05-08-2008
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U.S.A. Basketball Team Lacks Energy Against Australia »
They couldn’t shoot, and occasionally they didn’t defend. It was definitely a performance the Americans should be relieved came before they got to Beijing. Undefeated, but no longer unchallenged, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team wrapped up its exhibition schedule with its toughest test, pulling away to beat Australia 87-76 Tuesday night. The United States […]
03-08-2008
LeBron James and U.S. Team Stays Perfect in Tuneups. Beats Russia. »
The United States had been scoring 118 points per game while winning its first three exhibitions by an average of 41 points. Russia allowed far fewer fast-break baskets than the previous U.S. opponents, successfully keeping the game in the halfcourt and forcing the Americans to run more offensive sets. That was fine with Kobe Bryant, […]
01-08-2008
James and U.S.A. Basketball Squad Rolls Past Lithuania »
The U.S. Men’s Senior National Team suffered what you might call their first scare on their way to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. And by that, we mean that they were leading by less than 10 points in the second half of Friday’s exhibition against Lithuania at the Cotai Arena in Macao. Lithuania scored 15 […]
31-07-2008
LeBron Dominates Turkey in Team USA’s Second Tune-up Game »
The U.S. Men’s Senior National Team is looking strong after its first two exhibition games as it prepares for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. On Thursday, LeBron James and Co. stomped Turkey, 114-82 at the Cotai Arena in Macao. James, named the game’s MVP, led the U.S. with 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting and six […]
24-07-2008
No more LeBron-ze! King James ‘Guarantees’ Olympic Gold for U.S. »
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. “It’s going to be like waking up on Christmas Day,” says James, the Cleveland Cavalier and global icon who led the NBA in scoring this season. “All you dreamed about this […]
22-07-2008
U.S. Team is Back in Action Preparing for Olympic Trip »
Just 20 days out from the tipoff of the 2008 Beijing Olympics men’s basketball competition, LeBron James and the USA Basketball Team resumed their practice before the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games. Here’re couple pics from the training session at Valley High School in Las Vegas that took place yesterday. LeBron, Kobe, D-Wade, ‘Melo, CP, J-Kidd, […]
02-07-2008
LeBron James and USA Basketball Take Over New York City »
The USA Basketball Team was in New York City on Monday on a media tour promoting the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games. The NBA superstars that will represent the U.S.A this summer in Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics assembled in NYC for a day-long Nike-sponsored event that included a boat ride around the East River […]
29-06-2008
USA Basketball Team is Preparing for the Beijing 2008 Olympics »
On Saturday LeBron James and the Beijing-bound U.S. Team practiced for the first time in Las Vegas since the squad was announced earlier this month. Everybody knows that Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are on the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team about to compete in the Beijing Olympics for the highest prize, no excuses this […]
