August 1, 201214 yr Author From the ESPN Knicks blog: CHANDLER HURTS HAND: From London to the Lower East Side, hoops fans held their breath Tuesday night when Team USA center Tyson Chandler left the game with a hand injury. Chandler appeared to hit the back of his hand on the rim while battling a Tunisian player for a rebound with 4:45 to go in the fourth quarter. Chandler was sidelined for the rest of the night, sitting on the bench with a bag of ice on the back of his hand. He finished the game with six points, six rebounds and a block in 15 minutes. Just like with the Knicks, Chandler's health is of the utmost importance to Team USA. With Dwight Howard and Blake Griffin sidelined due to injury, Chandler, Anthony Davis and Kevin Love are the only big men on the national team. Without Chandler, the U.S. would be handcuffed against a team like Spain, which features plenty of size (Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol and Serge Ibaka).
August 1, 201214 yr 2012 Olympics -- Anthony Davis impresses in blowout of Tunisia - ESPN "I was just having a ball," Davis said after flushing home memorable alley-oop feeds from both Chris Paul and Kevin Durant. If it seems as though everyone on Team USA want to lob it to the kid, it's because they all do. Dream Team 12th man Christian Laettner stopped by practice this week and told ESPN.com that, contrary to legend, "all of [the original Dream Teamers] were pretty good to me after the first practice." The reverance from Davis from all his new mentors, however, seems boundless. LeBron James contends that the 7-footer already "reminds me of Marcus Camby." Kobe Bryant proclaimed after Sunday's win over France that he has taken Davis "under my wing" and that "everywhere I go, he goes." Deron Williams, meanwhile, has been raving about Davis' athleticism, energy level and the ground he covers defensively -- "Those things you can't teach," D-Will says -- since Team USA got to Europe. He has seen enough to refer to him, even at this stage of Davis' development, as a certain "franchise player." "You can tell," D-Will says. "And he doesn't even really know how to play the game yet. Once he figures out that, he definitely can be a scary player."
August 1, 201214 yr 2012 Olympics -- Anthony Davis impresses in blowout of Tunisia - ESPN "I was just having a ball," Davis said after flushing home memorable alley-oop feeds from both Chris Paul and Kevin Durant. If it seems as though everyone on Team USA want to lob it to the kid, it's because they all do. Dream Team 12th man Christian Laettner stopped by practice this week and told ESPN.com that, contrary to legend, "all of [the original Dream Teamers] were pretty good to me after the first practice." The reverance from Davis from all his new mentors, however, seems boundless. LeBron James contends that the 7-footer already "reminds me of Marcus Camby." Kobe Bryant proclaimed after Sunday's win over France that he has taken Davis "under my wing" and that "everywhere I go, he goes." Deron Williams, meanwhile, has been raving about Davis' athleticism, energy level and the ground he covers defensively -- "Those things you can't teach," D-Will says -- since Team USA got to Europe. He has seen enough to refer to him, even at this stage of Davis' development, as a certain "franchise player." "You can tell," D-Will says. "And he doesn't even really know how to play the game yet. Once he figures out that, he definitely can be a scary player." Goosebumps, excited about the young mans future.
August 1, 201214 yr Kentucky Sports Radio » Blog Archive » Did Christian Laettner lobby for more minutes for Davis? ^Article about Christian Laettner trying to get Davis some more minutes in these Olympics.
August 2, 201214 yr Author Team USA (2-0) takes on Nigeria (1-1) this afternoon at 5:15 eastern (10:15 p.m. local prevailing time in London).
August 3, 201214 yr Author Team USA mauled Nigeria tonight 156-73. 156 is the most points ever scored in an Olympic basketball game. Carmelo Anthony broke the American scoring record with 33 points (10-12 from 3) Anthony Davis was 4 of 4 from the floor, 1 of 2 from the line. 6 rebounds. A couple more nice slams from Davis including a reverse.
August 3, 201214 yr Author When Anthony went to the scorer's table to report near the end of the 2nd quarter, he couldn't go in. He didn't have the Team USA jersey on under the warm-up jacket. Had to wait until the 2nd half to get in the game.
August 3, 201214 yr When Anthony went to the scorer's table to report near the end of the 2nd quarter, he couldn't go in. He didn't have the Team USA jersey on under the warm-up jacket. Had to wait until the 2nd half to get in the game. [ATTACH=CONFIG]37073[/ATTACH] That's absolutely hilarious, I bet they were giving him hell for that rookie move.
August 3, 201214 yr Author Tyson Chandler was on Mike and Mike this morning. He was taking some ribbing for his lack of scoring in the 156 point outburst against Nigeria yesterday. Chandler responded by pointing out that the Knicks had accounted for 39 points (... his 2 and Carmelo Anthony's 37).
August 3, 201214 yr Tyson Chandler was on Mike and Mike this morning. He was taking some ribbing for his lack of scoring in the 156 point outburst against Nigeria yesterday. Chandler responded by pointing out that the Knicks had accounted for 39 points (... his 2 and Carmelo Anthony's 37). :lol: Melo went 10-12 from 3.
August 4, 201214 yr Team USA plays Lithuania Saturday morning @ 9:30 eastern. Thanks for the heads up, you just made it easier to do cardio at the gym for an hour tomorrow morning.
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