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Team USA gears up for Australia, why Jason Kidd got benched, and the Euroleague gets another one
Team USA gears up for Australia, why Jason Kidd got benched, and the Euroleague gets another one
Dwight Howard, Dime #37 Tomorrow morning Team USA wraps up its pre-Olympic exhibition schedule against Australia (8 a.m. EST on ESPN2), the third straight tune-up against a team that's going to be in the Beijing field. The Boomers are led by Andrew Bogut, who lit up Angola for something like 32 points and 15 boards last [...]
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Monday Notes: USA bests Russia, Up next: Australia
Brew Hoop — ... guard's lack of minutes is worth reading into. Chris Paul and Deron Williams are superior players by virtually every measure. It hardly should be surprising that Coach K is picking up on this, though it sort of is. BrewHoopsters were ahead of the game on this one. A couple months before these games started we ran a poll asking who should be cut from the team out of Kidd, Paul, Williams, and Billups. The answer was to keep the kids, and cut Kidd. Dime, meanwhile, isn't reading much into Kidd's benching, and previews Team USA versus Australia. ...

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