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Mavs Ex Jalen Brunson, Lakers' Austin Reaves to Team USA for FIBA World Cup

Team USA will have a lot of new faces for the FIBA World Cup, headlined by former Dallas Mavericks and current New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson.
Dalton Trigg|
Mavs Ex Jalen Brunson, Lakers' Austin Reaves to Team USA for FIBA World Cup
Mavs Ex Jalen Brunson, Lakers' Austin Reaves to Team USA for FIBA World Cup

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As Dallas Mavericks fans wait to watch four-time All-NBA First Teamer Luka Doncic suit up for the Slovenian National Team in the FIBA World Cup, which starts on August 25, Team USA is set to have a handful of new faces on its roster.

According to a report from The Athletic, former Mavericks and current New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson is one of those new faces, as well as Los Angeles Lakers' Austin Reaves and Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards.

"Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards, Indiana Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton, Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Austin Reaves, Brooklyn Nets small forward Mikal Bridges, Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson have committed to play for Team USA, league sources told The Athletic," Joe Vardon and Shams Charania wrote.

"The 12-man roster, being compiled by USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill, coach Steve Kerr and general manager Sean Ford is not yet complete, and the American team has not announced any confirmations it has received."

In his first season with the Knicks, Brunson blossomed into a star, as he averaged 24 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6.2 assists while shooting 49.1 percent from the field, 41.6 percent from deep and 82.9 percent from the free-throw line in what was a career-best year. With Brunson leading the way, the Knicks made it to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since the 2012-13 season before falling to the eighth-seeded Miami Heat.

If things break the right way in the FIBA World Cup bracket, perhaps we'll get to see Doncic face off against Brunson before it's said and done.

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DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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