Trey Murphy III Named to Second USA Basketball Select Team

For the second year in a row, former Virginia basketball star and current New Orleans Pelican Trey Murphy III was one of 12 players selected to the USA Basketball Men’s Select Team. After helping train the USA Men’s National Team for the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup, Murphy is back on the Select Team, this time helping train the national team for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.

Murphy is one of five returning players from the 2023 USA Select Team, along with Jalen Duren of the Detroit Pistons, Keegan Murray of the Sacramento Kings, free agent Langston Galloway and Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard, who just won the 2024 NBA championship with fellow former Wahoo Sam Hauser.

Jalen Duren (Detroit Pistons)
Cooper Flagg (Duke)
Langston Galloway (free agent)
Nigel-Hayes-Davis (Fenerbahçe, Turkey)
Trayce Jackson-Davis (Golden State Warriors)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Miami Heat)
Brandon Miller (Charlotte Hornets)
Trey Murphy III (New Orleans Pelicans)
Keegan Murray (Sacramento Kings)
Brandin Podziemski (Golden State Warriors)
Micah Potter (Utah Jazz/Salt Lake City stars)
Payton Pritchard (Boston Celtics)
Jabari Smith Jr. (Houston Rockets)
Jalen Suggs (Orlando Magic)
Amen Thompson (Houston Rockets)

In his one season at Virginia after transferring from Rice, Trey Murphy III posted a 50-40-90 stat line before declaring for the 2021 NBA Draft and being selected 17th overall by the New Orleans Pelicans. Murphy had a breakout season in 2022-23, starting 65 games and averaging 14.5 points per game on 40.6% shooting from beyond the arc, earning votes for the NBA’s Most Improved Player award. He missed some time this season with injuries but was still productive, averaging career highs in points (14.8), rebounds (4.9) and assists (2.2) while appearing in 57 games, including 23 starts.

Now, Murphy and the USA Select Team will help the USA Basketball National Team prepare for a bid for a fifth consecutive gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Select Team and National Team will train together in Las Vegas from July 6-8.

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