USA Basketball needs your help. They are tired of seeing the gold go somewhere else. Give me the 12 man roster that will bring the gold back home.
Who are the starters? What type of offense are you going to run? Who is going to get the most minutes? Let me know what roles each superstar is going to have on the team.
Justin: Now that I'm at the helm, it means Krzyzewski's fired. No more Duke family nepotism. And no more losing for Team USA.
I've built this team on two principles: outside shooting and rebounding.
On offense we won't run anything too intricate. Spacing will be more important than anything else we do. Versus man we'll run Pick-n-Roll and Motion and versus zone we'll run the UCLA Offense.
Our bigs are all mobile and should dominate guys such as Argentina's Fabricio Oberto, France's Johan Petro, Brazil's Anderson Varejao Serbia's Darko Milicic and Austrailia's Andrew Bogut. Our big men are also athletic enough to contain Spain's Pau Gasol, China's Yao Ming and Germany's Dirk Nowitzki.
Our Small Fowards each bring something different to the team. Whether it be scoring, playmaking ability, or perimeter/low post defense. They should have no problem with like international stars such as, Boris Diaw, Andres Nocioni and Mickael Pietrus.
Our guards are straight shooters and they all possess playmaking ability and they don't need to penetrate through the flop-happy Europeans and South Americans in order to do so. They should have no problems with Leandrinho Barbosa, Emanuel Ginobili, Tony Parker, BenoUdrih, José-Manuel Calderon, and Carlos Arroyo.
Starters:
C: Dwight Howard - We're not asking him to score. We just want him to be a defensive presence in the lane and to grab rebounds on the offensive and defensive glass. (20 mins per game).
F: Kevin Garnett - The team's leader and official hype man. Along with Howard, there will be no second chance opportunities for other teams. (25 mins per game).
F: LeBron James - He's going to play the team's most important role. We'll put him at point-forward, which allows us to start two shooting guards. (30 mins per game).
G: Kobe Bryant - He'll be our go to guy on offense. The offense will run through LeBron, but filtered to KB24. (25 mins per game).
G: Gilbert Arenas: - Another outside threat. We all know he has no problem scoring and with LeBron at point-forward, he doesn't have the added distribution responsibility.(15 mins per game).
Bench:
- G: Baron Davis - I've always said that when he's healthy, he's one of the top 3 point guards in the league. As long as his back is intact he'll always have a spot on my roster. (10 mins per game).
- G: Deron Williams - We'll call on him to relieve LeBron as the team's orchestrator. (10 mins per game).
- G/F: Joe Johnson - He can play three positions, but we'll use him as a shooting guard to give Kobe some rest. (5-10 mins per game).
- G/F: Richard Hamilton - Rip is going to be a crucial element of our offense by running of f screens and canning mid-range jumpers. At the international level, he'll also be effective from 3-point range.(5-10 mins per game).
- F: Carmelo Anthony - We'll play him at power forward and he'll replace Garnett in the lineup. We'll utilize his his ability to slash and attack the basket against less agile big men. (15 mins per game).
- F: Carlos Boozer - He's our best back to the basket player on the block. He plays disciplined D and will give us amble help on the defensive boards. When needed he and Williams give us a good pick and roll combo. (15 mins per game).
- F: Shawn Marion - He replaces coach K's pupil Shane Battier as our lockdown defender. He'll be relied upon to neutralize the other team's versatile stars. (20 mins per game).
