08/25/2023 at 2:16 PM
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The United States isn’t the only team that could field an entire NBA squad for the World Cup if they wanted to. Moreover, one of the contestants has selected 10 NBA players for the World Cup. This World Cup will be difficult, and it is not certain that it will end with a 100% American victory.
Gilgios Alexander tea could be one of the stars of the World Cup. (Photo: Getty Images)
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup will start on August 25. It’s true that since the debut of the Dream Team in 1992, 31 years ago, a lot has happened in world basketball. Four years ago – before the last World Cup finals – we gathered in an article how the United States and its national team resonated with these events. Since then, so much has happened that the United States finished only seventh in the 2019 World Cup, while the somewhat stronger team won the 2021 Olympics under Kevin Durant, only to suffer one defeat in the tournament against the French. Examining the two leagues’ All-Star teams, it is remarkable that they are made up of nine active players and one former NBA player.
Obviously, the USA team is the biggest equalizer and the odds are always in their favor since there are 12 active NBA players on the team, however, if they are not taken seriously or if they don’t field a well-equipped team, it will be the national teams that can show Adequate knowledge at the level of the NBA. It is possible for someone to be an important rotating player in the NBA, but it is also possible to be a captain on a national team that slips between FIBA rules. Examples include Ricky Rubio (Spain, unfortunately he will miss the World Cup now), Patty Mills (Australia), Bogdan Bogdanovic (Serbia) or Yvan Fournier (France).
United States: 12 players in the NBA
It can be said that the current US national team is a capable and good team with four stars. Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Halliburton, Brandon Ingram, and Jaren Jackson Jr. have been given a spot, but Jalen Bronson is also a member of the tight elite who receive MVP votes, as well as other basketball players with impressive skills (such as Banchero, Bridges) and real team members ( such as Portis, Reaves, or Hart) are included in the team. That means 12 NBA players who, if they really want to, are stronger than anyone else on paper.
Australia: 10 NBA players
This number may come as a surprise to those who don’t have their fingers on an NBA bat, but it is Listed on nba.com Australia comes second with ten active players in the NBA. If he were there, three-time All-Star Ben Simmons would officially be Australia’s biggest star, but his path with the Australian national team is more troublesome than his path with the NBA. He always declares that he will represent his country in the next big tournament, but he never does. However, the Bommers are fine without him, the team finished fourth in 2019 and third at the Olympics, Patty Mills was included in the Olympic All-Star team, and many NBA teams would be happy to know the members of the four Thybulle, Engels, Jeddy in the starting five .
Canada: 7 players in the NBA
There is also a lot of potential in Canada. Even without Jamal Murray, the team has firepower, which can clearly be led by Shay Gilgos Alexander, who finished fifth in MVP voting and was also named to the All-NBA First Team. The truth is that the Canadians also have everything that is needed for a good team in general, which is why we can see them as competitors. This obviously culminates in the SGA and RJ Barrett, but Dillon Brooks, Lou Dortet, Dwight Powell, Kelly Olynyk and others will also do their part.
The rest of the list, and it’s important to note here, includes players who have living contracts with the NBA.
Serbia, Germany: 4 persons
France: 3 persons
Dominican Republic, Lithuania, Georgia, Spain: 2-2 persons
Italy, Philippines, China, Greece, Montenegro, Finland, Japan, Slovenia, Brazil, Latvia: 1-1 person
Angola, Puerto Rico, Jordan, New Zealand, Egypt, Mexico, Cape Verde, Venezuela, Ivory Coast, Iran, Lebanon: 0-0 person
Stars in other teams:
There is no doubt that he is the biggest star in the tournament Luka Doncicwhich alone represents the NBA in the Slovenian team, as Laurie Markkanen He does the same in the Finnish national team. All multiple stars Carl Anthony Townes And three times Defender of the YearRudy Goubert They will be a stronghold under the eyes of the Dominican and French national teams.
