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    Oden added to USA Basketball roster
    Associated Press
    July 13, 2006


    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --

    Lamar Odom and Paul Pierce will miss USA Basketball training camp later this month, while former high school star Greg Oden was added to the roster today.
    Odom and Pierce join J.J. Redick among players that won't be in Las Vegas starting July 19. Redick previously said he couldn't play because of a back injury.

    Odom withdrew for personal reasons. His 61/2-month-old son, Jayden, died late last month after apparently suffocating while sleeping in his crib in New York.

    Pierce is expected to have minor surgery on his left elbow in August. All three players remain part of the roster and will participate over the next two years.
    The 7-foot Oden, the consensus national high school player of the year, will attend the opening of camp but won't take part. He recently had surgery for a torn ligament in his right wrist and is expected to be out until the fall.

    But USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo and coach Mike Krzyzewski expect the 18-year-old center -- who surely would have been the No. 1 pick in last month's draft had high school players still been eligible -- to have a role in the future, so they added him, anyway. Colangelo had considered Oden for the original 23-man roster.

    After training camp, the U.S. team will train and play exhibition games in China and South Korea before opening the world championships in Japan on Aug. 19.
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  • #2
    Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

    He probably won't make this year's team, but he's a good bet in 2008.

    On a side note, when do we announce our 12-man roster for the worlds? The tournament is only 2 months away.

    It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

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    Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
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    • #3
      Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

      According to ESPN Bottomline and "Mike and Mike in the Morning" Kirk Hinrich was also added to the roster.
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      • #4
        Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

        Yeah, Hinrich replaced Reddick because of his bad back.

        We lose a lot of shooting, but we gain a very good perimeter defender.

        It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

        Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
        Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
        NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004

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        • #5
          Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

          Gilbert + Hinrich running the point = Olympic Gold
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          • #6
            Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

            Originally posted by Robertmto
            Gilbert + Hinrich running the point = Olympic Gold
            That would be really good

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            • #7
              Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

              According to USA basketball, Pierce has dropped out too. I wouldn't have selected him anyway, though, after watching how he's played in past summers.
              ____________________________________________
              This leaves us with (for this summer):

              Carmelo Anthony
              Gilbert Arenas
              Shane Battier
              Chris Bosh
              Bruce Bowen
              Elton Brand
              Kobe Bryant
              Kirk Hinrich
              Dwight Howard
              LeBron James
              Antawn Jamison
              Joe Johnson
              Shawn Marion
              Brad Miller
              Adam Morrison
              Chris Paul
              Michael Redd
              Luke Ridnour
              Dwayne Wade

              19 players going for 12 spots.

              It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

              Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
              Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
              NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004

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              • #8
                Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

                Pierce is still on your list Kstat .
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                • #9
                  Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

                  My 12 (well really 13, dont we have reserve spots??)

                  Carmelo Anthony
                  Gilbert Arenas
                  Chris Bosh
                  Elton Brand
                  Kobe Bryant
                  Kirk Hinrich
                  Dwight Howard
                  LeBron James
                  Antawn Jamison
                  Brad Miller
                  Adam Morrison
                  Michael Redd
                  Dwyane Wade
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                  • #10
                    Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

                    I think Chris Paul needs to be on the team. He's got the quickest hands of anybody on our roster and can be of great use in trapping situations.

                    Also, Bruce Bowen is a LOCK to make the team. He'll be 37 in 2008 so we wouldnt have added him to the roster if he wasn't going to play this year.

                    Besides, his game is taylor-made for the international game.

                    I think in 2008, Battier will take over Bowen's spot.

                    Guards:
                    Kobe
                    Wade
                    Redd
                    Hinrich
                    Paul

                    Forwards:
                    James
                    Marion
                    Jamison
                    Bowen

                    Centers:
                    Bosh
                    Howard
                    Miller

                    My starting 5 would be Hinrich, Kobe, James, Bowen, Bosh

                    It's tough leaving Brand and Arenas off the team, but other players are better fits. We need more foot soldiers, less generals.

                    It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

                    Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
                    Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
                    NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004

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                    • #11
                      Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

                      So, what 12-man rosters would you guys like?

                      I think I would go something like this...

                      1) C - Brad Miller
                      2) PF - Chris Bosh
                      3) SF - Kobe Bryant (I know he's primarily a SG, but I would want him here in this tournament)
                      4) SG - Michael Redd
                      5) PG - Dwayne Wade

                      (and in no particular order)

                      6) Lebron James
                      7) Shane Battier/Bruce Bowen
                      8) Elton Brand
                      9) Dwight Howard
                      10) Shawn Marion
                      11) Gilbert Arenas/Luke Ridnour (depending on what sort of PG you want)
                      12) Adam Morrison

                      Regards,

                      Mourning
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                      • #12
                        Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

                        First team:
                        Heinrich
                        Kobe
                        Lebron
                        Brand
                        Howard

                        Second team:
                        Arenas
                        Wade
                        Marion
                        Bosh
                        Miller

                        Bowen
                        Paul

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                        • #13
                          Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

                          Remember, this is international ball, I'm sticking LBJ at power forward

                          Hinrich
                          Redd
                          Kobe
                          LBJ
                          Howard

                          Paul
                          Wade
                          Marion
                          Brand
                          Bosh

                          Battier
                          Miller

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                          • #14
                            Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

                            I'm on the "bowen should start" bandwagon.

                            You play James and Bowen together at PF and SF, and watch James rack up 6 assists on Bowen threes alone.

                            Meanwhile, you can stick Bowen on the other team's best perimeter player, and let James play the passing lanes.

                            You'll also be able to do the same thing with Wade and Redd as a tandem off the bench.

                            It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

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                            Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
                            NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004

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                            • #15
                              Re: Oden added to USA Basketball roster {INDYSTAR}

                              Starting 5

                              Hinrich
                              Bowen
                              James
                              Bosh
                              Miller

                              Reserves

                              Gilbert Arenas
                              Kobe
                              Melo
                              Jamison
                              Howard

                              Wade
                              Redd
                              Ammo
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