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February 12, 2010, Friday
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NATIONAL Basketball Association All Stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James were among nine members of the gold-medal winning 2008 US Olympic team named to the 2010-12 US men's national team program on Wednesday.
Players from the 27-member pool will be eligible to play for the US team at the 2010 world championships and, assuming the Americans qualify, the 2012 London Olympic Games.
"I think we have taken a step up from the last quad (quadrant)," team head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who led the US to the Beijing gold, told a teleconference.
"We've got a great mix of players who are now experienced in the international game and some of the most promising and exciting players coming up through the USA Basketball program," Krzyzewski, the Duke University coach, said in an earlier statement.
Fellow 2008 Olympic gold medalists Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets, Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz, Toronto Raptors' Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul, and Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade joined Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) and James (Cleveland Cavaliers) on the team.
"The reason they're back is because they are deserving of being back," said USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo.
"Their performance in Beijing was truly a team effort in every respect, he said, "and if you can keep something going like that, you do."
But Colangelo stressed the team announcement was just the first step in selecting the players that will carry the US banner at the world championships and Olympics.
"Just as was the case in 2006-08, the composition of the USA national team will be fluid and by that I mean there could be additions to this group," he said.
The world championships will be held in Turkey in late August and early September, with USA Basketball holding camps in July and August.
Players from the 27-member pool will be eligible to play for the US team at the 2010 world championships and, assuming the Americans qualify, the 2012 London Olympic Games.
"I think we have taken a step up from the last quad (quadrant)," team head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who led the US to the Beijing gold, told a teleconference.
"We've got a great mix of players who are now experienced in the international game and some of the most promising and exciting players coming up through the USA Basketball program," Krzyzewski, the Duke University coach, said in an earlier statement.
Fellow 2008 Olympic gold medalists Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets, Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz, Toronto Raptors' Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul, and Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade joined Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) and James (Cleveland Cavaliers) on the team.
"The reason they're back is because they are deserving of being back," said USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo.
"Their performance in Beijing was truly a team effort in every respect, he said, "and if you can keep something going like that, you do."
But Colangelo stressed the team announcement was just the first step in selecting the players that will carry the US banner at the world championships and Olympics.
"Just as was the case in 2006-08, the composition of the USA national team will be fluid and by that I mean there could be additions to this group," he said.
The world championships will be held in Turkey in late August and early September, with USA Basketball holding camps in July and August.
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