Down To Business: Team USA Puts Plan in Action

2008/07/21 18:13:19 @NBA.com: News

In the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, Steve Carp writes "from the moment the United States finished third in men's basketball in the 2004 Athens Olympics, all of USA Basketball's attention and energy have been devoted to putting America back on top. A new philosophy was introduced. A new management team and coaching staff were brought in. Thirty-three players were chosen to compete for 12 spots. Will it pay off? The Beijing Olympics are three weeks away and the quest for gold begins in earnest today as Team USA's Las Vegas training camp begins at Valley High School. ‘We've spent 2 1/2, almost three years getting ready and if we were to take an accounting right now, today, I'd say we're on target,' said Jerry Colangelo, USA Basketball managing director for the senior men's national team. ‘All the preliminaries are out of the way. Now we're ready for the final push.'"
[ VIEW FULL COVERAGE @NBA.com: News ]