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jaa, bet visas lielaakas zvaigznes gandriiz vienmeer atsakaas...bet iisteniibaa, galvenais nav zvaigznes, bet gan laba, saliedeeta komanda ar labu saspeeli!

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tas tikai taadeelj, ka vinji atkal negrib izblomeeties un aplauzties pret Eiropieshiem...

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Viņi arī tikai art dažiem all stariem visus iznīcinātu, ja treners zinātu ko grib un komanda ticētu trenerim, nevis paņemt 12 labākos spēlētājus kādus var dabūt un beigās iznāk , ka neviens pat 2nīti regul';ari iemest nevar - tīri skumji, bet tā tik ir ideja no 1 komandas paņemt 1 5nieku. Pistons starting 5 visus sagrautu - viņiem var teikt ka nav vājās vietas...

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Man jau gribeetos redzeet taadu sastaavu...bet tas laikam nebuus reaali...

C- O'Neal / Camby /
PF- Garnet / J O'Neal / Stoudemire
SF- McGrady / James
SG- Iverson / Bryant / Wade
PG- Kidd / Davis

Manupraat shii buutu taada variaacija, ka vareetu pielaagoties jebkuriem apstaakljiem... taatad, 2 augstas klases PG (ja gadiijumaa kaads traumeejas vai kas cits notiek var ielikt arii Iversonu) .. taatad playmakings buus, tad naakamajaas 2 poziicijaas SG un SF var speeleet 3 speeleetaaji... JAmes,Kobe un T-Mac... PF un C ar ljoti universaals, O'Neal ir izteikts speeka centrs, bet paareejie 4ie un 5ie var speeleet abaas poziicijaas, Garnets vajadziibas gadiijumaa var arii kaa SF's ...

Var jau pasapnjot.. ko taada komanda dariitu ar muusu Eiropu

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A whole new world

USA Basketball takes new approach to Olympic team
Posted: Tuesday January 3, 2006 11:21AM; Updated: Tuesday January 3, 2006 6:15PM



Kobe Bryant has received the call. So has LeBron James. Allen Iverson might get his this week.

Yes, it's time to start thinking about the Olympics again. USA Basketball has begun the process of putting together the team that will compete in Beijing in 2008. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski already has been named coach. Now it's just a matter of finding players.

Suns CEO Jerry Colangelo, who has been given charge of putting together the men's senior team, has reportedly contacted 30 to 35 NBA players and is expected to announce a core group of six to 12 by the end of the month. No player has been officially named to the team just yet. But Bryant and James are among the handful who have confirmed that they have been contacted.

"I feel pretty good about it," James said recently. "I think most likely if I decide to be part of the team, I think it will be much better experience than it was two summers ago."

"[Colangelo] said he and Coach K are excited to have me play on the team," Bryant told the Orange County Register. "He wanted to know where I stood as far as my commitment and time. I just told him: It's not a problem to me. Whatever you need me to do, I'll do. I'll be there. The important thing is us getting that gold back."

Embarrassed by its bronze medal finish in the '04 Games (and a sixth-place finish at the World Championships in '02) USA Basketball is changing the way it goes about putting together the next Team USA. Gone are the days when the U.S. team would consist of 12 NBA All-Stars thrown together for a month. This next Olympic team, Colangelo vows, will consist of the right mix of players. It will also require players to give a three-year commitment in some form, with some likely to be asked to compete at the '06 World Championships in Japan.

"The international game is a lot different game than people truly recognize," Colangelo said when he took the post last April. "It's more than just the trapezoid lane compared to our lane. It's a different game, and so as you prepare a team you need role players, you need players who can shoot the ball, pass the ball and understand the game as much as you need players who are just athletic."

In other words, the 2008 Olympic team might have a few lesser-known guys playing alongside bigger-name stars like Kobe and LeBron. Think Michael Redd, Kirk Hinrich, Shane Battier, Brad Miller. Maybe even a Brian Cardinal.

Some of the NBA's biggest names, in fact, have appeared lukewarm to the idea of playing in '08 -- especially if it involves a three-year commitment. Shaq, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, for example, are all considered unlikely to participate. Each has represented the U.S. in previous Olympics.

Colangelo says the reception overall, however, has been enthusiastic. He won't comment on his conversations, but several players in recent days have come out and said they would love to be on his call list. Dwyane Wade, Jermaine O'Neal, Elton Brand and Iverson are just a handful of All-Stars who have said they would be interested. Iverson could get his chance to meet with Colangelo on Wednesday, when the Sixers play at Phoenix.

As for James, he too seems genuinely interested. While he has expressed frustration in the past about his stint at the Athens Games, the 21-year-old Cavs phenom now seems open-minded. Before a game in Chicago a few weeks back, he was asked why he felt this Olympic experience might be better than his previous one.

"I think knowing what I got myself into two summers ago, I didn't get a full-fledged explanation of what my role was going to be," James said. "I think this time I will. Also, just knowing what the Olympic experience is and being more comfortable with it."

