Rudy Gay Replaces Kevin Durant on Team USA’s FIBA World Cup Roster

August 8th, 2014 by Rob Goldberg Leave a reply »

With the United States basketball team in need of a scoring wing, Rudy Gay has been added to the preliminary roster.

ESPN's Marc Stein first reported the details:



National team managing director Jerry Colangelo explained the decision on the squad's official website:

I received a call last night indicating that Rudy was available to join the National Team if Coach K [head coach Mike Krzyzewski] and I felt he could help. We both felt he would be a valuable addition because of his outstanding skills and the fact that he is so familiar with USA Basketball and our national team program. Rudy has been an integral member of USA Basketball since 2005 and was a tremendous contributor to our 2010 World Championship Team. He has a lot of equity in the USA Basketball National Team.

The extra player was needed after Paul George suffered a devastating injury in a scrimmage, which was followed by Kevin Durant withdrawing from the event.

As a result, Gay told Yahoo Sports he decided to join the roster in support of the team and George:



This move represents an attemp ...

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