Team USA Cuts In –Evans, Mayo, Wallace, McGee

Wednesday, the cuts to Team USA were made and the cuts went pretty much as expected by most.  There were various sources claiming that Gerald Wallace, a forward for Carolina, Tyreke Evans, a guard for Sacramento, as well as O.J. Mayo, a guard for Memphis, were three likely candidates for being cut from Team USA.  Sources were right because all three of them were cut Wednesday in addition to JaVele McGee, a center for Washington.

Las Vegas was the host for the training camp last week where 19 players participated.  The Team USA roster has now been taken down to 15 players for the training camp held in New York August 10 through August 16.  The team roster will have to dwindle down to 12 players prior to August 26, which is two days prior to the commencement of the World Championship, which is being held in Turkey.  The World Championship will begin August 28 and continue through September 12.

The 15 players that are left on the roster for now include Chauncey Billups, a guard for Denver, Tyson Chandler, a center for Dallas, Stephen Curry, a guard for Golden State, Kevin Durant, a forward for Oklahoma City, Rudy Gay, a forward for Memphis, Eric Gordon, a guard for the Clippers, Danny Granger, a forward for Indiana, Jeff Green, a forward for Oklahoma City, Andre Iguodala a swingman for Philadelphia, Brook Lopez, a center for New Jersey, Kevin Love, a forward for Minnesota, Lamar Odom, a forward/center for the Los Angeles Lakers, Rajon Rondo, a guard for Boston, Derrick Rose, a guard for Chicago, and finally Russell Westbrook, a guard for Oklahoma City.

As of right now, there are a definite eight or so players that will probably make it to the final roster according to Coach Mike Krzyzewski and Jerry Colangelo, the USA Basketball chairperson.  The ones that are likely to make the final roster include Odom, Durant, Billups, Rose, Rondo, Iguodala, Chandler, and Gay.

The ones that are on the verge of getting cut when training camp finishes in New York will need to show that they have what it takes to be part of the Team USA while in training camp, which commences in about two weeks.

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