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Herb Jones Named to 2023 USA Basketball Men's Select Team

Former Alabama standout will train with the USA Men’s National Team prior to the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

Christopher Walsh

Herb Jones Named to 2023 USA Basketball Men's Select Team
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Herb Jones will be sporting some new colors the next time he's playing on a basketball court: red, white and blue. 

Monday afternoon, he was among 14 athletes selected to the 2023 USA Basketball Men’s Select Team that will train with the USA Basketball Men’s National Team as it prepares for the 2023 FIBA Men’s World Cup.

The training sessions will be Aug. 3-6 in Las Vegas.

“We are confident that our USA Men’s Select Team will do a great job helping prepare the men’s national team for the 2023 Men’s FIBA World Cup,” Grant Hill, USA Basketball Men’s National Team managing director said in a release. “We have a good mix of young NBA players and those who helped us qualify for the World Cup, all of who will play a huge role in our success in Manila, as we continue to develop the national team pipeline for years to come.”

The USA Select Team features a roster of 11 current NBA players, along with three veteran players with NBA, NBA G League, international and USA Basketball experience.

Also on the USA Men's Select Team is Jones' teammate with New Orleans Pelicans, forward Trey Murphy III 

The rest of the squad: 

  • Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons)
  • Jalen Duren (Detroit Pistons)
  • Langston Galloway
  • Jalen Green (Houston Rockets)
  • Quentin Grimes (New York Knicks)
  • Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma City Thunder)
  • John Jenkins (G League Ignite, Vanderbilt)
  • Eric Mika (G League Ignite, BYU)
  • Keegan Murray (Sacramento Kings)
  • Payton Pritchard (Boston Celtics)
  • Naz Reid (Minnesota Timberwolves)
  • Jaylen Williams (Oklahoma City Thunder).

Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley will serve as head coach of the 2023 USA Select Team. Indiana Pacers assistant coach Jim Boylen, who served as head coach of the February 2022 and November 2021 USA Basketball World Cup Qualifying Teams, as well as Purdue University head coach Matt Painter, will serve as assistant coaches.

Jones has never played for the Select Team before.  

Since the development of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team program in 2006, USA Basketball has selected and utilized seven (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2021) USA select teams to help the USA national teams prepare for major international competitions.

Six members of the 2023 USA Basketball Men’s National Team have been on past select teams, including Mikal Bridges (2019), Jalen Brunson (2019), Anthony Edwards (2021), Tyrese Haliburton (2021), Brandon Ingram (2016) and Jaren Jackson Jr. (2019). 

SEE ALSO: Evaluating Alabama Basketball in the NBA Summer League

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CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of BamaCentral, which first published in 2018. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004, and is the author of 26 books including Decade of Dominance, 100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Nick Saban vs. College Football, and Bama Dynasty: The Crimson Tide's Road to College Football Immortality. He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.

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