Jul 26, 2012

7/26/2012 05:38:00 PM
The way FIBA Basketball is set up you would like some continuity within your Team so some players could mesh quicker than others. Like most Teams in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London have that in abundance as most of their Teams have been playing together for quite some time.

Team USA saw an Opportunity to get the Team to mesh quicker and they added the 3rd Piece in the OK City Trio that dominated the Logo in 2011-12. By Fault Team USA Men's Basketball had Three Players that have been playing together for a few Seasons and their Roles, Coach K and Mr. Bigs..USA Basketball Head and Phoenix Sports Mogul Jerry Colangelo, would be a perfect fit for Team USA.

Adding 2011-12 Logo All-Star Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook was a No-Brainer and a Must for the Quest for the Gold Medal. By adding their 3rd Wheel and the 2011-12 6th Man of the Year in the Logo in James Harden none of their Roles would differ for Team USA. Hence you get Continuity and Players playing in the Natural Positions which means you will get Maximum Production out of the Three.

As we go to press Durant and Uncle Russ have been vital to Team USA on both Offense and Defense. James Harden aka Big game James 2.0 hasn't been so lucky as Coach K looks like he is trying to find a Nice Rotation going into the Olympics and Harden hasn't been used all that often. The good thing is that Harden's Role is no Different than he is used to because he comes off the Bench in OK City as well so he will be ready when called upon.

The One guy Team USA could think is Thunder Alley GM Sam Presti for drafting all these Players and slowly building the Team around them as their Games became steadily improved. Three Olympians on One NBA Team is for Team USA is unheard of and now you know why the Heat and Thunder battled to the O'Briens to their City for at least a Year if not longer.

As for who these Three Players represent Durant represents the DMV (Washington D.C, Maryland, and Virginia Metro Area), Hookem' Horns in UT Austin. Uncle Russ represents Long Beach, CA and the Bruins of UCLA, and Harden represents Lakewood California and the LA Area as well as Tempe, Arizona and the Sun Devils of Arizona State.

All Three represent NIKE BASKETBALL to the Fullest.....the KD IV, Uncle Russ Nike Zoom HyperFUSE 2012, and Fear the Beard..Harden is in the Nike HyperDUNK Low..... #GameON

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