Pat Connaughton begins one of the most exciting weeks of his life on Monday, as he joins teammates Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez in Las Vegas to partake in USA Basketball’s mini-camp ahead of the FIBA World Cup.
Although Connaughton is only on the Select squad rather than the main roster, a slew of recent withdrawals have created opportunity for players from that category to make the jump to the main roster and compete for a spot on the plane to China.
The prospect of Connaughton doing that would still seem quite unlikely, but that in its own right is worth exploring considering just how much value he’s capable of adding to any team.