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Team USA Must Select 2012 Olympians Without Benefit of a Camp

LOS ANGELES -- Chris Bosh does not envy Jerry Colangelo. For the 2008 Olympics, Colangelo, USA Basketball's chairman, had until July 1 to set the roster, which was shortly after Team USA had scheduled a minicamp June 27-28 in Las Vegas, although the players actually were decided upon before the camp. But, if the...

Blake Griffin Keeps Eye on John Wall in NBA Rookie of the Year Race

Tom Petty might have sung "the waiting is the hardest part.'' But that doesn't mean it's too late for Blake Griffin to be "runnin' down a dream.'' If the Los Angeles Clippers' power forward is named NBA Rookie of the Year this season, he would join Hall of Famers Jerry Lucas, Larry Bird and David Robinson in a most...

Colangelo Plans Gathering of 2008 and 2010 Team USA Gold Medalists

Every time Jerry Colangelo turns around, another player from the 2008 Olympic team is committing through the media for the 2012 Games. "I don't even need to reach out to them,'' the USA Basketball chairman said in an interview with FanHouse on Friday "They're doing it for me. ... The end of the story is the fact so many...

Durant Leads Team USA to First Worlds Gold Since 1994

ISTANBUL -- Turns out they were even calling themselves the B-team. Take it from American forward Andre Iguodala. "We were the B-Team,'' he said. "We beat everybody. That's what we say.'' The Americans sure did. They finished off a 9-0 run Sunday at the FIBA World Championship with a resounding 81-64 win over host Turkey...

Team USA Notebook: Importance of Winning Gold, Rose on Carmelo

ISTANBUL -- It's a weekend that will determine the next two years for Team USA. If the Americans, who face Lithuania in a semifinal Saturday, win the FIBA World Championship gold medal Sunday at the Sinan Erdem Dome, they will clinch a berth to the 2012 Olympics in London. But if Team USA falls short and an NBA lockout...

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05/31/12 Jerry Colangelo mum on older NBA players in Olympics... Source: Sporting News NBA commissioner David Stern and deputy commissioner Adam Silver continue to suggest that, after this summer's Olympics, NBA players participating in international competitions should be limited to those 23 years old or younger, as the American soccer team does.
05/21/12 2012 London Olympics Blog: Colangelo Remains Confident... Source: The New York Times - New York NY Despite the rash of injuries that has shrunk the pool of players for the United States men's basketball team at the London Games, including the loss of two potential starters in Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose, USA Basketball's chairman, Jerry Colangelo, said Monday that the pool remained deep enough and talented enough for the United States to remain the Olympic favorite.
05/19/12 Bob Finnan's NBA notes: Kidd-Gilchrist's outside... Source: The News-Herald - Willoughby OH "He is a great athlete who has a great motor," he said.
05/17/12 Colangelo: Popovich a leading candidate as next Team... Source: NBC - WOAI News 4 - San Antonio TX Project Spurs' Trevor Zickgraf advocated for San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich to take the reigns as the next head coach of the USA basketball team once Mike Krzyzewski steps away after this summer's Olympic games in London.
05/15/12 U.S. roster: July 7 Source: NBC Olympics USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo considers about 10 men's Olympic team spots set "on paper," with the rest to be determined over two days of practice before the squad is announced July 7.