Earlier today, KD received his 2021 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year trophy from Gregg Popovich, Head Coach of the 2020 U.S. Men's National Team. KD is now the U.S. Men's all-time Olympic leading scorer & owns 8 U.S. Olympic Men's records streamable.com/jq5ahp
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[Stein] Golden State's Steve Kerr has emerged as a favorite to succeed San Antonio's Gregg Popovich as head coach for the USA Basketball senior men's national team, league sources say. twitter.com/TheSteinLine/…
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Watching the men's and women's national soccer program shine makes me even sadder at the state of the national basketball team.

I think this will resonate for foreseeable future like the Raptors championship run. Soccer viewership, interest, and participation will rise even more so.

Our men's program specifically since we have so much NBA talent, completely dropped the ball. It would have been huge for basketball in this country. Makes me sad :(

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[Stein] Golden State's Steve Kerr has emerged as a favorite to succeed San Antonio's Gregg Popovich as head coach for the USA Basketball senior men's national team, league sources say.

Source From Marc Stein's Newsletter "The Stein Line" - Pop's likely USAB successor: Steve Kerr

Full Quote:

> Golden State's Steve Kerr has emerged as a favorite to succeed San Antonio's Gregg Popovich as head coach for the USA Basketball senior men's national team, league sources say.

> Miami's Erik Spoelstra is another natural candidate for the position, sources say, but prior experience on the national team coaching staff, given the vagaries of the international game, is believed to be a key prerequisite in the search led by new USA Basketball executive director Grant Hill.

> Kerr was an assistant under Popovich on the Olympic team that overcame a loss to France in its opener in Tokyo to win the United States' fourth successive gold medal in men's basketball. Kerr also coached alongside Popovich at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China, where a team weakened by the absence of numerous star players posted the worst showing (seventh) for a USAB team since NBA players were allowed to start playing Olympic basketball at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Spoelstra coached the USAB's select team in last summer’s mini-camp but was not on the bench with the full senior squad.

> In a subsequent interview with my longtime Bay Area colleague Tim Kawakami of The Athletic, Kerr affirmed his interest in taking over for Popovich.

> "Of course I'd be interested,' Kerr told Kawakami. "I mean, who wouldn't be?

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[Canada Basketball] Nate Bjorkgren, Nathaniel Mitchell to coach πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Senior Men’s National Team in upcoming FIBA competitions. twitter.com/canbball/stat…
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[Johnson] USA Basketball men's national team managing director Jerry Colangelo on Zach LaVine's Olympic selection: "He almost jumped through the phone he was so excited about the opportunity. And I love that."

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>USA Basketball men's national team managing director Jerry Colangelo on Zach LaVine's Olympic selection: "He almost jumped through the phone he was so excited about the opportunity. And I love that."

With those hops, he's jumping through anything lol

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Nick Nurse's open letter to supporters of Canada Basketball and the Senior Men's National Team basketball.ca/news/nick-n…
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JaVale McGee's selection to the USA Men's National Basketball Team will help the team more than other available options

JaVale McGee has been much maligned for his Tragic Bronson moments, his propensity to commit goaltending in the NBA, and his lack of any graceful offensive skills relative to other NBA players. However, the USA Basketball team was really planning on running with Bam Adebayo and Draymond Green at center with the now-removed Kevin Love. Bam and Draymond are great defenders, with Bam being especially switchable and versatile, and Draymond being a beast in general. However, the niche of tall, athletic, vertical, paint-prowling shot blocker was missing, which can be especially important for FIBA rules. As seen in previous Olympics, DeAndre Jordan was incredibly potent under FIBA rules, and it's not too much of a stretch to think that JaVale could do the same for this team, especially with the lack of defensive 3 second and the goaltending rule change.

USA Basketball was seriously considering playing with only Bam/Draymond against the likes of Gobert, Marc Gasol (yes, he's old but still needs a big body on him), Luis Scola (yes, he's even older but he knows exactly how to use his size to his advantage still), and Australia's collection of solid if not spectacular bigs. They're lucky Lithuania didn't make it (with Valanciunas) and that Jokic didn't play.

As for other options, common names that have been mentioned to fulfill the same positional niche have been Jarrett Allen (probably out for contract), Myles Turner (injured), Zion (injury recovery), Christian Wood (offensively-focused), and Dwight Howard (old but still solid). Mason Plumlee obviously has experience and brings more on offense than McGee, but JaVale should be more of a force around the rim, which seems to be where USAB is lacking at the moment. I haven't heard as much discussion about Brook Lopez (probably wants a break after the finals), Time Lord (injury, young), Montrezl Harrell (would get cooked on defense but would be a Faried-esque choice), Daniel Gafford (digging deep here), and Andre Drummond (could be good, could torpedo the team), but they were passed over or not next up (or turned it down) for whatever reason. Tobias Harris' name was floated and he would have been intriguing too. Evidently, choices for bigs are limited.

I also believe that other positions and roles are more than sufficiently covered, except the team could use more lead/secondary playmakers. Wings are plenty represented and guards lacking in defense are definitely present.

