Team USA
McMillan Steps Down as Team USA Assistant
Nate McMillan won’t re-join Mike Krzyzewski’s USA Basketball coaching staff, the former Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach told Yahoo! Sports. Krzyzewski announced Thursday that he will remain as Team USA’s head coach through 2016.... »Read More
Source: D’Antoni Not Returning to Team USA
Former Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni has told Mike Krzyzewski he will not be rejoining his new Olympic staff, according to a league source. Team USA will announce Krzyzewski’s return tomorrow as U.S. Olympic coach... »Read More
Krzyzewski to Remain USA Basketball Coach
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will be returning as the head coach of USA Basketball for the 2016 Olympics, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. A formal announcement is expected in... »Read More
Kevin Love May Push Krzyzewski to Return
If Mike Krzyzewski is unsure whether to return as USA Basketball’s coach for the 2016 Olympics, would Kevin Love try to convince the Duke coach to return? “Of course,” Love said. Love said he’s... »Read More
Mike Krzyzewski to Remain Team USA Coach?
Even as Mike Krzyzewski ruled out a return as coach of the U.S. men’s basketball team, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo remained patient. “What I’ve said along is, with what he has contributed to... »Read More
Coach K Still Considering Coaching Team USA?
Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski acknowledged in a phone interview Saturday that he’s in discussions to return as head coach of USA Basketball through the 2016 Olympics. “There’s a chance,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s correct.” Krzyzewski... »Read More
Sources: Coach K Still Top Choice for Team USA
USA Basketball will not name its next men’s national team coach until after the college season is over at the earliest, according to sources familiar with the process. One key motivation for adopting that... »Read More
Collins Downplays Olympic Coaching Rumor
So (Doug) Collins, one of the stars of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team that lost the controversial gold-medal game to the Soviet Union, and a longtime Olympic basketball analyst, has been mentioned as a... »Read More
Davis Thankful to LeBron, Kobe, ‘Melo
(Question) How did you like being the only rookie on the United States Olympic team? (Answer: Anthony Davis) It was cool. It was a great experience learning and getting a chance to play with... »Read More
Walter Davis to Auction 1976 Gold Medal
Walter Davis, a member of the USA Basketball team that won gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, is auctioning off his gold medal as part of an annual “Hall of Fame” basketball-themed collection on... »Read More
Chris Paul Doesn’t Fear Lakers
Even though the Los Angeles Lakers look loaded going into next season, that doesn't mean Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul is nervous. »Read More
James Hopes to Play in 2016 Olympics
(LeBron) James told the Associated Press he would like to play in a fourth Olympics. He has not yet informed USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo of his intentions, but the 27-year-old said he’d like... »Read More
HOOPSWORLD Week In Review
HOOPSWORLD looks back at some of the top stories from the NBA this week! »Read More
FIBA Official: Too Early for U23 Rule
In a wide-ranging interview, FIBA Secretary General and IOC member Patrick Baumann talked about the future of the Olympics, the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the NBA. (Baumann:) Certainly from an NBA perspective, there’s... »Read More
Team USA Viewership Doubled Over Beijing
The USA Basketball men’s and women’s teams gold medal games deliver huge ratings drew big viewership numbers for their gold medal games on NBC — with 12.5 million viewers for the men, and 10.2... »Read More
Top 5 NBA Olympic Teams
With yet another Olympic gold medal in the books for U.S. Men's Basketball, we look at the best NBA-fed Olympic hoops teams since 1992. »Read More
James Undecided on Team USA Future
LeBron James: “It’s been a great run honestly. I don’t know if I’m going to be part of the 2016 team.” via Jeff Zillgitt via Twitter »Read More
Rivers: Collins Should Replace Coach K
Coach Mike Krzyzewski helped Team USA beat Spain in the gold medal game on Sunday then reiterated that he would not be back as the head man on the bench for the 2016 games... »Read More
Durant Sets Team USA Scoring Record
There are a million reasons why you would have expected Kevin Durant to struggle in the 2012 Olympics. For starters, he was coming off the biggest disappointment in his basketball career, a 4-1 loss... »Read More
James Joins Jordan on History List
LeBron (James) signed off with 19 points, seven rebounds and four assists and exchanged long, tight hugs with both (Mike) Krzyzewski and (Kevin) Durant before the final horn had even blown. Shortly thereafter, Coach... »Read More
Melo to be USA’s 1st Four-Time Olympian?
LeBron (James) clearly unsure about Rio in 2016, but Melo (Anthony) sure sounds up for being USA’s first four-time hoops Olympian: “I’m young! I’m only 28″ via Marc Stein via Twitter »Read More
The Olympics Belonged to LeBron James?
