The Official Team USA Basketball Thread: Going For The Gold

[PTBG]

Kyrie Irving didn’t disappoint in his first chance to play in front of USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo.

"He's already made quite an impression, let's put it that way," Colangelo said. "He's a terrific young player. I see great things for him going forward as it relates to an NBA career and very much within USA Basketball. I think we're going to hear a great deal about him in the future."

Irving was born in Australia and publicly flirted with the idea of playing for the Aussies at the London Olympics.

"When he was making a decision as to whether or not to play for the United States or for Australia I told him that I believed he eventually will be a starting guard for the U.S. team at some time in his career and for him just to get involved with the whole process," Mike Krzyzewski said. "He's as good a player as the select team has and has shown his talents very, very well here. He's outstanding and he's a terrific, terrific young man."

DeMarcus Cousins was involved with USA Basketball as a member of the Select Team -- a group of younger players who helped the Olympic team prepare.

"He needs to mature as a person (and) as a player if he's going to have an outstanding NBA career," USA basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said Saturday. "Before there's discussion about him being part of our program, he has a lot of building to do. … He has a lot of growing up to do.”

Mike Krzyzewski declined to close the door on Cousins’ future Olympic hopes.

"He has a talent. He's big. He's young," Krzyzewski said. "You don't know what an experience will do for someone. You're hope it will open their eyes to new things. I think that's what's it done for all players who have participated for the United States. His time here, playing in this culture and against these guys, sometimes can have a positive change for all the players participating. Hopefully, it has it on him and other others."

 

[The_Third_Man]

I'm not comfortable with the frontcourt. Cousins should've made the team, or at least Monroe.

 

[PTBG]

 

[GoFlipAPack]

Im going to see those guys on Tuesday and I might buy a ticket to the game on thursday

 

[tremonthustler1]

We cakin

We eatin

We winnin

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

Dis USA squad's athletic abilities are fukkin SERIOUS.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

I think DWill would be a better startet than Paul. DWill will push the tempo. This team needs to run that Dantoni O. Fukk defense.

I wanna know how Blake Griffin looked in the scrimmages.

 

[holidayinn21]

DR vs. Nigeria tonight at 8 for the final Olympic spot

no point in watching. nigeria got this.

 

[tremonthustler1]

no point in watching. nigeria got this.

We got Horford. We got Jack Michael. We got Double R. We got Garcia.

Best of all, we got Coach Juan Calipario. This is our chance!

 

[SquirtleSwag]

We got Horford. We got Jack Michael. We got Double R. We got Garcia.

Best of all, we got Coach Juan Calipario. This is our chance!

My nikka coach cal got this one tonight... he said their L yesterday was on him.. nikkas is lucky my homey Edgar Sosa came off a year long injury, hes rusty as hell but he was fukking balling out last year, he had a legitimate chance to be drafted into the NBA before he broke his leg

 

[ThaBronxBully]

 

[Tony D'Amato]

 

[CantStop]

Carmelo at a breakfast spot and he's already

 

[Rev]

DR down vs Nigeria at the half for a spot at the Olympics.

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

Is NBATV gonna be airing Team USA games or wuh?