No Kings On Reported Team USA Preliminary Roster

by Tom Ziller on Jan 10, 2012 1:04 PM PST in News

Chris Sheridan has reported that 19 names grace Team USA Basketball's preliminary roster for consideration on the 2012 Olympic team. Tyreke Evans, the Sacramento Kings' best chance to get a player on Team USA, is not on that list. Neither is DeMarcus Cousins, Jimmer Fredette or anyone else from the club.

Evans played with Team USA before the 2010 FIBA World Championships, but sprained his ankle during camp and did not make the trip to Turkey. (It's unclear whether he'd have made the team if he'd been healthy; even Rajon Rondo was a late scratch.)

Evans and Cousins would be the best bets to receive consideration in the next Olympic cycle, which will begin the following year. You'd expect some of the old-timers like Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and Chauncey Billups retire from international play to clear the way a bit. Team USA always needs size -- Tyson Chandler and Dwight Howard are the only two true centers on the preliminary roster -- so Cousins could get a look going forward.

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They just wanted to give the rest of the world a chance.

by HeuristicLineup on Jan 10, 2012 1:09 PM PST reply actions 7 recs

the way tyreke plays, I'm happy he won't be spraining his ankle for team USA this time around

by mtmoore55 on Jan 10, 2012 1:16 PM PST reply actions

i hope DMC does make it

wow would it be good for him to be around those kind of players

by yaboyrafa on Jan 10, 2012 1:43 PM PST reply actions

Exactly what I was thinking!

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by dampania on Jan 10, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions

Interesting...

Eric Gordon, but no Curry

Asked if the Kings had any intention of trading Cousins, basketball president Geoff Petrie said, "No."

by Slam_Dunk on Jan 10, 2012 1:54 PM PST reply actions

Lots of politics

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by bignerd on Jan 10, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions

Billups and Odom are weird picks

I guess it shows how important spreading the floor is for these teams. That kinda hurts Tyreke.

by sdfd on Jan 10, 2012 2:09 PM PST reply actions

I know Odom was pretty important for the team last go around

I know Billups played too just kind of hazy on his contributions (could have been a lot for all I know)

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by wallywagon11 on Jan 10, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions

Well then...

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by caseycheesecake on Jan 10, 2012 2:11 PM PST reply actions

No Josh Smith, Gerald Wallace, Rudy Gay, Roy Hibbert, Greg Monroe, Cousins, James Harden, Reke, or Curry

In all honesty though i don’t think Curry or Reke deserve it. They have either been injury prone and/or inconsistent to really be called onto team USA.
I think guys like Billups and Odom get calls just on what they have done and “veteran leaderships/being on good teams”. I hardly think those things are important with a group of superstars on a team.

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by MJ5 on Jan 10, 2012 5:23 PM PST up reply actions