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IN HIS ROLE as the executive director of USA Basketball, it's not often Grant Hill has a hard time contacting players he's considering for the team. Even in non-Olympic years, that's a call virtually every NBA superstar will take or return quickly.
But, in his attempts to assemble the 2023 FIBA World Cup squad, there was one star Hill couldn't reach.
"I couldn't get ahold of Ant," Hill told ESPN of the then-21-year-old who has taken the league by storm. "I talked to [Minnesota Timberwolves president] Tim Connelly.