TL;DR: As long as JaVale sticks to rebounding,

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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[Johnson] USA Basketball men's national team managing director Jerry Colangelo on Zach LaVine's Olympic selection: "He almost jumped through the phone he was so excited about the opportunity. And I love that." twitter.com/KCJHoop/statu…
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[Spears] Olympic gold medalist and former NBA star Grant Hill has been approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors as the next managing director of the USA Men’s National Team. Hill will succeed current managing director Jerry Colangelo after the Tokyo Olympics. twitter.com/MarcJSpears/s…
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Somali High School basketball player, Amier Ali, is one of the 24 athletes called up to join USA Men's Junior National Team training camp. reddit.com/gallery/oifu5i
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TIL that the only still existing country to have won the men’s basketball and men’s football olympic gold medals is Argentina (Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union are the other two) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soc…
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Goldenstate Warriors sell their 2019 home court wood panels to Canada Basketball to be used for the mens national teams Olympic qualifying tourney in BC this summer.

The New York Times: Canadian Basketball Hopes a New Floor Will Raise Its Ceiling. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/sports/basketball/canada-basketball-olympics-raptors.html

I just wanted to send a big thank you to the Warriors organization for doing such a classy move and selling their old court to Team Canada.

The court was going to be shredded and used by a brewery. They bought it for $250k and an additional $18k for the centre circle which Warriors wanted to reuse. This court is the most precious keepsake in Canada basketball. Golden state could have easily said no. Thanks to David Marsh head of Warriors Logistics, who so happens to be Canadian too.

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Nigerian men's national basketball team after they beat USMNT in an exhibition game
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If Yugoslavia were to reform a national team
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Swedish Men’s National Basketball Team Fined for Not Wearing Grey Sweatpants During Warmups medium.com/partially-obst…
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50 Years Ago Today (March 27, 1971) The UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball Team defeats the Villanova Wildcats 68-62 to win the NCAA national championship
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A familiar name is headed to the National Football League as former University of Hawaii men’s basketball player Sammis Reyes signed a free agent contract as a tight end with the Washington Football Team earlier this month. khon2.com/sports/once-a-r…
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A picture of the Kentucky men's basketball team as Miss USA stepped onto the court.
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Arkansas Assistant Coach David Patrick Named to Australia Men’s Basketball National Team Staff for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. arkansasrazorbacks.com/da…
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TIL about the 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team. The first basketball team with an all-black starting lineup to win the National Championship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/196…
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[Madani] Rowan Barrett, the GM of Canada's national men's basketball team, tells me Andrew Wiggins has committed to play for Team Canada this summer at the World Cup in China. Huge boost to help the chances at qualifying for next summer's Tokyo Olympics. twitter.com/ArashMadani/s…
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Do you think the men's basketball team can win a national championship in the next few years?

Even when we lose key players, as long as we keep making the tournament and getting strong recruiting classes each year, I think we can in the next few years

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After the breakup of the USSR, the Lithuanian basketball team couldn't afford to participate in the 1992 Olympics, so the Grateful Dead funded the team's expenses and sent a box of tie-dyed outfits in Lithuania's national colours. They went on to win bronze.
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Personal injury lawyer in OK tweets joke about the 2001&2011 plane crashes that killed Students, athletes, coaches, media members, and boosters of OSU's mens and womens basketball programs. All because his ftball team lost to their in state rival. Hes purged all socials. Profile removed from firm. reddit.com/gallery/r50j4t
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[Game Thread] Charlotte Hornets vs People's Republic of China Men's National Basketball team

Monday, Jul. 8, 2019 β€’ 11:00 PM ET

Cox Pavilion β€’ Las Vegas, NV

National TV: ESPNU

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Tallahassee Community College men's basketball team ranked #3 in national preseason polls wtxl.com/sports/college-s…
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Alabama is the first school to beat AP top-5 teams in college football and men's college basketball on the same day.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1467338170132017159?s=20

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Fans of Yugoslavia with flags of the Balkan country during a match of their national team. (probably 80s)
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Minnesota has a top-25 CBB team, a solid young nucleus on its NBA team, a men's college hoops superstar, the WNBA rookie of the year, a women's college basketball superstar and the nation's No. 1 recruit in H.S. boys basketball. Special time for the state's basketball community. twitter.com/MedcalfByESPN…
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Due to potential COVID-19 issues within the Colorado men’s basketball program, the teams have mutually agreed to cancel tonight’s game. The game will not be rescheduled this season. twitter.com/KUHoops/statu…
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[Madani] Rowan Barrett, the GM of Canada's national men's basketball team, tells me Andrew Wiggins has committed to play for Team Canada this summer at the World Cup in China. Huge boost to help the chances at qualifying for next summer's Tokyo Olympics. twitter.com/ArashMadani/s…
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Team USA Men's Basketball National Team will be practicing three times at our Lakers' Practice Facility in El Segundo, California next week. usab.com/mens/national-te…
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Myles Turner Selected to Attend 2019 USA Basketball Men’s National Team Training Camp
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What was the Best UConn Men's Basketball Team That Didn't Win A National Championship? 860production.com/home/wh…
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As of right now the US Men’s National Basketball Team is:

PG

Kyle Lowry

De’Aaron Fox ^promoted

Kemba Walker

Derrick White ^promoted

SG

Jaylen Brown

Donovan Mitchell

Marcus Smart

SF

Harrison Barnes

Khris Middleton

Jayson Tatum

PF

Kyle Kuzma

P.J. Tucker

Thaddeus Young

C

Bam Adebayo

Brook Lopez

Mason Plumlee

Myles Turner

The final roster must be cut down to 12 players + 1 neutral player who cannot be listed to play with all others that can fill in in case of injury

Who do you think will make the final roster?

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A lot to like about this group. πŸ“Έ First look at the USA Men's National Team training camp squad. - USA Basketball. Also, just how tall is our point guard? He has definitely has grown taller.
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