* It has been reported that, in the wake of Greg Oden, Kirk Heinrich, and Shane Battier withdrawing from the US Basketball Team, the team's "executive management" has replaced them with one Nick Collison. In a related story, Nick Collison's mother was named executive management of Team USA yesterday. I read the headline on this story and thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, but apparently its true. Nick Collison, pictured above from the time he got arrested while wearing his own basketball jersey, was added to the team after Greg Ostertag, Luke Walton, World B. Free, Moses Malone, Jim MacIlvane, Benoit Benjamin, Greg Kite, Brad Dougherty, Larry Nance, Pervis Ellison, John Koncack, Cadillac Williams, Jayson Williams, Chris Gatling, John Salley, Kurt Rambis, Otis Thorpe, AC Green, Bo Kimble, LaPhonso Ellis, and Karl Malone's cabana boy all declined.
(Actually, as rediculous as it sounds, putting Collison on this team may be a good idea in terms of chemistry. For the last 15 years the US selection committee has figured that if they load up the roster with as many 27-point scorers then they will win. Not so. Collison is more of the role playing, boxing-out, non-limelight guy that the US actually needs to have a competant team. For this reason its very sad they lost Battier and Oden, becasue I think they are have similar qualities. Heinrich too.)Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/08/team-usa-report-oden-heinrich-battier.html
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