Chandler Eager to Fill His U.S. Team Role

2007/08/21 10:35:22 @NBA.com: News

In the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Lonnie White writes “Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony may be Team USA's marquee players, but the key to the national program's success may be how well role players such as center Tyson Chandler perform their jobs. Chandler, who has never averaged more than 10 points in a season, is among a group of selected big men -- which includes Amare Stoudemire, Dwight Howard and Nick Collison -- on the 14-man roster, and he knows why he was invited to Team USA's training camp. "They got us all here together on this team for a reason and they told me they wanted me to play defense and rebound the ball to get us extra shots," Chandler said. "That's what I do. . . . There was no way that I would turn down this opportunity.'”
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