Chris Kaman was invited to participate with the USA Select team, the squad of youngsters which serves as both a scrimmage opponent for Team USA proper and a pipeline for potential future Team USA players. Guys like
Kevin Durant, Kevin Martin and
Al Jefferson participated this year. Kaman declined, for this reason,
as told to USA Today's Kelly Whiteside:
Kaman was asked by USA Basketball about playing on a select team of NBA players who practiced against Team USA last month, but Kaman wasn't interested.
"I want to be the beat-up dummy for the U.S. basketball team?" Kaman said. "No offense to those guys, I appreciate everything. But I want to win a medal. I wanted a chance to play in the Olympics with Dirk."
Chris Kaman, who agreed to play for Germany because he wanted to be involved in the Olympics but did not want the beat-up dummy for the U.S. basketball team, sees his team trailing the U.S. by 41 points in the third quarter. Something's not adding up.
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8-18-2008 @ 1:41PM
Mr.G said...
What a dummy.I guess the dummy didn't realize that playing against the US Team,the dummy would just be another beat-up dummy anyway.
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8-18-2008 @ 8:28PM
Ben said...
So Mr. G, I take it you think Chris Kaman is a dummy?
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8-18-2008 @ 9:47PM
LB said...
He isn't dumb at all.
I think playing in the Olympics is way better than being a practice dummy. The US team has blown out everyone. He also gets to play other teams.
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8-20-2008 @ 4:12PM
P said...
Actually Chris is a man of his word which he had already given to the German federation BEFORE the USA asked him to participate in anything. He kept his word to them and helped them to qualify in Athens, so they could participate in the Olympics in China. I think that is awesome!
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