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No Celtics Selected For U.S. Olympic Team
Twelve Players Selected For Team
POSTED: 11:48 am EDT June 23,
2008
UPDATED: 12:05 pm EDT June 23,
2008
CHICAGO -- If the U.S. wins Olympic gold in basketball this year, it will do so without a single member of the NBA champion Boston Celtics.Celtics Parade Viewer Pics 1 | 2No member of the Celtics was selected for the team announced Monday.
The team was selected without a tryout.LeBron James will get another shot at Olympic gold, and this time, he'll have reigning MVP Kobe Bryant, The two NBA superstars were part of the U.S. men's basketball that was announced Monday for the Beijing Games. The U.S. finished third at the Athens Games four years ago. Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Jason Kidd were among the 12 players placed on the squad. Completing the team were Tayshaun Prince, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Michael Redd and Deron Williams. The team will have a minicamp this week in Las Vegas and gather there again July 20-25.
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