Though there may still be room for USA Basketball’s talent development apparatus to improve and expand — as John Infante writes today, the landscape is begging for a hoops academy akin to U.S. Soccer’s development school — the highest levels really are a well-oiled machine. Jerry Colangelo and Mike Krzyzewski always have their list of
Growing up in Hungry Hill on the Southside of Chicago, Jerry Colangelo and the rest of the neighborhood kids admired Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio. It was Colangelo’s coaches, however, who most influenced him. “My competitive edge in sports has always driven me,” say Colangelo. It led to him making All-State in basketball, to him
USA Basketball and Syracuse veteran coach Jim Boeheim, Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau, and New Orleans Pelicans head coach and former USA Basketball player Monty Williams, today were announced as USA Basketball Men’s National Team assistant coaches for 2013-16 by USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo. USA Basketball announced on May 23 that Duke’s mentor
Jerry Colangelo told Yahoo! Sports he has moved on from the past and is looking toward the future in inviting Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins to USA Basketball’s minicamp in late July. The USA Basketball chairman said Cousins had “some growing up to do” when he was a member of a select team practicing against
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – You couldn’t ask for a better fit … or better results. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is a Hall of Famer, an icon and living legend in his profession. And yet, he’s found a way to step aside and allow the spotlight to shine exactly where it needs to when he’s coaching
By Paola Boivin, columnist azcentral sports Mon May 20, 2013 11:03 AM Suns fans have a visceral connection to the 1993 NBA Finals. They still hear the swish that accompanied John Paxson’s title-winning 3-pointer, still feel the 105-degree heat that baked the city during the celebratory downtown parade. For Jerry Colangelo, the memories are particularly
On Dec. 13-14, five national high-school boys basketball powers — Oak Hill Academy (Virginia), Yates (Texas), Mater Dei (California), Bishop Gorman (Nevada) and Orange Lutheran (California) — will be playing at GCU Arena as part of the first Hoophall West, the West Coast version of the annual Hoophall Classic that receives national exposure and last
LONDON — Not too many years back, the United States of America was the champion of nothing as far as international basketball was concerned. The 2004 Athens Olympics were a certified disaster, with losses to Puerto Rico, Lithuania, and Argentina. The 2006 World Championships in Tokyo turned sour when Team USA was embarrassed by Greece,
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Jerry Colangelo had little reaction to Mike Krzyzewski’s latest comments about his future as U.S. Olympic basketball coach. Nothing changes until he hears it from Krzyzewski himself — and it isn’t time for that yet. “He and I always have to have a final discussion,” the USA Basketball chairman said Wednesday. “That’s all. And you