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From the article: Team USA 2012
USA Basketball assembled a roster for the 2010 World Championships without any member of the 2008 Olympic team, and still won gold. What will Mike Krzyzewski do with the roster for 2010, when LeBron, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard and others are expected to return? Kevin Durant - the World Championship Tournament MVP - is a lock for the roster... but who else will make the trip to the London Games? Who would you bring?

2012 Olympic Team

LeBron, Kobe, Durant, Chris Paul, Love, Wade, Westbrook, Carmelo, Blake Griffin, Bosh, D.Williams, Tyson Chandler.... Rose and Howard out with injury, Chandler and Westbrook replace them.
—Guest Ryan

Dream Team III

G-Wade, Bryant, Paul, Westbrook F- King James, Durantula, Melo, Iguodola, Bosh, Griffin C-Bynum, Chandler
—Guest Blake

The Real Team

G - Williams, Paul, Westbrook, Wade, Bryant F - James, Anthony, Durant, Gay F/C - Chandler, Griffin, Love If no ones else gets injured.
—Guest Justin

MY TEAM USA 2012

PG: Chris Paul, Westbrook, D.Rose, Rondo SG: Dwade, Kobe, Joe Johnson SF: Durant, LeBron, Melo, Gay PF: K.Love, Amar'e, LaMarcus Aldridge C: DH12, Andrew Bynum, Blake
—Guest jason

LONDON USA DREAM TEAM

bryant wade paul williams westbrook durant james anthony bosh love griffin howard
—Guest EDGAM123

The bomb

Dwane Wade Carmelo Anthony Kobe Bryant Dwight Howard Kevin Love Lebron James Kevin Durante Chris Bosh
—Guest Joshua

The 2012 USA OLYMPIC DREAM TEAM

First 5: Dwight Howard-power defense Kevin Durant-outside inside offense Lebron James-defense/offense D Wade-defense/offense Chris Paul-consistent playmaker Back Ups: Kobe Bryant-instant offense off the bench Chris Bosh-offense/defense w/ good perimeter shooting Deron Williams-can play #1 or 2 position and a good playmaker Jason Kidd-experienced veteran playmaker Rudy Gay-offensive threat Kevin Love-offensive and defensive threat w/ good outside shooting Tim Duncan-old school defense/offense. Except from Bosh,Duncan and D Howard,the rest of the team can shoot from beyond the arc,.A mixture of defense and offense,Kidd and Duncan are added in the rooster to have a somewhat old school and veteran touch of the game. Other candidates:Zach Randolph, Carmelo Anthony Lamarcus Aldridge Josh Smith Chauncey Billups
—Guest rizzi john

12 Man squad for 2012 Olympics

The team should be a mix of good point guards, pure scorers/shooters, and big men and defensive/rebounding. Tie breakers on close calls are age/experience and trying to combine teammates where possible. Guards: Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Kobe Bryant, Russell Westbrook, Dwyane Wade Forwards: Carmello Anthony, Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Kevin Love, Lamarcus Aldridge Centers: Dwight Howard, Andrew Bynum Notable omissions: Derrick Rose, Blake Griffin, Chris Bosh, Tim Duncan, Paul Pierce. I don't think Duncan or Pierce want to play, 2 Heat players on the squad is enough. The team has enough dunkers/slashers, Griffin can play in 2016. Rose is a tough leave out, but CP3 and D-will are better ture PGs and better outside shooters and Westbrook is too good to leave off the squad. Starting 5: PG - CP3 SG - Kobe SF - Carmello Anthony PF - Kevin Love C - Dwight Howard First guys off bench: Lebron James, Kevin Durant
—Rainman3682

Perfect 10 ... 2 left

Perfect team , just would change igoudala for Blake Griffin and Curry for D. Rose.
—Guest Rodrigo

TEAM USA 2012

ROSE, WADE, CP3, WESTBROOK, BRYANT, JAMES, DURANT, ANTHONY, GRIFFIN, BOSH, HOWARD, LOVE. I'm ok if WILLIAMS FOR WESTBROOK AND BYNUM FOR LOVE.
—Guest KIKIN

2012 USA BBALL TEAM

Ok so.....I think cp3, kobe, deron williams, melo, lebron, bosh, wade and howard will return to the team because they were on the 2008 gold team. They are all still all stars in the league to this day too. So that's 8 players. The next 4 will be....kevin durant #1. He was the mvp of the 2010 fiba games. He is an extreme offensive threat that is hard for anybody to stop. Kevin love will be good select because his defense will be good for our team because of his rebound stats and he is also a very good scorer too. D Rose will be a lock too. He was the 2010-2011 nba mvp and he is an unstoppable guard. He is one of the quickest players in the league and with him attacking the rim at anytime he wants is a must. He can play both guard positions too. I want blake to be on the team..which he will probably be on but I would like to have westbrook and andre Ig on the team but that's a hard choice because they both play there positions good. I don't know who to pick out of them.
—Guest E Bizzness

nba

kobe is the be st with d.rose and bynum and howard for the centers position with kevin love
—Guest aldrin

MY DREAM TEAM 2012

GUARDS,WADE,ROSE,,PAUL SF, JAMES,KOBE,ANTHONY,PIERCE PF,DURANT,BOSH,GRIFIN CENTER,HOWARD,LOVE
—Guest ARVIN B. BALAT

USA dream team 2012

guard: Russell Westbrook Derrick Rose Chris Paul Dwayne Wade Rajon Rondo Forwards: Kevin Durant Lebron James Carmelo Anthony Blake Griffin Center: Dwaight Howard Chris Bosh Amare Stoudemire
—Guest eZo

USA dream team 2012

dwight howard chris bosh blake griffin amare stoudemire lebron james kevin durant carmelo anthony dwayne wade derrick rose chris paul rajon rondo russel westbrook
—Guest eZo

Who would you bring?

Assembling Team USA's roster for the 2012 London Games

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