If nothing else, Colangelo's work this month should help make clear to James and other NBA stars what this next Olympic commitment will entail. If they don't want to do it, Team USA will move on without them.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/marty_burns/01/02/notebook.010206/index.html

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Journal Times: Even before Jerry Colangelo met with Michael Redd last week at a swank Chicago hotel, he knew quite a bit about Michael Redd's myriad basketball abilities.

That is why Colangelo, the chairman and chief executive officer of the Phoenix Suns who is overseeing the selection of the 2008 United States Olympics men's basketball team, arranged for an interview with Redd in the first place.

Colangelo believes Redd, with his exceptional perimeter shooting skills, could be a valuable asset for the U.S. team.

"He's a very talented young guy,'' Colangelo said in a telephone interview from his office in Phoenix Tuesday. "He can score, and he can shoot. Those are strong attributes when putting together an international team.''

Indeed, the 6-foot-6 Redd is averaging 24.8 points a game and shooting a blistering .468 from 3-point range. He is a career 40 percent 3-point shooter. But while Redd’s scoring and shooting assets helped him gain consideration for the U.S. Olympic team, Colangelo wanted to get a better feel for Redd's personality and measure how interested he was in representing his country in the 2008 Games, which will be held in Beijing, China.

Colangelo had an in-depth and candid conversation with Redd for approximately 1 1/2 hours, and came away even more impressed with the 26-year-old.

"The interview went extremely well,'' Colangelo said. "He's a fine young man. He should be very proud of what he's accomplished. He's a good one, a good person. Everyone speaks very highly of him.
"He came as advertised.''

Colangelo said Redd was one of around 30 players whom he has interviewed or will interview before the NBA All-Star Game in February. Colangelo has said he wants a three-year commitment from the players he chooses. He said Redd was up front with him during the interview and appreciated his candor.

"He told me about his personal situation,'' Colangelo said. "He told me he's getting married this summer and about his honeymoon. So, there's a little bit of a conflict there. But we talked that through also.''
While Colangelo was impressed by Redd's words, he was just as impressed by his actions.

"He jumped into a limo and it took him 2 1/2 hours to get there,'' Colangelo said. "I was really impressed that he'd go out of the way on his off day to do this. That shows you something about him.''

Colangelo said after he's done interviewing candidates for the team, he'll whittle the field to 20. Colangelo politely refused to reveal any of the players on his list, although guard Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers recently said he would be on the team. Dwyane Wade, a former Marquette University and current Miami Heat star, is also believed to be on Colangelo's short list.

In addition to the 30 players Colangelo will personally interview, it is believed he'll assemble another group of about 15 players who are either in high school, college or young NBA players. They’ll be evaluated and given serious consideration for future international competition.

Colangelo declined to mention any candidates for that group, but there has been speculation that New Orleans/Oklahoma City guard Chris Paul, New York forward-center Channing Frye and Bucks point guard T.J. Ford will be among the top prospects.

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The Free Lance-Star : GILBERT ARENAS SAYS he’s been contacted by USA basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo about becoming a member of the U.S. national team.

The Washington Wizards point guard said he would accept an invitation to join the squad, which will compete at the world championships in Japan this summer and at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

“I couldn’t keep a smile off my face just to be mentioned,” Arenas told The Free Lance–Star. “Even if they don’t pick me, just to be thought about is a great honor. [Colangelo] asked me for a com mitment, and I have no problem with that.”

Arenas says Colangelo told him a small group of players will be selected in January while the rest of the pool—which is expected to total about 20 players—will be chosen in February.

“I told [Colangelo] like I tell everybody,” Arenas said, “If I’m not playing with you guys in the Olympics, I’m going to be playing basketball on the street anyway.”

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ESPN: Allen Iverson wants to be a part of the U.S. basketball team for the 2006 world championships and 2008 Olympics, USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said.

Colangelo met with Iverson on Wednesday before the Philadelphia 76ers played the Phoenix Suns.

"He wants to win a gold medal," said Colangelo, the chairman and CEO of the Suns. "He said that very clearly. He said if asked, he would be honored."

Colangelo, solely in charge of developing the pool of players invited to the team's training camp, plans to meet later this week with Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade and Tim Duncan. The Suns host the Miami Heat on Friday night and the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday.

Colangelo said he had never spoken at length with Iverson and wondered how the talk would go.

"He looked me right in the eye and said it would be an honor for him," Colangelo said. "It was a very positive experience."

Iverson was co-captain and the leading scorer on the U.S. team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Colangelo has made it clear that the U.S. team would not be a collection of superstars hastily put together. Instead, he wants a group, including role players, that would make a three-year commitment to participate in the camps and form a cohesive team for the worlds this year in Japan and the Olympics in Beijing.

Colangelo said he planned to announce the first batch of players for the camp by the NBA's All-Star break in mid-February.

Colangelo indicated that the Suns could have two players invited -- Shawn Marion and Amare Stoudemire. Colangelo called Marion "the most underrated player in the league." He also said that Stoudemire, out for at least four months following knee surgery, agreed to make the three-year commitment "about 30 seconds" into their conversation.

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