Team USA Updates thread

Looks like Aldridge is not on the Select Team as previously mentioned. Lillard is, however.

http://www.usab.com/mens/national/14_mnt_las_vegas_camp.html

 

It's funny that Aldridge is named but he's not actually on the team. Aldridge must have declined the invitation.

 

Definitely disappointing. I think he could have made the team, and this was most likely his last shot.

 

So Dame probably needs to beat out one of Curry, Rose, and Irving to make the team. Still kinda iffy on Rose's ability to be healthy here.

 

I kind of hope LA was snubbed. He goes nuts after he gets slighted on stuff like this

 

No chance. He declined the invitation just like he declined every other invitation in the past.

 

Hasnt he only been invited twice and one of those times he declined was because he was recovery from surgery?

 

He was previously named to the roster before this. Only reason he's not on here is because he declined, like Melo, like Howard, like LeBron, etc....

I mean honestly, do you think he would be passed over for Kenneth Faried? Let's be serious here.

 

Coach K was pissed LAs camp didnt respond when he was recovery from injury a few years ago so wouldnt surprise me to see a fallout because of that.

 

I don't think people are that petty....

 

There not. Casey Holdahl tweeted LA withdrew his name.

 

Yeah, this was probably LA's last chance to play for team USA. He probably had a better chance of making the team than Dame. Disappointing but I'm betting LA would rather be with his family and I can't really blame him.

 

Im actually fine with him resting this summer. Dame is still young so id like him on the team and he was the talk of the camp last year.

 

Yeah LMA really values this time with his family. I can't fault him for that.

 

Jerry Colangelo said LaMarcus Aldridge told USA Basketball he's not available for FIBA World Cup. Could be last straw for Aldridge/re: USAB

I think this is what posters are already talking about, but just saw this tweeted today.

 

Yeah, there's been a few tweets about it.

 

[TWEET]488735193461977088[/TWEET]

 

Quick OT question, how do you embed tweets? I got the embed code but couldn't figure out how to do it

 

Each tweet has a number at the end of the URL. You put that number in the embed code.

 

Take just the number on the end of the URL from the actual tweet and put it between [ tweet] and [ /tweet] tags (minus the spaces of course).

There's also a blue-and-white tweet button in the post toolbar now. You can use that input the tweet number.