This dead period in the NBA off-season is going to start feeling a lot less dead as the calendar turns to August and multiple Phoenix Suns represent their nations in international FIBA events.
The Suns are set to only have one representative — newcomer wing Yuta Watanabe playing for Team Japan — at the World Cup (which will tip off on August 25), but will have two players — center Deandre Ayton and newcomer guard Eric Gordon — representing Bahamas in the Americas section of Olympic Pre-Qualifiers.
NBA players Deandre Ayton, Eric Gordon, Buddy Hield and Kai Jones are on the roster for their native Bahamas for the Olympic Qualifier in Santiago de Estero, Argentina on Aug.