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USA NT 2008 - TalkBasket - May 19, 2008
Quote:LeBron James can now fully focus on his preparations for the Olympics with Team USA after Clevelandââ¬â¢s exit from the NBA play-offs.
James, a Team USA captain, had 45 points in Clevelandââ¬â¢s 97-92 defeat to Boston in the seventh game of the Eastern Conference semi-finals.
He was asked about this summerââ¬â¢s Beijing Games after the defeat in Boston.
"We did a good job last summer to put USA basketball in the place it deserves,ââ¬Â James said of the countryââ¬â¢s gold medal win at the FIBA Americas Championship in Las Vegas.
ââ¬ÅYou see teams like Spain and Argentina, but the list grows because there are more powerful teams out there.ââ¬Â
James says there is only one aim for the Americans this summer in China.
"We are confident, we have a job and a task to achieve and that is to win the gold medal in Beijing," he said.
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- Straight Faced - May 19, 2008
He acts like he's happy about losing in the playoffs.
- Inquest - May 19, 2008
True.. Lebron is acting like it's no big deal.
LOL wise up lbj.
2008 USA NT - Straight Faced - Jun 13, 2008
I'm thinking we're a solid contender at the Olympics.
I think our starting line up will look like:
PG - Possibly Chauncey Billups?
SG - Kobe Bryant
SF - LeBron James
PF - Dwight Howard either at PF or Center.
C - I don't even know who it'd be.
- TalkBasket - Jun 14, 2008
We have a thread for USA NT in Beijing Olympics forum. All threads of the teams participating in Olympics are moved there. I merged both threads.
USA National Team currently consists of 33 players:
Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets)
Gilbert Arenas (Washington Wizards)
Shane Battier (Houston Rockets)
Chauncey Billups (Detroit Pistons)
Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors)
Carlos Boozer (Utah Jazz)
Bruce Bowen (San Antonio Spurs)
Elton Brand (Los Angeles Clippers)
Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
Tyson Chandler (New Orleans Hornets)
Nick Collison (Seattle SuperSonics)
Kevin Durant (Seattle SuperSonics)
Kirk Hinrich (Chicago Bulls)
Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic)
Joe Johnson (Atlanta Hawks)
Jason Kidd (Dallas Mavericks)
LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Antawn Jamison (Washington Wizards)
Shawn Marion (Miami Heat)
Brad Miller (Sacramento Kings)
Mike Miller (Memphis Grizzlies)
Adam Morrison (Charlotte Bobcats)
Greg Oden (Portland Trail Blazers)
Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers)
Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets)
Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics)
Tayshaun Prince (Detroit Pistons)
Michael Redd (Milwaukee Bucks)
J.J. Redick (Orlando Magic)
Luke Ridnour ( Seattle SuperSonics)
Amaré Stoudemire (Phoenix Suns)
Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat)
Deron Williams (Utah Jazz)
12 of them will be selected for the final roster. You can start picking your dream team out of these players.
Preparation games:
USA vs. Canada - July 25th in Las Vegas
USA vs. Turkey - July 31st in Macao
USA vs. Lithuania - August 1st in Macao
USA vs. Russia - August 3rd in Shanghai
USA vs. Australia - August 5th in Shanghai
- Straight Faced - Jun 15, 2008
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- LeBron - Jun 19, 2008
PG - Jason Kidd
SG - Bryant
SF - James
PF - Dwayne Wade/Shawn Marion?
C - Dwight Howard
Not sure if Howard should be PF, while C I'm not sure.
- TalkBasket - Jun 19, 2008
[quote name='"LeBron":t4qbb9om']PG - Jason Kidd
SG - Bryant
SF - James
PF - Dwayne Wade/Shawn Marion?
C - Dwight Howard
Not sure if Howard should be PF, while C I'm not sure.[/quote]
Wade is a point guard <!-- s
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- LeBron - Jun 19, 2008
Oops dunno why I did that. Nah I don't think Odom is good enough tbh.
- Straight Faced - Jun 19, 2008
[quote name='"Vilius":1lhcpphu'][quote name='"LeBron":1lhcpphu']PG - Jason Kidd
SG - Bryant
SF - James
PF - Dwayne Wade/Shawn Marion?
C - Dwight Howard
Not sure if Howard should be PF, while C I'm not sure.[/quote]
Wade is a point guard <!-- s
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- Test - Jun 20, 2008
USA can surprise us this year and even can win something. But we have 3 great news to Lithuania and other countries.
Amare will not participate, good for world, he is unstoppable
Carmelo will participate - very good to the rest of the world too
D-Wade will participate - Hooray
More selfish players in NT - more chances for not so arrogant NT to win Olympics.
- AdaS234 - Jun 20, 2008
[quote name='"Test":1hu8wd7b']USA can surprise us this year and even can win something. But we have 3 great news to Lithuania and other countries.
Amare will not participate, good for world, he is unstoppable
Carmelo will participate - very good to the rest of the world too
D-Wade will participate - Hooray
More selfish players in NT - more chances for not so arrogant NT to win Olympics.[/quote]
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- Test - Jun 22, 2008
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- TalkBasket - Jun 23, 2008
Final squad announced:
Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets)
Carlos Boozer (Utah Jazz)
Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors)
Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic)
LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Jason Kidd (Dallas Mavericks)
Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets)
Tayshaun Prince (Detroit Pistons)
Michael Redd (Milwaukee Bucks)
Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat)
Deron Williams (Utah Jazz)
- Straight Faced - Jun 23, 2008
[quote name='"Vilius":37m43b7e']Final squad announced:
Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets)
Carlos Boozer (Utah Jazz)
Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors)
Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic)
LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Jason Kidd (Dallas Mavericks)
Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets)
Tayshaun Prince (Detroit Pistons)
Michael Redd (Milwaukee Bucks)
Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat)
Deron Williams (Utah Jazz)[/quote]
REPRESENT!
Looks like a good team, but not much strength down low.
- GRB - Jun 23, 2008
too much stars for my taste, they are going to fight for the ball among themselves. <!-- s
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- Straight Faced - Jun 24, 2008
I think you could've said the same thing for the dream team, and they took gold.
- GRB - Jun 24, 2008
maybe something changed on the other end since the dream team time ? dont you think ?
- hsmall111 - Jun 25, 2008
I like the makeup of this US team. Very balanced with shooters and and guys who can defend the perimeter. One small concern would be the lack of depth on the front court; USA could potentially have a problem matching up down low with teams like Lithuania, Russia, and China.
- rikhardur - Jun 25, 2008
Quote:"The thing I like about this team is that everyone checks their egos at the door,ââ¬Â Bosh said. ââ¬ÅWe know what it takes.
"That first World Championship (2006), we were really trying to learn the international game and how to play as a team.
ââ¬ÅBut now, everyone is ready to play basketball and play together because we know if we don't play together, we know things aren't going to happen the way we want them to."
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