“Melo, what’d you do last night?”
Team USA was in the midst of another one-sided victory against a substandard team from Uruguay when fans at Thomas & Mack Center decided to heckle the only member of the United States who hadn’t made a … via The Washington Post
Team USA’s Carmelo Anthony shoots over Canada’s Juan Mendez during their FIBA Americas Championship basketball game Saturday . via Bodog Beat
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It wasn’t quite ‘40 minutes of hell.’ It was the best anyone has done yet against the United States.
Nolan Richardson’s Mexico team kept the game respectable into the second half before the Americans pulled away for a 127-100 victory Monday night in the second round of the FIBA Americas tournament.
Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points, tying the American record in an Olympic qualifier. He had 16 in a sensational opening quarter, when the Americans shot 80 percent from the field.
But the Mexicans, who sneaked into the second round through a three-team tiebreaker, outplayed their more talented counterparts for much of the next two periods before the U.S. put them away for good late in the third. Read more
“In my opinion, he’s the best post player on this team”
You won’t find too many bigger fans of Carmelo Anthony than Kiki Vandeweghe . Sitting alongside the former Nuggets general manager in the media row at the Thomas and Mack center, Vandeweghe, in Las Vegas to … via SI.com
“We just completely fell apart in the second quarter”
(CP) - The latest incarnation of the Dream Team gave Canada nightmares Saturday at the FIBA Americas Olympic qualifying tournament.
Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony had 25 points as the U.S. laid a 113-63 beating on an overmatched, undermanned Canadian side. The Americans (3-0) overcame a slow start - at least, for them - to outscore Canada 67-28 in the middle quarters on the way to their third straight lopsided win.
Michael Redd of the Milwaukee Bucks added 19 points while Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant chipped in with 15. Read more
“I think we’re as ready as we’re ever going to be right now”
The Dream Team comparisons, and the boasts of living up to them, were starting to return to U.S. basketball at the FIBA Americas tournament. via 9NEWS
“Brazil is a great team and they have been together for a long time.”
For the United States, the real tournament begins Sunday. Yes, I know there is a game against Canada to be played before then. via SI.com
Michael Redd also had 17 points, Amare Stoudemire scored 16 and Kobe Bryant had 14. via KOTV Tulsa News
“If we play the way we’re capable of, that’s what we can do.”
Leo Rautins’s contract as the head coach of the Canadian men’s national basketball team runs through the end of the current Olympic cycle, which will wind up a year from now with the Summer Games in Beijing. via The Globe and Mail
Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony is on the final roster of 12 for the Olympic qualifying tournament that starts Wednesday. via 9NEWS
“If they want me to be the face of it, I don’t have a problem with that”
There seems to be some debate over whether Kobe Bryant or LeBron James is the face of USA Basketball. via The Gazette
“I was like, ‘Man, how was I the leading scorer on that team like that?’”
A lot has been said and written about the additions of Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups to Team USA this summer. via NBA.com
“I can adjust to all types of games”
Some NBA players struggle with rough-and-tumble international basketball. It seems to bring out the best in Carmelo Anthony, who has also thrived in the NCAA and NBA. via Slam Sports
In the LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL, Steve Carp writes “as the national team scrimmaged a squad of young NBA players Wednesday on the first day of USA Basketball practice, Carmelo Anthony did what he does best — … via NBA
