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Shams: Zion withdrawing from Team USA training
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:30 pm
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:30 pm
@ShamsCharania
New Orleans Pelicans No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson has withdrawn from USA Basketball's Select Team for FIBA World Cup training, Team USA director Jerry Colangelo told @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
Shams Charania - @ShamsCharania: Williamson and the Pelicans are focused on having the top pick fully integrated into the franchise and its new additions this offseason -- as quickly as possible. USA has available pool of names to choose from even as players withdraw.
New Orleans Pelicans No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson has withdrawn from USA Basketball's Select Team for FIBA World Cup training, Team USA director Jerry Colangelo told @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
Shams Charania - @ShamsCharania: Williamson and the Pelicans are focused on having the top pick fully integrated into the franchise and its new additions this offseason -- as quickly as possible. USA has available pool of names to choose from even as players withdraw.
This post was edited on 7/22/19 at 1:31 pm
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Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:32 pm to macatak911
It’s an epidemic. No one wants to play. Pop is going to have his work cut out for him..
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:34 pm to macatak911
I actually care less about the decisions Zion and the Pels are making and more about the fact that they seem to be making all of them TOGETHER.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:37 pm to Hester Carries
I don't want him anywhere around team USA...that shite led to all the team up bullshite that LeBron started with the Heat.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:40 pm to macatak911
What kind of workout routine is Nelson setting up that a few weeks of competitive basketball would be considered a disruption?
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:48 pm to macatak911
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Pelicans are focused on having the top pick fully integrated into the franchise and its new additions this offseason -- as quickly as possible
About to get our boy in shape rather than have him blow a wheel out playing for team USA*
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:54 pm to LuckySunday
No time for Team USA when he has all these excellent restaurants to try in new Orleans, frick a weight problem. I'm joking of course, i'm glad he is staying away from Team USA and getting fully integrated with the Pels.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:04 pm to Buck Dancer
Ducks fly together
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:25 pm to Buck Dancer
Weight won’t be a problem once the season starts. Calories are burned!
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:37 pm to saints5021
Yep, those unbreakable Dream Team bonds from 2012 re-surfaced again this offseason multiple times, with the most notable being the reunion of LeBron and his little buddy, AD.
I'd much rather Zion bond with his Pelican brothers & learn Gentry's system while he gets in mid-season form.
And with so many pros on the FIBA team, Zion wouldn't get that many minutes anyway, just like starry-eyed AD had to sit.
I'd much rather Zion bond with his Pelican brothers & learn Gentry's system while he gets in mid-season form.
And with so many pros on the FIBA team, Zion wouldn't get that many minutes anyway, just like starry-eyed AD had to sit.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:45 pm to LSUFreek
This is not an Olympic year. They are playing in China. Not many big names if any will travel and go through the rigors of playing basketball for a team USA that is not even an Olympic year.
The fact is that even with lesser talent playing on Team USA that they will still be the favorites to win.
No big deal that Zion refused. Most have.
The fact is that even with lesser talent playing on Team USA that they will still be the favorites to win.
No big deal that Zion refused. Most have.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:48 pm to macatak911
The issue with the FIBA World
Cup is that the Olympics are already a huge ticket and there isn’t competition unless we send our C team
Cup is that the Olympics are already a huge ticket and there isn’t competition unless we send our C team
Posted on 7/22/19 at 3:09 pm to SammyTiger
great experience for him, but he will get it again in the future, the right move for Zion.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 3:26 pm to kpop1
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This is not an Olympic year. They are playing in China. Not many big names if any will travel and go through the rigors of playing basketball for a team USA that is not even an Olympic year.
Yep. Beal dropped out today. Harden, Gordon, AD, and McCollum were already out and that’s on top of the guys who never had their name in to begin with. I think there will be more withdrawals to come too.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 3:50 pm to NOFOX
heres who is left
Guards: Lillard, Kemba, Mitchell, Lowry
Wings: Middleton, Tatum, Barnes, Tucker
Bigs: Love, Drummond, Turner, Kuzma, Millsap, Brook Lopez
Guards: Lillard, Kemba, Mitchell, Lowry
Wings: Middleton, Tatum, Barnes, Tucker
Bigs: Love, Drummond, Turner, Kuzma, Millsap, Brook Lopez
Posted on 7/22/19 at 3:51 pm to cgrand
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Note: @TheAthleticNBA's @joevardon reports that Mike Conley, D'Angelo Russell, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Josh Richardson, Thaddeus Young, and Julius Randle are all being considered for the team.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 3:58 pm to cgrand
Kuzma has to be the most overrated player in the league right now.
He's a 7th or 8th man living off the hype of outplaying his draft position and doing it in LA on a dysfunctional team.
And the dude has a spot over any of those in consideration? Come on lol
He's a 7th or 8th man living off the hype of outplaying his draft position and doing it in LA on a dysfunctional team.
And the dude has a spot over any of those in consideration? Come on lol
Posted on 7/22/19 at 4:18 pm to cgrand
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Guards: Lillard, Kemba, Mitchell, Lowry
Wings: Middleton, Tatum, Barnes, Tucker
Bigs: Love, Drummond, Turner, Kuzma, Millsap, Brook Lopez
Guys like PJ Tucker win you gold medals. this is a squad of dudes that know their roles. Would be a really good team.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 5:18 pm to cgrand
I think I heard on NBA radio today that Lowry dropped out
Posted on 7/22/19 at 5:57 pm to Soggymoss
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I think I heard on NBA radio today that Lowry dropped out
He didn’t drop out, but he’s recovering from surgery and unlikely to play.
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