Team USA Basketball

Derrick Rose steals the show at Team USA exhibition: Sunday, July 25, 2010; Rose, Durant and white squad beat blue team 114-96 in intrasquad match; By Case Keefer; If exhibition basketball is all about thrilling the crowd, then Derrick Rose deserves a gold medal for his performance Saturday night in Team USA’s Blue vs. White Showcase. Although Kevin Durant led the White team to a 114-96 victory against the Blue Squad with 28 points, it was Rose who garnered the most ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ from the 11,635 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Rondo, Rose included on point guard-heavy Team USA roster: Saturday, July 24, 2010; TEAM USA TRAINING CAMP 2010: Showcase scheduled for tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center; By Case Keefer; In recent years, many have referred to the NBA as a point guard-driven league. That’s evidenced nowhere better than this week’s Team USA training camp in Las Vegas.

Kevin Durant: The new face of Team USA: Friday, July 23, 2010; Team USA Training Camp 2010: While other stars declined invitation, Durant jumped at chance to play in World Championship; By Case Keefer; As soon as the Cox Pavilion doors swung open for the media to watch the end of the USA Basketball National Team's scrimmage Thursday, all eyes were on Kevin Durant.

Olympics or not, Team USA on mission starting this week in Las Vegas: Wednesday, July 21, 2010; TEAM USA TRAINING CAMP 2010: Veterans, youngsters alike hoping to set country up with free pass into 2012 Olympics field; By Ryan Greene; No, it's not the Olympics. Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski, however, is referencing history this week to make the 20 players attempting to make the cut for next month's FIBA World Championships in Turkey realize the significance of the situation.

After testing NBA waters, Jimmer Fredette back to business with USA Select team: Wednesday, July 21, 2010; Team USA Training Camp 2010: BYU star senior hopes to learn from some of game's top guards this week in Las Vegas; By Ryan Greene; When BYU guard Jimmer Fredette worked out for NBA team after NBA team in selling himself as a potential draft pick this summer, he constantly was left guessing. Rarely - if ever - did any of those doing the evaluating give him open critiques or pointers on what he needed to improve if he went back to school. Now, he'll learn firsthand this week what those within several NBA franchises wouldn't tell him.

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh will bring merry circus to Las Vegas in two weeks: Thursday, July 8, 2010; TEAM USA: New Miami Heat trio will take part in Team USA training camp, area nightlife for five days beginning on July 20; By Ryan Greene; Whatever aftershocks are created from NBA superstar LeBron James' nationally televised decision Thursday to jump ship and join the Miami Heat, a significant one will take place in Las Vegas in about two weeks. In preparation for the FIBA World Championships, Team USA will hold its summer training camp in Las Vegas from July 20-23, followed by the team's showcase exhibition contest at 7 p.m. July 24 at the Thomas and Mack Center.

Colangelo gets basketball ‘fix’ from U.S. hoops squad: Monday, July 27, 2009; Team USA basketball: Coach K credits him for keeping continuity with Team USA; By Rob Miech; In the alley behind his home on 22nd Street in Hungry Hill, on the south side of Chicago, someone tossed 7-year-old Jerry Colangelo a basketball. “Just the smell of that ball meant so much to me,” he says of that moment in 1946. “It was the beginning of a love affair. Been that way ever since.”

Experience of a lifetime for high school basketball players: Monday, July 27, 2009; TEAM USA BASKETBALL: Trio from Boulder City work as ball boys for U.S. national team; By Ray Brewer; Boulder CIty High basketball players Joey Felsenfeld, Chris Leach and Ryan Bowen worked the last three days as ball boys for the U.S. national team during its mini-camp in Las Vegas.

Grizzlies forward battles for spot on national team: Sunday, July 26, 2009; Team USA basketball: Rudy Gay hopes he showed enough at Vegas mini-camp to make it; By Rob Miech; It wasn’t just a middle-of-the-summer pick-up basketball game with some friends and a few acquaintances to Rudy Gay. Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center, the former Connecticut star and forward for the Memphis Grizzlies showed how much he wants to be part of the U.S. senior national team.

Players clamoring to play for the red, white and blue on Team USA: Saturday, July 25, 2009; Team USA basketball:; By Rob Miech; Jerry Colangelo and Mike Krzyzewski and Kobe Bryant and LeBron James made wearing the red, white and blue cool again, and it helped that those colors have been trimmed in gold since August. Colangelo assembled the U.S. national basketball squad, coached by Duke boss Mike Krzyzewski, that defeated Spain for the title at the Olympics last year in Beijing. It took a few years, but young elite players are now clamoring to be a part of Team USA and play with Bryant, James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony.

Randolph reports for duty — on U.S. national basketball team: Friday, July 24, 2009; By Rob Miech; Anthony Randolph Jr. got the call to serve his country the other day and quickly called his parents. Anthony Sr. and Crystal served in the U.S. Army. “They both cried,” said Junior, who parlayed a blistering NBA Summer League performance into a spot on the U.S. national basketball team.

Boulder City coach has special bond with Duke basketball: Monday, July 13, 2009; By Ray Brewer; Boulder City High assistant basketball coach John Balistere has worked Duke's summer camp the last eight years. His relationship with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski opened the door for Boulder City players to work as ball boys last summer for the Krzyzewski-coached national team when they trained at Valley High.

Colangelo looking forward to Vegas mini-camp: Friday, June 12, 2009; basketball: Team USA chairman expects Rose, Durant and Mayo to participate; By Rob Miech; Jerry Colangelo left a Phoenix barbershop Thursday afternoon with a spring in his step, but not because he was just a tad lighter. The architect of USA Basketball has been gliding since Team USA captured Olympic gold in China last summer.

Team USA likely to keep calling Las Vegas home: Thursday, October 16, 2008; BASKETBALL: Colangelo says he'll probably keep managing the team; By Rob Miech; Odds are that Jerry Colangelo will return to manage the U.S. national basketball team and that Team USA will continue to use Las Vegas as its summer training site.

Summer is basketball season in Vegas: Monday, July 28, 2008; By Rob Miech; A guy walked by the high-roller lounge at Wynn the other night, with his four kids in tow, and stopped in his tracks when he saw who was playing blackjack at the $500-minimum table.