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Aug 2019
47m 10s

No One Wants to Play for Team USA. Plus:...

The Ringer
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De’Aaron Fox joins the long list of Team USA dropouts for the upcoming FIBA World Cup, so how does the current team stack up against other countries’ squads (0:45)? Plus: The 2019-20 rookie class cast some surprising votes for superlatives among their peers (22:11).

Hosts: Chris Vernon, Kevin O’Connor

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