Count Trae Young and Bradley Beal among the NBA superstars who will potentially make their Team USA debuts at the 2023 World Cup
“Yes, I’m definitely open to it,” Young told Joe Vardon of The Athletic. “I mean, even since I was in high school, it’s been my dream as a basketball player. I’ve tried out multiple times since I’ve been in high school. There’s been a couple of times when I could have been on that team, and it kind of hurt my heart.”
Young failed in two attempts to make the national team under the former regime of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and longtime managing director Jerry Colangelo.