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USA Basketball National Team Managing Director Jerry Colangelo announced Friday night the 12 players who will represent the United States at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup that is being held Aug. 30-Sept. 14 in Spain. The player announcement followed the USA's112-86 exhibition victory over Puerto Rico Friday evening at Madison Square Garden.

Official Team USA Lineup - 2014 Basketball World Cup:

1. DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings)

2. Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) 

3. Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans) 

4. DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors)

5. Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons)

6. Kenneth Faried (Denver Nuggets)

7. Rudy Gay (Sacramento Kings) 

8. James Harden (Houston Rockets) 

9. Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers) 

10. Mason Plumlee (Brooklyn Nets) 

11. Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls) 

12. Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors)

“Since taking over the USA Basketball Men’s National Team program in 2005, this was without doubt the most difficult selection process we’ve gone through,” said Colangelo. “I can’t stress enough the outstanding effort and commitment that has been given by each finalist. I also want to make it clear that this is not just about talent – each player is incredibly talented and each player offered us unique skills. In the end it was about assembling the best team, selecting guys who we felt would be able to best play the kind of style we envision this team playing.” 

“The first thing is we are very pleased with the overall effort of every player who was a part of the process,” said Mike Krzyzewski, USA head coach and Duke University’s Naismith Hall of Fame mentor. “To select twelve was difficult, because our pool is so good. As we go forward, we not only go forward as twelve, we go forward as a pool for USA Basketball. As a staff we want to thank the players who are not going forward.

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