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Joe Johnson, pair of Nuggets’ G League players named to U.S. roster for World Cup qualifiers

COLORADO SPRINGS — Joe Johnson answered USA Basketball’s call again.

A year removed from his last playing experience with the national team, the 40-year-old Johnson was among 12 players announced Tuesday as the roster for a pair of Basketball World Cup qualifying games later this month.

Also picked: Jordan Bell, Tarik Black, Brian Bowen II, Langston Galloway, Jared Harper, Juwan Morgan, Matt Ryan, David Stockton, Rayjon Tucker, Paul Watson and Justin Wright-Foreman. Most of the players are coming from the G League, and most have at least a small amount of NBA experience. Black and Ryan play with the Grand Rapids Gold, the Nuggets’ G League team.