Chris Kaman Forced to Eat His Words

And One posted 8/18/2008 from nba.fanhouse.com [flag]

Chris Kaman was invited to participate with the USA Select team, the squad of youngsters which serves as both a scrimmage opponent for Team USA proper and a pipeline for potential future Team USA players. Guys like Kevin Durant , Kevin Martin and Al Jefferson participated this year. Kaman declined, for this reason, as told to USA Today 's Kelly Whiteside : Kaman was asked by USA Basketball ... [link]

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Pink Hat Nation

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This is pretty funny. Typical move for a Clippers player, going out of his way to play for a loser.
Kaman still rocks, though.

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The Internets are alive: Team USA keeps rolling towards gold
Published 8/18/2008 by J.E. Skeets at Ball Don't Lie
... : "Kaman was asked by USA Basketball about playing on a select team of NBA players who practiced against Team USA last month, but Kaman wasn't interested. 'I want to be the beat-up dummy for the U.S. basketball team?' Kaman said. 'No offense to those guys, I appreciate everything. But I want to win a medal. I wanted a chance to play in the Olympics with Dirk.'" (Woops.) ...

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