The USA Basketball is interested in bringing Williamson to the FIBA World Cup this summer, according to a New York Times report, which cites unidentified sources. This means that Zion could be playing with the pros sooner than we thought.

This kid hasn't even declared for the draft yet and it is already talks of having on the USA team. But even though he hasn't declared yet we already know that he will be entering specially when he is locked in at first overall pick in the NBA draft. From multiple reports they are saying that Zion is waiting on signing a manager to represent him to confirm talks about the USA team.

Playing for Team USA would give him the opportunity to test his game against high-level international competition and see how he stacks up with NBA-caliber players. We would get to see Zion against actual equal and better competition. Because lets be honest he was clearly a level above the competition he saw in college. His physicality made him nearly impossible to stop in one-on-one scenarios, and his athleticism allowed him to blow past defenders in transition or isolation sets to set up his highlight-reel dunks. Every game this season was like watching a highlight tape.

Zion averaged 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 1.8 blocks per game with Duke on his way to being named the ACC Player of the Year without a doubt. This could be really big opportunity for him he has the chance to become a gold medalist before he even enters the NBA. The only player to do that so far is Anthony Davis and Zion has a great chance at being the second.
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