Team USA will need an alpha scorer to emerge as it chases gold at the FIBA World Cup, and charismatic guard Anthony Edwards just may fit the bill.
. During their most recent World Cup, a disappointing seventh-place showing in China in 2019, the Americans struggled to execute down the stretch and never uncovered a dependable crunchtime assassin.Of the 12 players headed to the Philippines for the World Cup this month, the athletic and fearless Edwards seems best equipped, and most eager, for the closer role.
On Friday, Edwards and USA Basketball’s World Cup team lost to the Select Team — a junior varsity group of NBA players who are helping with tournament preparation — in back-to-back 10-minute scrimmages. As the latter session wound down, Edwards was called for multiple fouls for being too aggressive with his hands on defense.
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