Casual approach, shot selection land Anthony seat on Team USA bench
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The question of what&#39;s up between coach Larry Brown and nailed-to-the-bench young forward Carmelo Anthony is not, to be sure, the most important one facing the United States men&#39;s basketball team. The team&#39;s poor shooting -- after going 3-for-17 in ...
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This time, the United States is prepared to handle player withdrawals. USA Basketball announced Thursday that Lamar Odom and Paul Pierce would miss training camp later this month. Another player, J.J. Redick, had recently said he wouldn&#039;t take part when camp opens in Las Vegas on July 19 because he has been out with a back injury.
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Eric Williams replaced Rose as the starting small forward for Wednesday night&#39;s game against the Utah Jazz. The move comes five days after Toronto traded Vince Carter to New Jersey for Williams, Aaron Williams
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Carmelo Anthony and Josh Howard looked like worthy All-Stars. Dwight Howard might have stamped himself as the favorite in the slam dunk contest.
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Mike Krzyzewski wanted to be absolutely clear: This was just practice. To Carmelo Anthony, it was a little more than that.
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Andrew Bogut was no problem for the United States. Next up: Dirk Nowitzki. Carmelo Anthony scored 20 points, and the Americans smothered Australia in the second quarter and ran away to a 113-73 victory Sunday in the second round of the world basketball championships.
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Dennis Rodman&#39;s attempt at a comeback took another step yesterday when he participated in an informal workout in Denver with the Nuggets.
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ATHENS -- Well, they're entitled to least one blowout, aren't they? The US men's basketball team, which had played four tough games entering yesterday's preliminary round closer, got a much-needed lift with the arrival of Angola on the schedule. The result was a predictable thumping, 89-53, even if we've seen that nothing is predictable with this team or in this ...
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NEW YORK -- Carmelo Anthony is going to the All-Star game after all. The NBA's leading scorer was picked by commissioner David Stern on Friday as an injury replacement and will make his first All-Star game appearance on Feb. 18 in Las Vegas.
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Larry Brown believes his team is finally starting to get it. In a game the Americans were waltzing through and losing for the better part of three quarters, something clicked when the fourth quarter began. A 10-point run to start the fourth quarter helped the United States pull away for an 89-79 victory over Australia on Thursday.
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Anthony&#39;s 15-foot jumper with 3.6 seconds remaining gave the Nuggets a 100-99 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night, the fifth stop on Denver&#39;s seven-game road trip.
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Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups are expected to be linchpins of USA Basketballâs next team, which begins Olympic qualifying in Las Vegas on Aug. 22.
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ATHENS -- They know they're in the quarterfinals. They know they finish the preliminary round tonight against Angola, a team they really should beat. Beyond that, there's a day off, and then the fun begins in earnest for the United States men's Olympic basketball team.
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Few were happier to see the end of the Olympics than Carmelo Anthony. The Denver Nuggets star said being demoted to the bench for the bronze medal-winning US basketball team left him feeling
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San Antonio shot a sizzling 59 percent from the field, while the Jazz made 44 percent of their shots...The Spurs had a 37-24 edge on the boards...Mehmet Okur scored 10 points off the bench for Utah...The Spurs are off to their best start since the 1999-00
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Carmelo Anthony scored 35 points and the United States withstood their first tough test of the World Basketball Championship to beat Italy 94-85 and clinch a top playoff seed.
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Dwyane Wade sized up the U.S. roster and decided how he could best make a difference: on the bench.