2019 Team USA’s Game Schedule And 17 Player Roster
After James Harden, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Bradley Beal, CJ McCollum, Eric Gordon, Tobias Harris, DeMar DeRozan, and Zion Williamson, have all withdrawn from the Team USA 2019 in these past couple of weeks, USA Basketball announced the 17 finalists for the team. These Finalists are Harrison Barnes, Marvin Bagley, Jaylen Brown, De’Aaron Fox, Joe Harris, Kyle Kuzma, Brook Lopez, Kyle Lowry, Khris Middleton, Donovan Mitchell, Mason Plumlee, Marcus Smart, Jayson Tatum, P.J. Tucker, Myles Turner, Kemba Walker, and Derrick White.
While the team is lacking star power, aside from Kemva Walker, it will start the 2019 FIBA World Cup as the overwhelming favorites nonetheless.
So what’s next for Team USA? Here is the schedule for the next couple of weeks, including exhibition games and the group stage games of the World Cup.
Team USA exhibition schedule:
- Aug. 16: Team USA vs. Spain, 10 p.m.
- Aug. 22: Team USA vs. Australia, 5:30 a.m.
- Aug. 24: Team USA vs. Australia, 12 a.m.
- Aug. 26: Team USA vs. Canada, 5:30 a.m.
Team USA World Cup schedule
- Sept. 1: Team USA vs. Czech Republic
- Sept. 3: Team USA vs. Turkey
- Sept. 5: Team USA vs. Japan