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Team USA – John Wall, Bradley Beal & Paul Millsap Get Cut
It’s not all about horrific injuries at the Team USA camp for the Basketball World Cup camp. Three players – John Wall and Bradley Beal of the Washington Wizards, Paul Millsap of the Atlanta Hawks, have been cut from the roster as Jerry Colangelo and coach Mike Krzyzewski trimmed down the roster to 16 players, which will eventually be reduced to the final 12 who will be going to compete in Spain.
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Derrick Rose Shouldn’t Be Risking Himself for Team USA
It’s great that players want to play for their country, but Derrick Rose, who has a total of 10 regular season games in two full seasons, shouldn’t be spending his time with Team USA when he is such a huge injury risk and the Chicago Bulls have got so much invested in him.
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Team USA Roster For Next Olympics & Basketball World Cup
The people in charge of USA Basketball and the ongoing editions of the “Dream Team” are going to announce a 28-man roster (which will get trimmed down) for the 2014 Basketball World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, which includes LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose among the veterans of previous Team USA squads, but also some new faces.
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LeBron James – USA Basketball No Longer Part of His Future
After winning two Olympic Gold medals. and adding a Bronze in both the Olympic games and the Basketball World Cup, it seems like LeBron James has had enough with USA Basketball and the ongoing Dream Teams, focusing on his NBA career and resting from it during the summer from now on.
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What’s Wrong With Playing in the Snow?
Jermaine Jones and his snow-Afro might be my favorite soccer picture in quite some time. Yes, the sport isn’t exactly made to be played on snow and in general harsh conditions, but taking advantage of the weather isn’t something the United States team should be ashamed about or criticized. Costa Rica knew what they were heading into, agreed to play, and have no use or right to complain now.
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Kevin Durant & LeBron James – Playoff Rivals, Preseason Friends
In a few years time, the LeBron James – Kevin Durant duo might be one of the greatest individual rivalries in the history of the NBA, if we’ll get to see a few more Heat – Thunder Finals series. But there’s hatred or grudge off the court between these two, choosing to train together during the off season once again.
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NBA Players With 2 Olympic Gold Medals
The gold medal won by Team USA after a 8-0 sweep of the competition added Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Deron Williams to the list of NBA players who have won two Olympic gold medals, joining Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, Gary Payton, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Jason Kidd and John Stockton.
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London 2012 – Gold Medal Winners on Day 14 of the Olympics
Maybe the finest performance of the Athletics competitions in London, as the United States women’s team (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter) won the first American gold medal in this event since 1996, setting a new world record and leaving the Jamaican fearsome foursome more than half a second behind.
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London 2012 – Dream Team Can’t & Won’t Lose
After seeing Team USA make a laughing stock of Argentina, usually one of their tougher, in their 126-97 win, completing the group stage with a perfect 5-0 record, it’s pretty safe to say that the 2012 version of the Dream Team, with LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony won’t have any more problems on their way to the gold medal.
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2012 Dream Team – When LeBron James Has to Step Up
All of a sudden it got hard. After winning the first three games by an average of 52.3 point, the 2012 version of the Dream Team faced a real battle with Lithuania, never an easy outing, beating the European 99-94, with LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony each scoring 20 points to give Team USA their fourth win of the Olympic games.