Bryant, Kidd Are 'Elderly Statesmen' of American Youth Brigade

2008/07/30 22:34:06 @NBA.com: News

In the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Mark Heisler writes "Mike Krzyzewski doesn't plan to name captains this time but he doesn't have to. With or without titles, the leaders are 35-year-old Jason Kidd and Kobe Bryant, who'll turn 30 Aug. 23, the day before the Olympic basketball final. ‘The team two years ago was truly not the team that would have represented us in the world championships,' Colangelo said, ‘only because some guys were not available. ‘To start with, Kobe [who had arthroscopic knee surgery]. To start with, Jason Kidd [who was excused for family reasons]. ‘Here you're talking about Kobe and Jason, two elderly statesmen, if you will, leaders, competitors. They truly are the leaders of this team. The younger players -- I'm talking about Carmelo, LeBron, Wade, all of them -- they defer to Kobe and to Jason as leaders.'”
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