LeBron James fulfills USA Basketball requirement

These guys, it’s like a renewal of friendships. His ball-stopping habits frequently got the best of him, a major no-no on a team stacked with the best players America has to offer. James has stayed heavily involved even as his day job with the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as a bevy of outside business and endorsement interests, demanded more of him. The three-day minicamp and scrimmage is said to be non-contact.

Various dunk contests broke out at several points during 134-128 White squad victory, much to the delight of the 12,211 announced crowd.

Anthony returned to non-contact drills during Team USA practices following his February knee surgery, declaring himself fit for Knicks training camp in October. However, he will have to fend off guys like Anthony Davis, LaMarcus Aldridge and Drummond for a roster spot. After suffering multiple lower body injuries and a torn rotator cuff in the interim, it’s just hard to believe Bryant still has the chops to play in next summer’s Games without receiving preferential treatment – even before considering the wealth of superior players under consideration.

Leonard could already make the team based on his defense and shooting. Some of those are injured of course, like Kevin Love and Kevin Durant and Chandler Parsons.

Most importantly, there weren’t any injuries. If you are looking for some indication as to who might be on the 2016 Olympic team, well, it turns out that’s not was this is about.

Colangelo and coach Mike Krzyzewski hosted 30-plus players in Las Vegas for a mandatory camp in order to be eligible for the 2016 Olympics. Victor Oladipo and Michael Carter-Williams were going at it, too.

National Basketball Association MVP Stephen Curry and fellow All-Star Klay Thompson were two of the four members of the National Basketball Association champion Golden State Warriors attending, most for any team. However, Oladipo’s performance for the blue team showed he deserves to be in the conversation. The fact that Drummond did that against some of the NBA’s elite is incredible. But you can’t play with that in the back of your mind as a basketball player.

In Thursday’s game, 20 of the 34 invitees to the minicamp did not play. Should someone get credit for going to games? This is a team that people want to be around. That could give him the edge over other talented big men trying out. He is set to earn $25 million in 2015-16. The second iteration of a pro Olympic basketball team was technically “Dream Team III”, which featured five guys from the first group (Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, David Robinson, John Stockton and Charles Barkley), as well as some new future Hall-of-Famers like Shaquille O’Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Gary Payton and Reggie Miller.