I feel like they finally got their team straightened out this time, though I can't say they'll win gold for sure. 4-0 exhibition run...what do you guys think?
they almost lost to brazil (it was close) But they will win gold cause they got my man Chris Bosh!.......and of course Lebron and Wade.
Same reason why Duncan and many others didn't join in. They 1. didn't want to be in the team and 2. they feel like they're too old for it.
Iverson wasn't invited. Shaq wouldn't join a team that Kobe was invited to. And KG has been ditching Team USA for years.
If TeamUSA does well, it shows that Larry Brown can't coach young players. Cause he had Lebron, Wade & Carmelo for the olympics.
Larry Brown sent Iverson (when he was younger) and the 76ers to the nba finals. Also Lebron, Wade, and Carmelo all came out of their rookie season and has never participated in international competition previously.
Exhibition Matches are over with here are the final lineups. Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat)*Captains Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets)*Captains LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)*Captains Shane Battier (Houston Rockets) Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors) Elton Brand (Los Angeles Clippers) Kirk Hinrich (Chicago Bulls) Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic) Antawn Jamison (Washington Wizards) Joe Johnson (Atlanta Hawks) Brad Miller (Sacramento Kings) Chris Paul (New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets)
Choosing 3 players as captains was taking the easy way out for Coach K. I'm old school. 1 team = 1 captian.
