On February 24 and 27, the United States will face Puerto Rico and Mexico in the qualifying stages for the 2023 World Cup, and the American Federation has unveiled a squad in which there are eleven players out of twelve past by the NBA.
Coached by former Bulls coach Jim Boylen, the team is made up of Jordan Bell (Fort Wayne Mad Ants), Tarik Black (Grand Rapids Gold), Brian Bowen II (Iowa Wolves), Langston Galloway (College Park Skyhawks) , Jared Harper (Birmingham Squadron), Joe Johnson (Free Agent), Juwan Morgan (Maine Celtics), Matt Ryan (Grand Rapids Gold), David Stockton (Memphis Hustle), Rayjon Tucker (Wisconsin Herd), Paul Watson (Free Agent) and Justin Wright-Foreman (Birmingham Squadro).
The players are summoned from February 18 in Washington, the location of the two meetings of this international window. Three players were already present for the start of the qualifying phase: Bowen, Johnson and Stockton.