LAS VEGAS — Random new numbers were dispersed to members of the 2019 USA men’s national team training camp roster once they arrived in Las Vegas this week.
Instead of his traditional No. 45 — worn as a nod to Michael Jordan’s legendary basketball and baseball career— Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell was handed the No. 53.
His first reaction?
“It was not my choice so don’t think this was me,” Mitchell said jokingly after Day 2 of training camp at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center. “I don’t know who would wear No. 53.”
" Well, I like it.