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LAS VEGAS — The most pressing issue faced by USA Basketball's FIBA World Cup team on Monday night surfaced after they rolled past Puerto Rico during a 117-74 exhibition victory. With an expression that landed somewhere between acceptance and pain, Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards told reporters that the team's direct flight Tuesday to Spain, the site of their next two World Cup ...
United States assistant coach Tyronn Lue warms up with players before of a FIBA World Cup exhibition game against Puerto Rico at T-Mobile Arena on Aug. 7, 2023, in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS — The most pressing issue faced by USA Basketball's FIBA World Cup team on Monday night surfaced after they rolled past Puerto Rico during a 117-74 exhibition victory.

With an expression that landed somewhere between acceptance and pain, Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards told reporters that the team's direct flight Tuesday to Spain, the site of their next two World Cup warm-up games, would not have wireless internet.

The prospect of hours offline was why Tyronn Lue, the Clippers coach who is spending this summer and next on Steve Kerr's Team USA coaching staff, lingered in a T-Mobile Arena hallway late Monday. A journeyman guard, Lue wasn't good enough as

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