eam USA coach Mike Krzyzewski has been a fan of Chicago Bulls star point guard Derrick Rose for a long time, so it should come as no surprise that the Hall of Fame coach is excited to see the former MVP back on the floor and is hopeful he will represent his country in the near future -- including the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. When asked specifically whether he would like to see Rose on the Olympic team, Krzyzewski said he was excited about the possibility, assuming the point guard's surgically repaired left knee holds up throughout this NBA season. Rose is just returning to the floor after missing almost a year and a half as he recovered from an ACL tear in his left knee. "Oh yeah," Krzyzewski told ESPNChicago.com on Tuesday night. "There's a process that [USA Basketball chairman] Jerry Colangelo will orchestrate all that. But it's not just 2016; we have to play in Spain next summer. It used to be the world championships and now it will be called the World Cup. And Derrick was our starting point guard when we won the world championships in Istanbul in 2010 and did a really good job. He was only 21 years old at that time and probably would have been on our Olympic team in London." Read more http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/9836079/mike-krzyzewski-wants-derrick-rose-olympic-team
I was against Deng risking injury with the Olympics and have similar reservations with Rose...but what the heck -- I'm feeling cheeky today. USA! USA!
