DIFFERENT APPROACH

Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski
talks it out with center Tyson
Chandler.

Team USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski said he is using a different approach with the current Nationals in the ongoing FIBA World Championships, as compare to the gold-medal winning squad in Beijing Olympics two years ago, according to ESPN.com. The current Duke Blue Devils mentor prefers enthusiasm over perfection in his approach towards his young US team as he believes that perfection belongs to another set of National squad, obviously referring to the Beijing “Redeem Team”.

“I would like for them to be youthfully enthusiastic in trying to accomplish something, instead of trying to be perfect. Being perfect is about those other guys. 

“I think you should always look at the team. If we had all the main guys here, then you should nitpick anything because that's the world they live in. They always have to perform great, but we have a young group. I think our guys have done great, and part of it is this is their first experience. We still have five guys who are 21 years old, and I think they've been terrific, and now they get a chance to do something that will be a momentous thing for them in their careers if they can get it done.

“Wanting to win, being enthusiastic, loose balls, getting out in passing lanes, that's how we have to be with them. It's a different American team. It's changed from early spring, it's changed throughout. It changed right at the first practice when we lost Amare [Stoudemire], David [Lee] and [Brook] Lopez.”