LAS VEGAS -- On the first day that the USA Basketball Men's National Team gathered for practice, Harrison Barnes caught up with Kyle Lowry for a moment.
The Mavericks forward was looking for some intel from the All-Star point guard last Thursday, but not about the Toronto Raptors. Instead the two talked about Lowry's experience in Africa last summer as part of the NBA Africa Game and Basketball Without Borders Africa.
Barnes is heading to Africa for the first time as a member of Team World, which plays against Team Africa in the NBA's third Africa Game on Aug.