It’s time for Team USA to get serious. Saturday at noon, ET, they open their assault on the rest of the basketball world.
After all the hyping of the talents of Kevin Durant and how he is a better player than Dwyane Wade and possibly LeBron James, we get to see if those praises are warranted. After all the statements of Derrick Rose possibly now being the best point guard in the NBA, some how leaping past Chris Paul and Deron Williams, we get to see what’s the real deal.
Team USA is set to open the FIBA World Championship against a Croatia team that finished last in this year's Eurobasket games. Keep in mind that they didn’t have two of their better players, Bojan Bogdanovic and Marko Tomas.
Fans of Team USA might want to keep an eye on Bogdanovic because he has aspirations of joining the NBA and is considered a future draft prospect.
Tomas is the most skilled of the Croatian players and is the focal point of their attack. Look for him to be aggressive after missing out on international play last season.
Croatia also has players with NBA backgrounds.
Zoran Planinic was a former guard of the Ne ...
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