The USA Men’s Basketball Team has usually been composed of countless superstars but this time the roster is somewhat lacking. “It’s big, but not too big”.
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Kevin Durant looks ready to lead a new group of Americans to the gold-medal podium.
The US has won 14 out of 17 Olympic tournaments, and they plan to improve that record at the 2016 Olympics, where they will play their first match Saturday against China. “We appreciate the journey, the process”.
The easy punchline would be to say the only five teams that won’t embarrass themselves against the US are the five teams that don’t have to face them, but seriously, let’s take a look at some of the reasonably formidable challengers. They’ve already proved they can sing – so now, can they play?
However, at a packed news conference on Thursday, Team USA players and coaching staff did their best to convince hundreds of media that danger lurked everywhere up and down the draw. “It’s about going over there having fun, getting the winning feeling back and trying to get another gold medal”.
In terms of scoring, it’s a fairly balanced attack for the USA team. Comparatively, the 1992 Dream Team carried through eight games with an average margin of victory of 43.75 points.
The men play their first game Saturday against China and the women begin Olympic play Sunday versus Senegal.
“KD is KD. He’s one of the best players in the world”, Krzyzewski said. The game started out slow in the opening minutes with the USA seemingly finding their rhythm for their first official match of the Games. “That’s how we get the game rolling”.
US can go big or small, and though head coach Mike Krzyzewski has shown a tendency to stay big in the exhibition schedule, they won’t be afraid to utilize whichever lineup succeeds best. Bogut said. “I was like, I don’t want it to end that way where I’m just sitting at home with ice on my knee if I can give it a crack”. It’s not a coming out article or anything.
“I felt good, I kind of was surprised that I did”, Bogut said.
Delle Donne said she and Clifton got engaged on June 2.
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“I know what it felt like to be at the bottom and what it feels like to be at the top of the game as well”, said Anthony, a nine-time NBA All-Star.
