Team USA basketball star hits out at 'slander, disrespect'

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A member of deposed World Cup champion USA says they're the ones 'who stepped up to the plate when others stepped down'

LAST SHOT. Donovan Mitchell and Kemba Walker hope to close out Team USA’s failed title defense bid with a win. Photo from fiba.basketball

Myles Turner of the NBA's Indiana Pacers made an impassioned defense of Team USA after they were beaten for the second time in as many days on Thursday, September 12 in China. Writing on Twitter, the 23-year-old center said:"We came up short, can't nobodies more upset than us, but I refuse to tolerate any slander for our play, you cannot question our heart, our character or are spirit."

 

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