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kikanga Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:13 am Post subject: 34-man USA Basketball Minicamp Roster |
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Who do you guys think will make the 12-13 man final roster. And what would your rotation look like?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2541540-usa-basketball-2015-minicamp-roster-participants-details-and-comments
Starters: Curry, Westbrook, Durant, Lebron, Anthony Davis
Bench: CP3, James Harden, Paul George, Blake Griffin, Deandre Jordan,
Kyrie Irving, Carmelo Anthony, Jimmy Butler
Snubbed: Klay Thompson, Kawhi Leonard, John Wall, Dwight Howard, Lamarcus Aldridge, Demar Derozan, Kevin Love, Draymond Green, Mike Conley _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better” |
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USCandLakers Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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Starters from the last Olympics will remain starters I believe. CP3, Durant and LeBron. I think Coach K has only broken that rule when he sent Melo to the bench for Durant. I predict Klay Thompson will take over Kobe's position at SG. I don't know about the C spot. It's between Davis, DeAndre and Dwight.
PG: CP3/Curry
SG: Klay/Westbrook/Harden
SF: Durant/Melo
PF: LeBron/Davis
C: Dwight/DeAndre
Kwi might take over the Iggy role.
Wildcards for me are Cousins, George and Irving. Cousins has the potential to be best player for the C spot if he comes motivated. _________________ A banana is killed every time a terrible thread or post is made. Save the bananas. Stop creating terrible posts! |
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kikanga Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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^No love for Blake Griffin or Jimmy Butler? _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better” |
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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kikanga wrote: | ^No love for Blake Griffin or Jimmy Butler? |
(bleep) Blake because of his Clipper Association and (bleep) Jimmy for not coming to the Lakers |
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USCandLakers Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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kikanga wrote: | ^No love for Blake Griffin or Jimmy Butler? |
SG/SF spots are loaded. I had Blake on the team and then took him off. But thinking about it more, I think he might make it. I don't see him as a great fit, though. _________________ A banana is killed every time a terrible thread or post is made. Save the bananas. Stop creating terrible posts! |
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Wilkes52 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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Isn't there another nine or ten months of NBA training camps, pre-season, regular season, and playoffs before USA Basketball starts whittling down their ranks for something even close to a realistic lineup evaluation ? Suggest we not spin our wheel now on this.
The minicamp is just orientation.
I'm waiting until next June. The real candidate pool shows up at Coach K's gym door then, after the injured prominent starters and reserves drop. |
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Corey78 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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USCandLakers wrote: | Starters from the last Olympics will remain starters I believe. CP3, Durant and LeBron. I think Coach K has only broken that rule when he sent Melo to the bench for Durant. I predict Klay Thompson will take over Kobe's position at SG. I don't know about the C spot. It's between Davis, DeAndre and Dwight.
PG: CP3/Curry
SG: Klay/Westbrook/Harden
SF: Durant/Melo
PF: LeBron/Davis
C: Dwight/DeAndre
Kwi might take over the Iggy role.
Wildcards for me are Cousins, George and Irving. Cousins has the potential to be best player for the C spot if he comes motivated. |
You don't have Davis starting? I put Curry over cp3. |
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Jackobe Star Player
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Kawhi should make it because of his defensive versatility.
anyway, I hope USA loses if Lebron is playing and Kobe isn't, that would be so fun to watch. |
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yinoma2001 Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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These camps are where top players conspire to team up, etc. sad we don't have any guys there to recruit when we will have space for 2 max deals in a year. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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I'd put Davis over Dwight at C. In international play, Davis is a Center. |
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krisobe Star Player
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Curry
Klay
KD
LeBron
AD
Unstoppable. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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USCandLakers wrote: | Starters from the last Olympics will remain starters I believe. CP3, Durant and LeBron. I think Coach K has only broken that rule when he sent Melo to the bench for Durant. I predict Klay Thompson will take over Kobe's position at SG. I don't know about the C spot. It's between Davis, DeAndre and Dwight.
PG: CP3/Curry
SG: Klay/Westbrook/Harden
SF: Durant/Melo
PF: LeBron/Davis
C: Dwight/DeAndre
Kwi might take over the Iggy role.
Wildcards for me are Cousins, George and Irving. Cousins has the potential to be best player for the C spot if he comes motivated. |
I think Cousins makes it over DeAndre. He was very good for Team USA last year. I think Kawhi makes it too, for the reason that you mentioned. I think Davis/Cousins should be the C rotation, FWIW.
I'd love to see what a Curry/Klay/Durant/LeBron/Davis lineup could do. Good Lord. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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GoldenThroat wrote: | USCandLakers wrote: | Starters from the last Olympics will remain starters I believe. CP3, Durant and LeBron. I think Coach K has only broken that rule when he sent Melo to the bench for Durant. I predict Klay Thompson will take over Kobe's position at SG. I don't know about the C spot. It's between Davis, DeAndre and Dwight.
PG: CP3/Curry
SG: Klay/Westbrook/Harden
SF: Durant/Melo
PF: LeBron/Davis
C: Dwight/DeAndre
Kwi might take over the Iggy role.
Wildcards for me are Cousins, George and Irving. Cousins has the potential to be best player for the C spot if he comes motivated. |
I think Cousins makes it over DeAndre. He was very good for Team USA last year. I think Kawhi makes it too, for the reason that you mentioned. I think Davis/Cousins should be the C rotation, FWIW.
I'd love to see what a Curry/Klay/Durant/LeBron/Davis lineup could do. Good Lord. |
That was the lineup I was going to write about but it didn't have any lakers in it which made me sad |
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