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Tyreke Cut By Team USA
Jul 28 2010 12:00 AM | joethecrow
in KT News
Team USA's cuts went as anticipated Wednesday.
Sources had told FanHouse on Tuesday that Sacramento guard Tyreke Evans, Memphis guard O.J. Mayo and Charlotte forward Gerald Wallace were expected to be cut. They all got the axe on Wednesday in addition to Washington center JaVale McGee. FanHouse had reported McGee was a fourth player likely worried about making it.
After a training camp last week in Las Vegas that included 19 players, the roster was trimmed to 15 for an Aug. 10-16 training camp in New York. The team must be down to 12 by Aug. 26, two days before the start of the World Championship in Turkey, which runs Aug. 28-Sept. 12.
"Our group of 19 did a terrific job,'' said USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo, who spent Monday and Tuesday calling all of the players who made it as well as those cut. "We really did have some difficult decisions. ... (The players not selected), each and every one handled that with dignity and class.''
Evans was a lock to be cut after he had suffered a sprained left ankle July 20 on the first day of the Las Vegas camp and missed the final three practices and last Saturday's USA Basketball Showcase, an intrasquad game. He had told FanHouse last Friday he expected to be cut.
Sources had told FanHouse on Tuesday that Sacramento guard Tyreke Evans, Memphis guard O.J. Mayo and Charlotte forward Gerald Wallace were expected to be cut. They all got the axe on Wednesday in addition to Washington center JaVale McGee. FanHouse had reported McGee was a fourth player likely worried about making it.
After a training camp last week in Las Vegas that included 19 players, the roster was trimmed to 15 for an Aug. 10-16 training camp in New York. The team must be down to 12 by Aug. 26, two days before the start of the World Championship in Turkey, which runs Aug. 28-Sept. 12.
"Our group of 19 did a terrific job,'' said USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo, who spent Monday and Tuesday calling all of the players who made it as well as those cut. "We really did have some difficult decisions. ... (The players not selected), each and every one handled that with dignity and class.''
Evans was a lock to be cut after he had suffered a sprained left ankle July 20 on the first day of the Las Vegas camp and missed the final three practices and last Saturday's USA Basketball Showcase, an intrasquad game. He had told FanHouse last Friday he expected to be cut.
domesik
28 July 2010 - 05:13 PM
Already posted in the other thread. But my thoughts...
Good, glad that dog and pony show is over. No need to risk Evans health if he doesn't have a Kings jersey on.
Good, glad that dog and pony show is over. No need to risk Evans health if he doesn't have a Kings jersey on.
judah27
28 July 2010 - 11:28 PM
domesik, on 28 July 2010 - 04:13 PM, said:
Already posted in the other thread. But my thoughts...
Good, glad that dog and pony show is over. No need to risk Evans health if he doesn't have a Kings jersey on.
Good, glad that dog and pony show is over. No need to risk Evans health if he doesn't have a Kings jersey on.
Anyone else concerned how often Tyreke has ankle problems?
Don
29 July 2010 - 09:47 AMdomesik, on 28 July 2010 - 04:13 PM, said:
Already posted in the other thread. But my thoughts...
Good, glad that dog and pony show is over. No need to risk Evans health if he doesn't have a Kings jersey on.
Good, glad that dog and pony show is over. No need to risk Evans health if he doesn't have a Kings jersey on.
Agreed.
Showtime
04 August 2010 - 06:33 PM
Honestly, I would have preferred that Evans could have stayed and played with some of the best young talent so he can develop his game and learn a thing or two. I think it would have been a great learning experience for him, and helped give him more exposure, which could also get the kings more exposure. Instead, the only exposure we have now are discussions about Evans and his brush with the law.
joethecrow
05 August 2010 - 10:16 AM
Showtime, on 04 August 2010 - 05:33 PM, said:
Honestly, I would have preferred that Evans could have stayed and played with some of the best young talent so he can develop his game and learn a thing or two. I think it would have been a great learning experience for him, and helped give him more exposure, which could also get the kings more exposure. Instead, the only exposure we have now are discussions about Evans and his brush with the law.
I'm sure we all would have loved to see him get some time with other great players, but the risk of injury is to high, and he was already on a bad wheel.
Showtime
05 August 2010 - 03:06 PM
joethecrow, on 05 August 2010 - 09:16 AM, said:
I'm sure we all would have loved to see him get some time with other great players, but the risk of injury is to high, and he was already on a bad wheel.
There's a risk in injury with EVERY game, especially with a physical player like Evans. That's no excuse to avoid everything unrelated to the NBA season. There have been plenty of big stars who participated in international competition without incident, and usually most of the guys who do have injury problems have a lot of miles on their bodies. The time to participate is early on. However, I do agree that pushing his ankle this off-season could possibly lead to continued problems if the team didn't drop him. But that doesn't mean he shouldn't try again later on with Team USA in the future.
I mean, really, are kings fans so desperate for a special player that they would make him into bubble-boy? "Jesus, don't let him outside, we don't want to loose our franchise player!"