Two Phoenix Suns players will represent their home countries in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup as guard Ricky Rubio will play for Spain and center Aron Baynes will play for Australia. Additionally, Suns assistant coach Darko Rajakovic will serve as an assistant coach for his native Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
The 32-team 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be held Aug. 31-Sept. 15 in China. The first round will consist of eight groups of four teams competing in a round-robin format from Aug. 31-Sept. 5. Rubio and Spain will compete in Group C, playing Tunisia (Aug.