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NBA Commissioner David Stern and owners want to restrict players over the age of 23 from playing on the team. They are wary of the wear and tear the Olympic program has on their talent after an 82-game NBA schedule and the long playoffs that follow, arguing sending their highest-paid athletes to represent the country endangers their most valuable assets. Colangelo disagrees. "The game comes first, money comes second," he said at a team practice. "I'm not quite sure that's true for all owners in sports." KTAR

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Sean Deveney: Team USA's Colangelo warns abt changes: "Beijing ... was a win-win-win. When you start talking about a sea change, there is down-side risk." Twitter

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San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich deserves the foremost consideration, but that will never happen with Jerry Colangelo running USA Basketball and Mike Krzyzewski staying on in some kind of emeritus role. It's a shame, because Popovich has a peerless NBA and international coaching resumé. If a mutual distaste with Colangelo won't allow Popovich the opportunity, Rivers deserves close examination. Yahoo! Sports

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Jerry Colangelo will see if he can persuade Mike Krzyzewski to return as U.S. men's Olympic basketball coach. Krzyzewski has said he believes the London Games will be his last time coaching the national team. Colangelo says he thinks that is probably true, however, the USA Basketball chairman adds that he's "not 100 percent sure myself that he's done." ESPN.com

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USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo wants more out of forward Kevin Love. "He has not performed up to what he is capable of performing," USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo told USA TODAY Sports. USA Today

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"I don't know how much of a factor that is," Colangelo said. "But I thought he was much more aggressive the other night. The effort is there. There's a combination. You have to get minutes in order to feel comfortable and then you get more productive. Coming off that last game, it's good for Kevin, and it's good for us." USA Today

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USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said Thursday that the sooner he knows the age rule for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the better. NBA Commissioner David Stern, on the other hand, is in no hurry to reach a conclusion on whether this will be the last Olympics for NBA players of all ages or whether men's players 23-and-under will compete in future Olympics. "Nothing is definitive," Stern told USA TODAY Sports by phone Thursday. "All we're talking about is the issue, having taken stock 20 years after Barcelona. What is the best way to continue the growth of the game on a global basis?" USA Today

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He said he is not influenced by Los Angeles Lakers guard and Olympian Kobe Bryant's recent comment that going to a 23-and-under format for Olympic men's basketball would be "stupid." "This is not an urgent issue," said Stern, the NBA's commissioner since 1984. "This is just an opportunity to have an intelligent conversation with our friends at FIBA (international basketball's governing body)." USA Today

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In a short time, Stern says, basketball has become one of the most popular Olympic sports. "To me, clearly basketball is one of the three legs of the Olympics stool," he said. "Probably the other ones are (swimming) and athletics. That's the legacy. The world understands that basketball competition comes from so many countries, and it's at the top of the Olympic ladder. "What we're seeing now is that basketball has become the hardest ticket at the Olympics." USA Today

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USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo told reporters in Las Vegas on Thursday that Griffin had an option to get his knee "scoped" at the end of the season and "opted not to get scoped." "That wasn't something that he needed at that time," Del Negro said. "That was evaluated and our doctors felt like he just needed some rest, which he took. He was fine after that. He was injured a little bit in the playoffs, and at that time, he just needed rest. He got the rest. The doctors felt and we felt that there was no surgery needed. So, that wasn't the case at all." Los Angeles Times

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Cousins, who hopes to return for future team tryouts, jokingly says he beats the heat by hiding indoors and cranking up the air conditioning. The Kings' center, in fact, was in great spirits Tuesday, fully recovered from Jerry Colangelo's earlier (and admittedly excessive) criticism. And while Cousins and his teammates were sketchy on the details, and unable to remember the exact scores or even exactly how many of the four-minute quarters they controlled against the Olympians, it was their story and they were sticking to it. "I think we beat them twice, or three times," said Irving, Cleveland's Rookie of the Year. "It was pretty balanced, more than the first couple days, I can tell you that. Throwing us out there against All-Stars is hard. It's like a video game … ." Sacramento Bee

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USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said this is Wall’s opportunity to learn and gain from the experience. “He’s one the top point guards in the league today, one of the best young point guards,”Colangelo said. “When you look at the Walls and the Kyrie [Irvings], you’re looking at the potential guards for the future. That’s why they’re here. Many, many players have used the Select Team as a springboard for making our team.” As the scrimmages have progressed, Wall is gaining more confidence and believes that he “can play at any level.” “It gives me a great chance to know what I need to work on and keep getting better,” Wall said. “It’s great to play against those players; they are the best players in our league right now. I’m just trying to get myself to that level one day.” Washington Post

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“When I came along, I wasn’t happy about how people looked at us as Americans, as athletes and basketball people,” Colangelo said. “And I was determined that we were going to change that. How do you fix it? You show respect to the rest of the world’s basketball community and then you go about working to get your respect back. I knew if we do it together, it would be a fantastic experience. Well, [the players] bought in. And now if you look at our programs, the junior teams … 16, 17, 18 and 19 … they are all full, they are all loaded, they are all gold medalists. They want to play, they want to represent their country. That’s what we set out to do. And in eight years, our program is as strong as it could be right now. And I’m pleased with that.” NBA.com

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Rose, who won a gold medal with Team USA at the World Championships in 2010, is out of the London Games after tearing his ACL during the NBA playoffs in April. "I have a world of respect for Derrick," Colangelo said Monday on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "We had a great opportunity to get to know him well during the World Championships in 2010 and was very proud of what he did, using that as a platform to become an MVP the following season in the NBA. It's just a terrible injury that really hurt the Bulls and their season. I had him kind of slated as one of our guards. You go with the cards dealt to you." ESPN.com

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That didn’t impress USA Basketball president Jerry Colangelo, who was blunt about it during a conference call on Saturday night after announcing the Team USA final roster. “Show respect to players, and you get respect back,” Colangelo said. “He needs to mature as a person, as a player if he’s going to have an outstanding NBA career. So before there’s discussion about him being part of our program, he has a lot of building to do… “He has a lot of growing up to do.” NBCSports.com

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Nate Taylor: Jerry Colangelo, the chairman, on the USA team: "We think we're deeper than 2008 & I think we're more talented." Twitter

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Jerry Zgoda: Jerry Colangelo on Olympian Kevin Love: "If gets the minutes, he'll lead us in rebounding." Twitter

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Chris Paul was forced to leave the opening day of training camp to get an X-ray after hurting his thumb. The Americans don’t believe the injury is serious, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo calling it a tweak of a previous injury, and they hope Paul can practice Saturday. Boston Herald

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In a phone interview with FOX Sports Florida, Colangelo said 2008 Olympic holdovers LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony Chris Paul and Deron Williams are assured of being on the team in London along with 2010 World Championship holdovers Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love and Tyson Chandler. FOXSports Florida

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Colangelo said Davis could be selected for the team and then could be replaced by an alternate if his injury continues to hamper him. Or he said, if Davis doesn't make the team, the possibility would exist to replace a player if there is another injury. "I'll tell all of them to stay ready just in case," Colangelo said of the three players chosen as alternates. FOXSports Florida

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