USA vs Brazil Friendly-Notes & Nuggets

Team USA played against Brazil on the 16th in Chicago in front of a very large and energetic crowd, excited to watch this team of young stars. Team USA was without star center DeMarcus "Boogie" Cousins whom sat out due to injury. Team USA also played Sacramento forward Rudy Gay who joined the team following the Paul George injury and Kevin Durant departure.

Here are the notes and nuggets to take away from the scrimmage: 

• Anthony Davis was the best player on the court
• Stephen Curry can get a shot whenever he wants and will start for this team
• James Harden is the best player to average 12 pts, 6 reb, 8 ast if he can accept that role
• Mason Plumlee played 15 minutes and Andre Drummond played 0
• Rudy Gay got more minutes (12) than Korver (3), Parsons (5) and DeRozan (0) combined
• Kyrie Irving played 14 minutes to Damian Lillard's 2 
• Kenneth Faried can give you 10 and 10 all tournament
• Mason Plumlee looked good
• Klay Thompson is going to be a huge asset coming off the bench for team USA

After watching the scrimmage here is my revised prediction on Team USA's FIBA World Cup Roster:

PGs: Derrick Rose, Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving

SGs: James Harden, Klay Thompson 

SFs: Rudy Gay, Chandler Parsons, Kyle Korver

PFs: Kenneth Faried, Anthony Davis 

Cs: Boogie Cousins, Mason Plumlee 

Cut: Gordon Hayward, Andre Drummond, Damian Lillard 

Rotation Prediction

PG/Fast Break Specialist and Distributor: Derrick Rose

SG/Key Scorer: Stephen Curry

SF/Stat Stuffer: James Harden

PF/Ten and Ten Workhorse: Kenneth Faried

C/Star Player: Anthony Davis 

Back Up SF/Sixth Man: Rudy Gay

Back Up SG/Spark Plug: Klay Thompson

Back Up PG/Run Second Unit Offense: Kyrie Irving 

Back Up PF/Energy Big Man: Mason Plumlee

Back Up C/Wild Card: Boogie Cousins

Bench warmer: Chandler Parsons

Bench warmer: Kyle Korver