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JAZZ: Deron Williams; Olympic Gold Medalist
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Deron Williams Press Conference
SLC Dunk — Click on the image to view.  It's in a flash player that I couldn't embed.

The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com — ... of pushing the Team USA, no matter how good they are.  It’s basketball – there are only five guys on the floor, and one player can have a massively disproportional impact (as evidenced by Germany’s fourth place finish in 2006). It’s safe to say that those Nowitzki-type players are out there and will keep showing up, in ever greater numbers, and that some of them will have other talent around a superstar.  So it’s rarely if ever going to be easy.” NBA.com:  Deron Williams talks about winning the gold medal [Video via SLC Dunk] ...

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