By Team USA standards, Gregg Popovich has not had many things go according to plan as he heads into his first big tournament has head coach of the men’s national team. Just about all the team’s stars and mainstays are either injured or elected to skip the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China in no small part due to its close proximity to the beginning of NBA training camp.
As a result, he ‘s left with a hodge-podge group of players with Harrison Barnes as the only one with extended experience with the senior team.