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Andre Iguodala a Finalist for Team USA, Olympics 2012
According to Andre Iguodala via John Finger of CSN Philly, the face of the Sixers franchise is a finalist for Team USA, who will compete in London for Olympics 2012. Iguodala said he was contacted by USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo this week about being one of the 18 players in...
London Calling: D-Will, Who Else?
Jerry Colangelo of USA Basketball said Tuesday he'll soon start making calls to gauge players interest in the 2012 Olympics. "Just to make contact with all of the people on our list, give them a whole picture of what is coming," Colangelo told AP. "Basically to get a read from them as to what...
Live Thread: Team USA spars with Spain
Who: Team USA vs. Spain What: Basketball, silly! Where: XL Center - Hartford, Connecticut; 1:00 p.m. est The Story: No one knows except for our very own DishNSwish and whoever else is at the game in Hartford. Follow the CoverItLive chat for all the scoops and stories from inside the arena!
Live Thread: Team USA takes on Australia
DishNSwish is live from the XL Center this weekend for some USA women's basketball and wiill be bringing live coverage from the game, via the CoverItLive chat and his tweets as seen below -
Did Prokhorov's Nets Miss Mozgov? Thursday Could Tell the Tale
It's too bad Brook Lopez didn't get a chance to play in the Worlds. Thursday's USA vs. Russia game (ESPN, 11 a.m. ET) would have provided an interesting match-up for New York hoops fans.Lopez would have gone up against Timofey Mozgov, the 7'1" Russian center who signed with the Knicks this...
Lopez's Next Chance at Representing USA Likely To Be 2012 Olympics
Assuming Team USA wins the World Championship in Istanbul this month, the next tryouts for the national team will take place before the 2012 London Olympics. Barring the unforeseen, Brook Lopez is likely to be "very much in the conversation" for the Olympic Team, writes Tim Kawakami of the San Jose...
Five things I hope JaVale McGee took from his Team USA experience
JaVale McGee's Team USA experience is officially over (barring some catastrophic injury to Tyson Chandler of course), and you can sense that he wishes it could have continued. I'm personally not overly disappointed that he won't make the trip to Turkey, since I honestly felt he was a longshot...
NetsDaily Off-Season Report #17
It's all about the front office this week. The news didn't get the headlines free agency did, but the "realignment" of the scouting department, coming right after the last coaching hires, signaled that the Nets' days of cutting costs are over. We look at what it means and what's to come. We also...
Lopez Drops Out of Team USA
Brook Lopez, struggling to recover from a bout with mono, has withdrawn from the U.S. national team and will be replaced by Washington's Javale McGee, reports AP. Lopez informed USA Basketball officials Wednesday that he didn't believe he was in good enough condition to take part in training camp...
When Will Lopez Be Ready...for Team USA? for the Nets?
Brook Lopez says he's regained all the weight he lost during a spring bout with mononucleosis and is just rounding into basketball shape, working on his conditioning. But judging by his performance Saturday, it looked like he is going to need more time. Just how much is the question. On one hand,...
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