MORE NEW FACES FOR TEAM USA

With training cap set to start on July 20 (Manila time) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Basketball has included several new faces to reinforce the revamp National team to the FIBA World Basketball Championships in Turkey this coming August. According to the official website of USAB, Tyson Chandler (Dallas Mavericks), Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics) and Robin Lopez (Phoenix Suns) are the latest addition to the National training pool. 21 NBA players are expected to attend the training camp. Most if not all the members of the gold-medal winning US squad in the Beijing Olympics are not seeing action in the Turkey joust. Team USA has not won the World cage title since 1994. Chandler saw action for the Nationals during the Tournament of the Americas in 2007, the qualifiers for the Beijing quadrennial meet.

“Dallas Mavericks’ recently acquired center Tyson Chandler, Phoenix Suns center Robin Lopez and Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo have been added to the 2010-12 USA Basketball Men’s National Team, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo announced today. Additionally, USA Basketball also confirmed that 21 players are expected to actively participate in the upcoming July 19-24 USA Basketball Men’s National Team training camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

“Confirmed to be on the court in Las Vegas are Chauncey Billups (Denver Nuggets); Chandler; Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Tyreke Evans (Sacramento Kings); Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies); Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers); Danny Granger (Indiana Pacers); Jeff Green (Oklahoma City Thunder); Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers); David Lee (Golden State Warriors); Brook Lopez (New Jersey Nets); Robin Lopez; Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves); O.J. Mayo (Memphis Grizzlies); Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers); Rondo; Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); Amar’e Stoudemire (New York Knicks); Gerald Wallace (Charlotte Bobcats); and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder).”