In the REVIEW-JOURNAL, Steve Carp writes that USA Basketball "routed Puerto Rico 116-82 in a practice game Tuesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Team USA appeared to send a serious message to Puerto Rico, which whipped to the United States 92-73 in preliminary-round play at the 2004 Olympics. Tuesday's game, played in front of about 4,500 Nellis Air Force Base personnel and family members, was a tuneup for Thursday's (ESPN, 11:00 ET) nationally televised exhibition against Puerto Rico at the Thomas & Mack."
They are gonna kill this year and in the Olympics as well. They have a great mix of players who actually get along. I think they made the right decision in leaving out Iverson, he wouldn't be a good fit.
Carmelo was the best player on the court apparently. 10 for 13 shooting for 23 points in a blowout is awesome. It doesn't seem so farfetched right now that he could start for this team.
Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Antawn Jamison and Dwight Howard started during this scrimmage game.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting virve119:</div><div class="quote_post">Jamison over Bosh, Amare and Brand!?</div> Maybe Coach K wants his 4 to have more perimeter skills. Like Shawn Marion. I guess Bosh, Amare, and Brand will be used more as centers.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting antonyo09:</div><div class="quote_post">they play again tommorow on espn 2 at 11p.m.</div> Did ESPN2 change their time? I woke up at 11pm and turned to ESPN2 but I didn't see any USA game? Do you know exactly the time they air it on pacific time?