that is kind of a failure for us. But with me, man, I just have the same mentality on a daily basis. I’m still counted out. I see a lot of guys that think that I shouldn’t even be on the team. I have to go out there and prove it on a daily basis that I belong here. … I play with a chip on my shoulder, a log on my shoulder, and that’ll never change.
From there, two more friendly games await next week in Abu Dhabi against Greece and Germany before the team heads to the Philippines to start the World Cup against New Zealand on August 26.
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