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Originally Posted by jbergey22
But there has to be 30 American 6 10+ better than him I would think. Especially, international style basketball where Mcgee's only other strength(athleticism) doesnt matter as much. His weakness of being out of position constantly is costly against them good passing teams.
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It's inexpensive when he's only playing 2 minutes
(The general explanation was that he was added specifically to be a body to throw at Gobert ... and then Pop doesn't use him. That ain't McGee's fault)
And, no, there really aren't many true Cs that are USA eligible. I mean Okongwu was on the short list of candidates.
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The pickings are slim for centers once you realize that Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, Karl-Anthony Towns, Ruby Gobert, Clint Capela, Jusuf Nurkic, Nikola Vucevic, Deandre Ayton, Jonas Valanciunas, Al Horford, and Steven Adams were all either born outside the U.S. or have a history playing for other national teams.
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Not sure why they skipped over Lopez (maybe the 7th place finish with him on the roster in 2019?) but after him you're talking Jarrett Allen and Richaun Holmes.