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Looks like the team will be alot better. Get players out there who really want to win, not 12 egos
Oden, Durant set to join U.S. team
By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer
May 22, 2007
Greg Oden and Kevin Durant are in, and Tayshaun Prince and Tyson Chandler are joining them.
USA Basketball is making a number of changes to this summer's roster, with the Americans adding the two college stars and a couple of defensive specialists but losing Dwyane Wade and some key players because of injuries.
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Managing director Jerry Colangelo is set to announce the additions to the roster at a press conference Wednesday in Las Vegas, where the Americans will train and compete this summer in the FIBA Americas tournament.
Jason Kidd, Mike Miller and Utah teammates Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams also will be in camp in July with a chance to make the roster for the Olympic qualifier that runs from Aug. 22-Sept. 2.
Oden was at camp last summer after completing high school but wasn't able to play because of his broken wrist. Expected to be one of the top two picks along with Durant in the NBA draft, he fills Colangelo's desire to add another shot blocker and rebounder.
So does Chandler, the New Orleans center who was second in the NBA in rebounding. Prince is a top defensive forward who helped limit LeBron James to 10 points Monday night in the Pistons' victory over Cleveland.
Wade and Chris Paul were key contributors on the U.S. team that won the bronze medal at the world championships in Japan, but are sidelined after surgeries. Also unable to participate this summer because of injuries are Paul Pierce, Lamar Odom, Gilbert Arenas, Joe Johnson and Brad Miller.
Pierce and Odom also were sidelined last summer.
Kidd was a member of the Olympic gold medal-winning team in 2000 and Boozer played for the Americans in Athens in 2004, when they won bronze.
The new additions join 17 players eligible to participate from last year's original pool Colangelo picked for the world championships through the Olympics
Looks like the team will be alot better. Get players out there who really want to win, not 12 egos
rofl
Watching Durant and Oden go high-low against some ing euros will be one of the greatest moments in US Sports History.
USA team keeps on making the same mistakes again and again.
They havent putted the same team together in any other championship they played,while teams like Spain,Argentina,Brazil,Eslovenia have had almost the same roster for the last 5 yrs.
Looks like another Disapointing Year for USA team.
Kobe's playing...that's all you need to know.
Rarely do I say this, but thank god for that!Kobe's playing...that's all you need to know.
Fiba sucks
You can't play 1 on 1 with Kobe...you put up a zone and he'll rain all day..plus he's got good teammates to pass out of a double team...If Kobe plays, Team USA doesn't lose a game.
It's going to be funny when Kobe still refuses to pass.
I'd rather Kobe chunk up shots than
1) Bron
2) Melo
3) Wade
4) *insert bad team usa pick here
If Kobe plays he'll average 7-8 assists in a game....refuses to pass, really, I guess you never watched Kobe lead his team in assists throughout his career.
cool
Derek Fisher?
I hope Kobe doesn't hesitate to shoot.
They should have put the Piston team in there, with Big Ben. That would solve the problem
Kobe's averaged more assists than Dfish every year with exception to his first 3...
nba.com is your friend.
ohh. i wouldnt know. i dont watch anything on the west coast.
uhhhh,I´m so scared now.....
I´d put Nocioni on him+zone D, and let´s see what happens.
yeah like that will stop Kobe. Zone D just plays into his hands.
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