USA Basketball trimmed its roster of candidates for the world championships Wednesday to 15, a guard-heavy group that features Brook Lopez and Tyson Chandler as its only centers. Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans, O.J. Mayo and Gerald Wallace were cut.
Kevin Durant leads three Oklahoma City players on the list that included the Clippers’ Eric Gordon, who was thought to be on the bubble, plus talented point guards such as Chauncey Billups, Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo [stats] and Russell Westbrook.
The remainder of the finalists are: Lamar Odom, Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala, Rudy Gay, Danny Granger and Kevin Love.
Kind of an odd team. They have no big men, but have a ton of really good guards. I have to say I'm a little surprised that guys like Curry, Iguodala are still on the roster, and Mayo and Evans were cut.
The good news is Rondo is still on the roster. In my eyes he should be starting, but there are a lot of good PGs on this team. It'll be interesting to see how this team pans out. At least LeFag isn't on the team.
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