Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is planning to participate in a USA Basketball minicamp this August in advance of September’s FIBA World Cup to take place in China, according to reports by the New York Times and ESPN.
Marc Stein of the Times first wrote that Charlotte guard Kemba Walker had committed to participating, and that superstars James Harden and Anthony Davis were also strongly considering it. ESPN further reported that minicamp invitations had also been issued to the Blazers’ Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, the Rockets’ Eric Gordon and PJ Tucker, the Wizards’ Bradley Beal, the Cavaliers’ Kevin Love, the Bucks’ Brook Lopez, the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, and the Lakers’ Kyle Kuzma.