And, finally, full bloom for LeBron James on Sunday. Finally, the full realization of his prodigious talent and intelligence, the manifestation of the superstar completely controlling a collection of superstars, reaching higher and higher... »Read More
FIBA Chief: Age Limit Unlikely by 2016
NBA commissioner David Stern’s push to see an age limit of 23 for the men’s Olympic basketball tournament is losing steam. At least when it comes to the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. FIBA chief... »Read More
Coach K to Retire After Gold Medal Game
Mike Krzyzewski’s last game as U.S. coach will be for an Olympic gold medal. As the American men’s team prepared to play Spain for the Olympic title, Krzyzewski told the Associated Press that the... »Read More
Durant: ‘I think we’re a very tight team’
Kevin Durant is one of the more polite and accessible stars in the NBA. Thus, it didn’t surprise when he patiently listened to a long-winded question from a foreign journalist asking how the U.S.... »Read More
Howard Trade Shifts Focus Off Team USA?
When your team back home has just traded for Dwight Howard, managed to acquire Steve Nash before that and swings both of those blockbusters without surrendering Pau Gasol, you can put up with some... »Read More
Team USA to Meet Spain for Gold
Kobe Bryant and the United States will meet Pau Gasol and Spain for the Olympic gold medal, a historic rematch of the 2008 Beijing Games when Bryant helped Team USA hold off the Spaniards... »Read More
Sprained Ankle May Sideline Westbrook
Russell Westbrook suffered a mild right ankle sprain during the United States’ semifinal win against Argentina on Friday, and is uncertain for Sunday’s final. Westbrook was hurt while defending Argentina’s Marcos Mata on a... »Read More
Kevin Love Team USA’s Unsung Hero?
While everyone understandably laughs incredulously at Kobe Bryant’s 3-point onslaught and LeBron James’ first Olympic triple-double, there’s another guy who deserves a share of the spotlight after Team USA’s 119-86 win over Australia on... »Read More
James Records Historic Triple-Double
Once again, LeBron James is the answer. He’s the only answer to the question: Who’s having the best 2012 in the sport? One more time Wednesday night at these Olympics, James was the counter... »Read More
Bryant Finally Erupts in Win Over Australia
These Olympics have not been Kobe Bryant’s finest work. At 33, he is Team USA’s oldest player by four years, and he’s looked like it for long stretches of the tournament. He missed all... »Read More
Team USA Held to a Higher Standard?
Welcome to the Olympic basketball tournament, where once again the dysfunctional world community doesn’t include the United States. From Beijing to London, the Americans have been model Olympic citizens on the court and off... »Read More
Team USA Still Looks to Kobe to Lead?
Even Kobe Bryant’s teammates kept waiting for that look, that competitive countenance that fuels one of his scoring barrages. When it finally came, during the second half of the U.S. men’s basketball team’s 119-86... »Read More
Russia, Lithuania Blast David Stern
Before the emperor of basketball makes an entrance with his security detail and wing-tipped yes men into the arena here, David Stern ought to make sure to get to the tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday... »Read More
Will Team USA’s Flaws be Exposed?
Maybe it’s all true. Maybe this team gets sucked too easily into launching the long ball. Maybe it gambles too much defensively and maybe. Just maybe, it’s too small to make it all the... »Read More
Team USA Hits 20 Threes In Victory
From (Carmelo) Anthony to LeBron James to (Kevin) Durant, resistance was futile for Argentina. Argentina had subscribed to a strategy that Lithuania used on Saturday – protecting the paint, daring the Americans to shoot... »Read More
Argentina Low Blow Fires Up Team USA
As Carmelo Anthony crumpled on the floor with his hands cupping his groin, mayhem unfolded on the United States’ sideline. Tyson Chandler and Deron Williams screamed at Argentina players and threatened to meet them... »Read More
NBA AM: Team USA’s Wake-Up Call
Grind-it-out win against Lithuania could be crucial for Team USA... Paul Pierce reacts to Ray Allen's departure... Isaiah Austin tired of "soft" label »Read More
Argentina Wants USA ‘Uncomfortable’
Knicks point guard Pablo Prigioni said he hopes his Argentina squad can make Team USA look as vulnerable as it did in its 99-94 Olympic escape against Lithuania Saturday. Argentina, which came into the... »Read More
Argentina Team USA’s Toughest Test?
If Argentina gives Team USA its toughest game in Group A of the Olympic tournament, as so many international basketball experts presumed at the start of these Games, Monday night’s farewell to pool play... »Read More
Lithuania Shows Teams How to Beat USA?
The Lithuanians never come for the Americans’ autographs in these games, and now one of the world’s proudest national programs had pushed Team USA deeper and deeper into the fourth quarter. “We were still... »Read More
LeBron James Grateful Team USA ‘Tested’
The Americans were in serious trouble until James – in his third Olympics – stepped up in the closing minutes. “It was like LeBron said, ‘I got this, I’m doing this,” U.S. coach Mike... »Read More
Patty Mills Tops Melo’s Olympic Record
Coming into Saturday’s game between Australia and Great Britain, only five players had scored 30 points or more in this years Olympics, and this years highest scoring performance was Carmelo Anthony’s 37-point game against... »Read More
From The Olympics To The NBA
International prospects like Brazil's Raul Neto can use the Olympics to jump start their NBA careers. So who should North American fans be keeping an eye on? »Read More
Carmelo Anthony Losing the Selfish Tag?
