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Sacramento Kings To Fill Up FIBA World Cup This Summer

By Rafe Wong

SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 8: Bogdan Bogdanovic #8, Harrison Barnes #40 and Willie Cauley-Stein #00 of the Sacramento Kings face the Sacramento Kings on February 8, 2019 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 8: Bogdan Bogdanovic #8, Harrison Barnes #40 and Willie Cauley-Stein #00 of the Sacramento Kings face the Sacramento Kings on February 8, 2019 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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With the FIBA World Cup happening this coming August, the tournament will showcase a handful of players from the Sacramento Kings.

Although the NBA Finals are now over, another important basketball tournament is just a few months away. This coming August will begin the 2019 FIBA World Cup which will have the best basketball countries in the world competing against each other for the title.

The news came out already that a couple of Sacramento Kings will represent Team USA this summer. These players are Marvin Bagley III, who will be part of USA’s select team roster, and Harrison Barnes, who will be part of the training camp roster for the World Cup.

But let us remember that the Sacramento Kings have a few players on their roster that come from countries not named the United States of America. To be specific, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Nemanja Bjelica.

For Bogi and Belly, both guys were born and raised in the country of Serbia, and for the upcoming FIBA World Cup, they will be playing in the games representing their home country. Serbia’s basketball program will be rocking new threads during the global event as well.

https://twitter.com/FIBAWC/status/1136938846267105281

Final Thoughts

A well-deserved honor for both Bogdan Bogdanovic and Nemanja Bjelica. For the past few years, both Bogi and Belly have represented the Serbian basketball team in various tournaments and have had success.

In the 2014 World Cup, both helped Serbia finish second in the tournament. Then in 2016 in the Olympic games, Bogdan and Serbia finished with a silver medal again. In both contest losing to Team USA.

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Will this tournament end up in another USA-Serbia final?

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