"Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd are 'elderly statesmen' of American youth brigade

Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd are 'elderly statesmen' of American youth brigade - Los Angeles Times

Posted by Tosh Meston on Thu, Jul 31

"Here you're talking about Kobe and Jason, two elderly statesmen, if you will, leaders, competitors. They truly are the leaders of this team. The younger players -- I'm talking about Carmelo, LeBron, Wade, all of them -- they defer to Kobe and to Jason as leaders."

-- USA Basketball's managing director Jerry Colangelo

The LA Times' Mark Heisler has a piece on Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd and the roles they are filling on this year's Olympic team. Have a read...

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UPCOMING GAMES

Today

Basketball at RAC (redmond athletic club)
in Redmond, WA for Wed, Aug 20 at 11:00 AM
Basketball at Denny Park
in Seattle, WA for Wed, Aug 20 at 12:00 PM
Basketball at Fair Oaks Park
in Sunnyvale, CA for Wed, Aug 20 at 12:00 PM
Basketball at Palm Island
in Miami Beach, FL for Wed, Aug 20 at 5:00 PM
Basketball at AMD LANTANA
in Austin, TX for Wed, Aug 20 at 4:00 PM
Basketball with Shaynewhittingham's Group
in Oxon Hill, MD for Wed, Aug 20 at 6:00 PM
Basketball at East Metropolitan Park
in Manor, TX for Wed, Aug 20 at 5:00 PM
Basketball at Gold's Gym Techridge
in Austin, TX for Wed, Aug 20 at 5:00 PM

Tomorrow

Basketball at Forrest Park Elementary
in Fremont, CA for Wed, Aug 20 at 5:00 PM
Basketball at Forest Ridge
in Bellevue, WA for Wed, Aug 20 at 7:00 PM
Basketball at LDS Stakehouse
in Highland, UT for Wed, Aug 20 at 9:00 PM
Basketball at Blockhouse Creek Courts
in Leander, TX for Wed, Aug 20 at 7:30 PM
Basketball at Mission Bay Park
in San Francisco , CA for Wed, Aug 20 at 8:00 PM
Basketball at Mission Bay Park
in San Francisco , CA for Wed, Aug 20 at 8:30 PM

NEWS

Today

USA Basketball

"(South Korea) showed in the first quarter what they are capable of, and I thought we responded. (In the) second and third quarter defensively, in particular, I thought we did a great job."

-- US Women's Basketball Coach Anne Donovan

Nice. The US women have breezed through the quarterfinals by...

by: Tosh Meston

Yesterday

NBA.com: U.S. More Than Ready for Elimination Play

"They're a physical team, a tough team and I'm pretty sure they're going to take that game and take some confidence out of it."

-- Carmelo Anthony on the Australians

All right. The US team finished pool play 5-0 with a blowout of Germany tonight 106-57. They now enter the win...

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Two Days Ago

ESPN - Former NBA star Kemp agrees to play basketball in Italy - NBA

Quote: The Italian team Premiata Montegranaro announced on Sunday that 38-year-old Shawn Kemp has agreed to play for the team starting in November.

views: 4 | by: Tosh Meston

Two Days Ago

NBA.com: U.S. Sends Another Message With Blowout of Spain

"We sent a big message. Every time we go on the court, we're trying to send a message to the whole field, no matter who we are playing."

-- LeBron James

Nice. The US Men's Hoops put a very solid beat down on the previously undefeated Spanish national team -- 119-82...