Since joining the New York Knicks in February 2011, forward Carmelo Anthony has been tagged with a series of unflattering labels and descriptions. With the U.S. men’s team, Anthony has been anything but selfish.... »Read More
Hunter on U23 Issue: Players Have a Voice
National Basketball Players Association executive director Billy Hunter said he doesn’t know if the men’s Olympic basketball competition will become a 23-and-under event. But some NBA players “are supporting and enamored with the idea... »Read More
Team USA, Anthony Set Olympic Records
By the time the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team had finished toying with Nigeria, they set Olympic records for most points in a half and most points in a game in their 156-73 win,... »Read More
Coach K Looks to Get Stars Some Rest
It will likely be the last taste of relaxation his team gets. “We’re not here to see London Bridge,” Coach K said. Of course, (Mike) Krzyzewski has also been looking for openings to get... »Read More
Is Tyson Chandler Playing Through Injury?
Tyson Chandler told me today his “left hand” injury vs. Tunisia was due to a dislocated finger (suffered before Team USA) that swelled up. via Jared Zwerling via Twitter »Read More
Coach K Benches Team USA Starters
At least Tunisia forced Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski into his first benchings of the Olympics. With his team shockingly trailing Tunisia by three points late in the first quarter after a sluggish start,... »Read More
Doc Rivers to Coach Team USA in 2016?
(Doc) Rivers has no regrets about leaving Marquette for the NBA draft in the spring of 1983, missing his chance to play with Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, and Wayman Tisdale in the summer of... »Read More
Opponent Asks Kobe Bryant for Autograph
Fact: Tunisia played a tremendously entertaining 20 minutes of basketball against the U.S. on Tuesday night. Fact: Tunisia dunked, drained 3-pointers and watched with glee as Kobe Bryant — the great Kobe Bryant! —... »Read More
Will Players Willingly Give Up Olympics?
In the same way Barcelona was a new Olympic frontier for the Dream Team, a basketball World Cup needs to be presented that way to the NBA’s current generation. No U.S. Olympic team will... »Read More
Davis Proving Worth on Team USA?
Despite the size issues for the Americans, (Anthony) Davis’s talents haven’t been needed thus far in Team USA’s two wins. Because of extreme versatility throughout the roster, playing one true center in Tyson Chandler... »Read More
Coach K Expects Big Things from Love
The fact that (Mike) Krzyzewski was so eager to discuss the scene with (Kevin) Love should tell you that the coach clearly doesn’t see it as an overreaction. As he explains it now, heading... »Read More
NBA AM: Let’s Make A Deal
With less than 60 days until NBA teams open training camps, things will start to settle down a bit, however there are some situations to watch that don't involve Dwight Howard... A new Olympic... »Read More
LeBron: ‘We haven’t shown all our cards’
Said star forward LeBron James, referring to the Spaniards (namely Jose Calderon and the Gasol brothers) who made the claim that they held back somewhat in the teams’ exhibition game in Barcelona earlier in... »Read More
Will Players Unite on Olympic Age Issue?
The most incredible part of the debate about the NBA’s desire to run its superstars out of the Olympics is simple: The players can stop it. They’re left to believe that they’re without voices... »Read More
LeBron: ’12 Team Would Beat Dream Team
LeBron James has joined Kobe Bryant in saying that he believes this year’s Team USA Olympic men’s basketball team could beat the 1992 Dream Team. Days before the current U.S. squad takes the court... »Read More
Spain the Biggest Threat to Team USA?
Seven players on Spain’s roster have played in the NBA, and their success in the league makes it the top threat to unseat Team USA as the reigning Olympic champion. The brothers Gasol, Pau... »Read More
Anthony the Perfect Team USA Player?
The United States Olympic basketball program has always been the perfect refuge for Carmelo Anthony, liberating him of leadership and leaving him to shoot the basketball. These summers in the red, white and blue... »Read More
Team USA Needs James to Play Center?
LeBron James played a long stretch for Team USA in the second hal at the center position, and his versatility and strength pushed the Americans’ lead back to more than fifteen. That was all... »Read More
Kobe: Don’t Fall for Spain’s Mind Games
One by one, Spain’s most familiar NBA faces stopped to chat with the small group of American reporters traveling with Team USA before the Olympics, each of them sounding as though they just left... »Read More
Is Kevin Love Too Soft for Team USA?
Memo to Kevin Love: If you don’t knock someone on their ass tomorrow, and if you continue to play as though you have a sense of entitlement rather than a job to do, you... »Read More
Team USA Missing Howard’s Presence?
Through their first three exhibitions, Team USA hasn’t been challenged. As a result, they haven’t had to look at their weaknesses. As a result, they haven’t had to look at the players missing due... »Read More
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