USA faces Lithuania in the FIBA Basketball World Cup on Sunday, September 3, 2023 (9/3/23) at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines — There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance, and it is a line that Anthony Edwards does not seem to cross. Ask him if he thinks USA Basketball is going to win its next game, and he’ll say yes. Ask him if he thinks he could set a USA Basketball scoring record, and he’ll say yes to that, too.Edwards is the top scorer for the U.S. so far in the Basketball World Cup at 16.
He was asked about pressure at the World Cup: “Pressure? No, not at all,” Edwards said. “I love the game of basketball. It’s fun for me, man. I go out there and do what I love. I put in the work every day, so it’s no pressure — at all.” And he’s even taken on a fan who tends to shout when players have taken free throws in Manila. Edwards swished one in a group-stage game against Greece, then looked in the fan’s direction and gave out a yelp of his own.
Counting the five-game series of exhibitions on the way to Manila, Edwards has been the leading U.S. scorer or rebounder in eight of the team’s nine games this summer. USA Basketball issued Edwards jersey No. 10 for this summer. That’s the one that Kobe Bryant wore for the national team, and that doesn’t seem like a coincidence. Bryant was a leader. The Americans have asked Edwards to be the same. And if all goes to plan, Edwards will be part of USA Basketball’s gold-medal chases for years to come.
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