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Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump The USA has not had to be an impressive team to win in the group play portion of the FIBA World Championships. They have been so much [...]

  Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Rondo was the fourth Celtic to play for a USA Basketball team in international competition. Two won gold, although Larry Bird was pretty much an afterthought [...]

 Woj tweets Team USA has cut Celtics guard Rajon Rondo. Well… that's a surprise. More to come. UPDATE:  Now there's word that he had to leave to tend to family issues.  We'll see UPDATE 2 (with updated post headline):Here's the quote from Jerry Colangelo.  Rondo withdrew from the team. “Rajon came to us and said [...]

Despite what Coach K says about sitting Rajon Rondo to get a good look at some of the younger guys who might not make the final Team USA roster… Rajon doesn't think his spot is very secure. "I think I'm on the bubble," Rondo said Tuesday. "Just looking at the obvious — I got a [...]

Team USA just wrapped up an 86-85 win against Spain in an exhibition in Madrid… and they did it without Rajon Rondo or Danny Granger playing a single second.  Now comes the guessing game as to why.  There are no reports of injuries and these guys haven't played so much that they need a day [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.  When you made the change from Rondo to Rose gave more options to players in the game: Well I think it wasn’t just Rondo, I think our [...]

 Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Krzyzewski likes his players but realizes they have shortcomings — starting with the fact that they're kind of short. "We like the team that we're developing, but [...]

Ahhhh late-August…  This is the point in the NBA offseason where we start pulling storylines out of our nether regions.  The explosion of player movement consumed July.  The analysis and residual minor-deals carry us through to the Hall of Fame inductions.  And then we have fun the week after by debating things like "All-Time" teams.  [...]

  So I'm tooling around the web when I see With Leather post something from Sports Crackle Pop about guys staring at Eva Longoria's behind as she's taking a seat at the USA-France game this past Sunday.  I click on it… and not only do I see a bunch of us doing exactly what the [...]