Following Team USA's 112-86 victory over Puerto Rico in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden last night, managing director Jerry Colangelo announced the final 12-man roster which will compete in the 2014 FIBA World Cup starting on Aug. 30 in Spain. Here it is:
Guard
Stephen Curry
DeMar DeRozan
James Harden
Kyrie Irving
Derrick Rose
Klay Thompson
Forward
Anthony Davis
Kenneth Faried
Rudy Gay
Mason Plumlee
Center
DeMarcus Cousins
Andre Drummond
The final four players cut from the team were Kyle Korver, Gordon Hayward, Chandler Parsons and the most discussed one of them all, Damian Lillard. Since the announcement, some folks on Twitter haven't taken the news of Colangelo dumping Lillard from the squad too well.
But, our favorite response of all was when someone tried to throw shade at Lillard's lack of playing time in last night's contest.
Get 'em, Dame!
[via NBA.com]
