Team USA's Fil-Am deputy coach Erik Spoelstra was genuinely surprised when he learned about the Philippines' World Cup hosting.
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00:00 I couldn't believe it when I found out.
00:02 I mean, first it was a pinch myself moment
00:04 to be asked to be part of USA program.
00:08 It's something that I've dreamt about for a long time.
00:11 It has an illustrious history
00:12 and we've all followed the history of USA program
00:15 for a long time.
00:17 There's some historic moments and teams
00:20 and you just never really think that you're going to
00:22 have an opportunity to be a part of it.
00:23 So it's a dream come true.
00:24 And it's amazing staff,
00:26 working with Steve and Ty and Mark and Grantville and Sean.
00:31 And then once we found out that it was going to be in Manila,
00:34 I couldn't believe it.
00:36 I knew it was going to be somewhere in Asia.
00:38 When I was here, I was like, wow,
00:41 this is going to be really cool.
00:44 Be able to reconnect to family.
00:46 Also, I have a lot of friends that we've developed
00:49 over the years and I haven't been able to see them
00:51 since the last time we were here.
00:53 So I'm looking forward to connecting with as many people
00:56 or less we can't, you know, while keeping the main thing moving.