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Analysis: For USA Basketball, the focus immediately shifts to the Paris Olympics
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — There was a long flight awaiting USA Basketball on Monday. Manila to Los Angeles, about 13 hours on a chartered jet that didn’t have the wi-fi that’s necessary to communicate with the outside world from 30,000 feet. No texting, no emails. That’s...
Erik Spoelstra believes coaching in Philippines at World Cup is a perfect homecoming
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Erik Spoelstra had a plan. He was going to finish college and head to the Philippines to play professional basketball in his mother’s homeland. He’d been watching games from that part of the world on VHS tapes for years and wanted to experience those atmospheres for...
Analysis: USA Basketball striking blend of focus and fun on World Cup journey
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — This was the last act of the World Cup preseason for Team USA. A few hours before flying to the Philippines on Monday for its World Cup stay, a good portion of the USA Basketball travel party — some players and family members, along with...
NBA releases its schedule for the coming season, with an eye on player rest and travel
Maximizing player rest and limiting travel demands were again part of the NBA's formula for the upcoming regular season, the league indicated Thursday when announcing the schedule for 2023-24. Teams have an average of 14 instances of back-to-back games this season, up slightly from...
USA Basketball's coaching staff for this year's World Cup is a star-studded mix
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The players and coaches on USA Basketball’s roster for the World Cup that starts next week are in possession of a combined 16 NBA championship rings. The breakdown of those rings: Coaches 15, Players 1. Make no mistake, there...
Several coaches leading teams at the World Cup have NBA or North American ties
Some of the World Cup coaches with ties to the NBA or North America: ___ TIM CONE Assistant coach, Philippines Cone is a national coaching legend in the Philippines, a winner of more than two dozen league championships during his career...
For Tyronn Lue, this trip to the Basketball World Cup was a long time coming
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tyronn Lue has waited a long time for this trip. He was supposed to have the USA Basketball logo on his chest on foreign soil long ago — 1997, actually, when he was starring as the point guard at Nebraska and picked to represent his country...
