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http://www.usabasketball.com/news/front_image/picture_front_1705.jpg
He looks like he really might have just caught Jason with a nice like Right to Left manuever
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He looks like he really might have just caught Jason with a nice like Right to Left manuever
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quite a lot of things. i like boozer/dlee, but cmon. they do not deserve to be the center. wheres d12 at? wade, cp3, deron?
jkidd? dudes getting old. prince? redd? they're all getting old too...
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I thought that was his roster for a sec too, but he is saying replace the first player with the latter.
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they really fighting for 2 spots
KD and roy are a LOCK to make it
smith,green,love,lopez and Blake fighting for that bigmen spot
and everyone else going for the other spot
KD and roy are a LOCK to make it
smith,green,love,lopez and Blake fighting for that bigmen spot
and everyone else going for the other spot
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Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE
MmmmmmHmmmm I know you know what the business is G
Tabernacle!
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Now I see why you were so salty about that roster...
It was only changes...I was sure someone would come in and say that Kobe will be better than the world even at 50 years old...
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[h2]Durant singled out for praise[/h2]
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LAS VEGAS -- Pencil in Kevin Durant for a spot on the 2010 version of Team USA.
Better yet, put it in ink.
Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski singled out Durant and showered him with praise following the first day of a three-day mini-camp for a group of 20 young players trying to make the senior national team.
Durant was the most dominant player on the floor in the team's 12-minute scrimmage after the squad spent the bulk of Thursday's practice working on drills. Friday's practice was expected to be more focused on scrimmaging.
"Everyone who was watching from our group said you could tell that Durant was a little bit on a mission -- and that's good for them to see that, it picks everybody up," Krzyzewski said. "He's that versatility guy, and the other thing is he's a shooter, and with the way we were playing defense for most of the Olympics, with his length, he could be a heck of a defender.
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AP Photo/Isaac BrekkenKevin Durant's versatility and familiarity with Team USA's system make him a favorite to make the squad for 2010.
"So he's really at the head of the list for me," Krzyzewski said.
Durant was given serious consideration for the 12th and final roster spot on the Redeem Team that won the gold medal in Beijing, part of a threesome that also included Tayshaun Prince and Tyson Chandler.
Prince ended up getting the spot, and eventually moved ahead of Carlos Boozer in the rotation.
Durant, along with Andre Iguodala and Jeff Green, is now back for his third consecutive summer of practices with the so-called Select Team, and his familiarity and comfort level with the Team USA system were superior to that of anyone else on the court Thursday. Others who caught the coaches' eyes included Rudy Gay, Derrick Rose, Eric Gordon and JaVale McGee, and several team insiders said they were surprised how spry Greg Oden looked.
Team USA managing director Jerry Colangelo and the coaching staff are concentrating on three areas where they expect to have to fill out the roster -- a third point guard to play behind Deron Williams and Chris Paul; an extra big man with the combination of quickness, defensive intensity and shooting range to play inside or outside; and a Mr. Versatility who would have the ability to spell LeBron James at the power forward spot, Carmelo Anthony at small forward, and Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade at shooting guard.
Durant fits the bill for that third guy.
"The more versatile team you have, especially at 3 and 4, when they can do both that adds a lot because so many of the international players play away from the basket and are really perimeter players," Krzyzewski said. "And the big guys, we try to envision if we got all the guys back, who would complement the guys that we have.
"That's why I'm putting him at the head, because I know him the best, and then he comes out and he's terrific [in practice]. Plus his attitude and commitment, he's made a hell of a commitment each summer, three in a row."
Next summer will be No. 4 in a row, and from the sound of things, Durant can expect to have his passport stamped with a Turkish visa when Team USA heads overseas in 13 months to attempt to win the world championship for the first time since 1994.
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Wow...I just read that article again and didn't realize that Javale McGee was even there.
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Probably somebody overhyping him. I don't think he was killin though. He probably just looked better like he didn't have no injuriesbothering him.
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He's looks *@!+*#+ huge out there...I still think he bulked up TOO much after Oh St.
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he looks strong out there. really confident. this camp can help out oden/blazer's a lot.
should have went last year or the year before when he was invited.
should have went last year or the year before when he was invited.
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He did look pretty good.
Imagine if that white team was an actual up and coming team with Harris, OJ, KD, Smith and Oden.
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I need youtube action of these mini camps....
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Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young
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Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE
I need youtube action of these mini camps....
maybe they change the rules but last year most stuff couldnt be taped
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Maybe Oden bulked up, but dude looks like he put on some fat too. He needs to get that cardio in and slim down.
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I'm going to get laughed at, but why isn't J.R. Smith there?
I think he showed up unannounced last summer and got invited to play
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I think he showed up unannounced last summer and got invited to play
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Originally Posted by I NaSmatic I
I'm going to get laughed at, but why isn't J.R. Smith there?
I think he showed up unannounced last summer and got invited to play.
Uhhh...probably something to do with him just getting out of jail a couple days ago maybe?
