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Early indications are USA Basketball will take roughly 20 players to Vegas for what will be 12-man roster to compete in 2014 FIBA World Cup
Despite pullout of Russell Westbrook, USA Basketball does not necessarily have to add a PG because Derrick Rose is vowing to play in Spain
Wizards guard John Wall won't be included on USA Basketball roster Monday, but could be added for camp/World Cup later, source tells Yahoo.
Rose/Curry/Irving
Harden/George
LeBron/Leonard
Love/BG/LMA
Howard/Davis
... now I'm thinking about Beal/Thompson over George.
Wizards guard John Wall won't be included on USA Basketball roster Monday, but could be added for camp/World Cup later, source tells Yahoo.
On USAB conference call today, they'll also surely announce likes of John Wall and others can be added between now and July 27 report date
Jerry Colangelo said LaMarcus Aldridge told USA Basketball he's not available for FIBA World Cup. Could be last straw for Aldridge/re: USAB
Here's deal on LaMarcus Aldridge. USAB has had interest. Aldridge's interest has been tepid. Aldridge finally reached out in winter. Now, Aldridge doesn't want to play, which is fine. His call. But don't expect him to get much consideration for 2016 Olympics.
Kawhi, on Team USA withdrawal: 'difficult decision;wants compete against guys from other countries but need time to rest body
Dude is crazyRose aint starting over kyrie
On the 19-man list is Derrick Rose, who last played in a game on Nov. 22. Rose has fully recovered from his latest knee surgery and is ready to test himself and knock off some of the rust.
“We’d like to see him play like the Derrick of old, because he is one of the best players in the world,” USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski said Monday. “What we’ve heard is that he’s in great shape.”
Rose can look toward Tyson Chandler for inspiration. In 2010, Chandler was coming off an injury-riddled season with the Charlotte Bobcats. He got healthy in the summer and used the 2010 World Championship as a springboard to a great season in Dallas and an NBA title.
“Hopefully,” Krzyzewski said of Rose, “this would be a launching pad for him for a great NBA season.”
Rose is one of four point guards (Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard are the others) on the list. Colangelo has typically carried three point guards on his roster and Krzyzewski has often played two of them at the same time.