September 10, 2018 – USA Basketball announced today that Hornets forward Dwayne Bacon has been selected as one of the 12 players for the 2018 USA World Cup Qualifying Team roster. The team will continue its training through Sept. 13 at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center. The USA, playing in the first competition window of FIBA World Cup Qualifying second-round games, will meet Uruguay on Sept. 14 (10 p.m. EDT) at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion before playing Panama on Sept. 17 in Panama City.
Bacon, a 6-7 forward from Florida State, was acquired by the Hornets in a trade with New Orleans on the night of the 2017 NBA Draft.