Usa Basketball
The lengthy checklist of the 25 candidates for the 2008 u.s.a. basketball staff for the olympics has eventually been introduced. the united states basketball staff appears to be like to redeem themselves after a bad bronze medal showing on the 2004 olympics.the listing includes 21 nba big names (in alphabetical order): carmelo anthony, gilbert areas, shane battier, chauncey billups, chris bosh, bruce bowen, elton brand, kobe bryant, dwight howard, lebron james, antawn jamison, joe johnson, shawn marion, brad miller, lamar odom, chris paul, paul pierce, michael redd, luke ridnour, amare stoudemire, and dwyane wade.
j.j. Redick and adam morrison, each of whom are at the moment nonetheless in college, are also invited, rounding out the roster to 23 total avid sportrs.
one player's exclusion has garnered heated media consideration, and hellos identify isallen iverson. Many level to iverson's age and style of play as reasons for his exclusion, regardless of hellos important role in the last olympics.
"we wanted a team now not of person celebritys, however athleticism, shooters, role gamers and distributors," national crew managing director jerry colangelo mentioned.
colangelo can additionally be hoping that hellogh faculty basketball superstar greg oden will most likely be able to join the staff for training this summer season.
the 23 avid gamers will attend a training camp in las vegas in july. The team will then fly to china and south korea to participate in exhibition video games. afterwards, a 12-man roster can be selected for the world championships held in japan.
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