USA Basketball photo recap: U.S.A. vs Virgin Islands »

Aug 24, 2007 at 7:39 am | lebron-jamesusa-basketball

LeBron James’ thunderous baseline dunk with just over seven minutes remaining in the first quarter might have been the signature play of the period, but it was the quick 15 points Michael Redd racked up that helped the USA build an early lead which the U.S. Virgin Islands would never challenge. The USA coasted for […]

USA Basketball photo recap: U.S.A. vs Venezuela »

Aug 23, 2007 at 3:07 am | lebron-jamesusa-basketball

United States rolled to a 112-69 victory over Venezuela on Wednesday night in its opening game of the FIBA Americas tournament. Four All-Stars fired perfect passes to each other, ending when Kobe Bryant turned LeBron James’ behind-the-back toss into a dunk that brought the loudest cheer of the night. Just like that, the Americans had […]

USA Basketball Team training camp: day one »

Aug 16, 2007 at 11:35 am | lebron-jamesusa-basketball

Yesterday Team USA has resumed training camp in Las Vegas. It will run through August 21 followed by the FIBA Americas Tournament. Back in July, during the first part of the training camp, LeBron rocked the Nike Zoom Soldier General Release edition. This time he used a customized version of this colorway. Just like the […]

USA Basketball Team mini camp: SF Challenge »

Jul 23, 2007 at 1:32 am | lebron-jamesusa-basketball

The USA Blue team edged the USA White 105-104 in the State Farm Challenge. Sunday’s game attracted an announced crowd of 15,132 to the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of UNLV, and Bryant and James was clearly the crowd favorites. Bryant hit the game-winning shot over Tayshaun Prince with 6.6 seconds left to […]

USA Basketball Team mini camp: day one »

Jul 21, 2007 at 7:24 am | lebron-jamesusa-basketball

USA Basketball announced today training plans for its Men’s Senior National Team that will see the USA squad in 2007 conduct a mini-training camp July 20-22 in Las Vegas, culminating with the 2007 State Farm USA Basketball Challenge on Sunday, July 22. The July mini-camp will be utilized to determine finalists for the USA squad […]

LeBron decided to play for the U.S. national team »

Jun 27, 2007 at 4:11 am | around-the-nbalebron-james

Cleveland’s All-Star forward ended uncertainty about his status with the U.S. national team on Tuesday night by saying he will play in next month’s FIBA America’s Tournament, where the Americans will try to qualify for the 2008 Olympics. I’m going to play, I’ve had enough time off, and knowing my body more than anybody, I’m […]