Jason Kidd

1. LeBron James - 100 Olympic Athletes To Watch - TIME

time.com     15 hrs ago   44 related          

O.K., world, pin this one on your locker-room wall. LeBron James is picturing himself on the Beijing medal stand, gold draping his gargantuan chest. After all, a constellation of the world's best players — the U.S. team...                

5 Things to Keep an Eye On: Team USA Versus the Molten Remains of Team Canada

aol.com     14 hrs ago   3 related          

Filed under: USA Basketball The Olympics are here! The Olympics are here!Well, kind of. Tonight Team USA, after a hard week of practice against Team USA Select (not to be confused with Team USA Extra Crispy) takes on Team...                

Links: Separated At Links

slamonline.com     15 hrs ago          

But I won’t. I saw a link the other day to something on ESPN the Mag’s website which was billed as a list of all the celebrity/athlete lookalikes in sports, and I was pretty disappointed by their brevity as well as lack of...                

Scenes From "Road to Redemption"

20secondtimeout.blogspot.com     yesterday   12 related          

ESPN is airing a series of shows about Team USA called "Road to Redemption." The 1992 Dream Team dominated in the first Olympics in which American professional basketball players participated (other countries had been sending...                

Elder Kidd has game, rep to make Team USA go

foxsports.com     19 hrs ago          

He's also the team's best hope for a gold medal. The finest to play the position since Magic Johnson (sorry, Steve Nash), Kidd has lost a step. Maybe two steps, judging from the way Chris Paul broke him down in the playoffs....                

IOC would 'very much like' Iraq but upholds ban

azstarnet.com     22 hrs ago   84 related          

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.25.2008 BAGHDAD— Two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was told Thursday it is not welcome in Beijing because of a political feud in Baghdad that angered the games' guardians. The...                

U.S. bracing for physical, macho hoops

signonsandiego.com     18 hrs ago          

LAS VEGAS – The court is a stride shorter. The three-point shot is a yard closer. The ball is slightly smaller in circumference. The paint requires a little more paint. Geometrically speaking, Olympic basketball involves...                

The Stars Are Aligned for Olympics

nba.com     21 hrs ago          

In the WASHINGTON POST, Michael Lee writes "for Jerry Colangelo to assemble a dozen players willing to buy into his concept of a national program, it required confidence, organization and what Colangelo considers one of his...                

Paul, Williams duel for backup US point guard job

iht.com     yesterday   8 related          

Deron Williams and Chris Paul have been linked since the 2005 NBA draft, when Utah chose Williams third overall, one slot ahead of Paul, taken by New Orleans. Now the question is whether Paul can move ahead of Williams and into...                

Pierce: Olympic team needs to win gold

iht.com     yesterday   5 related          

Now that the Boston Celtics are once again NBA champions, American basketball's next great championship hope falls to the men's Olympic team. "They need it worse than the Celtics needed a championship this year," Paul Pierce...                

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