NBA.com: USA Camp - Day 2 notes

[Legends66NBA7]

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/0...s=iref:nbahpts

LAS VEGAS – There was a surprise for the media when we walked into USA Basketball training camp on Tuesday. Mason Plumlee was playing with the Senior Team against the Select Team, instead of the other way around.

Plumlee’s promotion was about numbers, but also about his skills and performance. I wrote about him, the full crop of USA bigs, and the possibility of four of them being on the final World Cup roster here.

Scrimmaging was limited to just 10 minutes on Tuesday, with the addition of Plumlee allowing the Senior Team to split into two squads of 10 guys. The two squads simultaneously played against a portion of the Select Team.

Here were the lineups:

Blue 1: Derrick Rose, James Harden, Chandler Parsons, Paul Millsap and Andre Drummond

Blue 2: Damian Lillard, DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Korver, Kenneth Faried and Plumlee

White 1: Kyrie Irving, Stephen Curry, Paul George, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis

White 2: John Wall, Bradley Beal, Klay Thompson, Gordon Hayward and DeMarcus Cousins

And here are some more notes and quotes from the second day of camp…

-White 1 built a 14-2 lead against its Select opponents, but then the group of Marcus Smart, Victor Oladipo, Doug McDermott, Draymond Green and Cody Zeller came back against White 2 to win the 10-minute scrimmage, 22-21, with Oladipo hitting the scrimmage-winning three from the right wing with two seconds left off a Smart/Green pick-and-roll.

-Fun little moment on the other floor: Millsap got the ball with a two-on-one opportunity with his Hawks teammate in transition. The defender pushed up on Millsap and Korver would have had an easy layup. But he flared out to the right corner instead of heading to the basket. Millsap hit him there for an open three.

-Curry continues to play alongside another point guard. USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo isn’t ready to say that Curry is strictly a two with this team, but had this to say about the point guard crop: “A couple of these guys are as much twos as they are ones. Curry is one and Damian Lillard is another. They’re one-twos, I think. Kyrie is more of a one, but he’s got a lot of two in him. Derrick is a one, there’s no question about that.”

-Colangelo didn’t forget about Wall and said that the Wizards’ point guard made an impression in the first day of camp with “the look on his face, his pushing the ball up as well as he did, and defensively, he put a lot of pressure on the ball.”

-Fans and the media weren’t the only ones who were curious about Rose. Both Colangelo and head coach Mike Krzyzewski told NBA TV that seeing what kind of shape Rose was in was the biggest thing about Monday. “It was like a performer who hadn’t been on the big stage for a while,” Krzyzewski said. “Yesterday, he belted out a song pretty darn good.”

-Colangelo: “Derrick Rose was as good today as he was yesterday,” Colangelo said. So yeah, these guys are really excited about what they’ve seen from Rose.

-This team is going to be aggressive defensively, but we saw some examples of them getting burned after bad gambles in the passing lanes on Tuesday. Good international teams will take advantage of defensive mistakes and there can be a fine line between making opposing offenses uncomfortable with your pressure and not staying in front of them because you’re too aggressive.

For Day 1 notes, go here:

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=349347

[Jameerthefear]

There any streams of this? Nice to see Dipo out there playing super well against really good competition.

[Milbuck]

Apparently Davis, Durant, Rose, and PG have been the best players so far.

Really, really excited to see what Davis does this upcoming season. Word is he's grown a bit and bulked up, he's around 6'11" and just under 240 now.

[NattyPButter]

Shits restarted all they talk about is Rose.tis is Team USA not Team Rose.

[NattyPButter]

There any streams of this? Nice to see Dipo out there playing super well against really good competition.

It's on NBA TV all they did was talk about Rose for half the thing. You really don't get to see them play.

[Legends66NBA7]

There any streams of this? Nice to see Dipo out there playing super well against really good competition.

Not sure, I just watch it on NBA TV Canada.

[outbreak]

There any streams of this? Nice to see Dipo out there playing super well against really good competition.

surprised you didn't bring up the fact in another thread you said you hoped Dipo would make it onto team usa's roster (which was no chance with the quality of players they have) and people crucified you saying he was on team select and couldn't make the usa roster, has plumlee made the switch?

[Jameerthefear]

surprised you didn't bring up the fact in another thread you said you hoped Dipo would make it onto team usa's roster (which was no chance with the quality of players they have) and people crucified you saying he was on team select and couldn't make the usa roster, has plumlee made the switch?

he can make the roster if someone dropped out...

[coolhandsteve]

That White 1 team tho.

[dunksby]

surprised you didn't bring up the fact in another thread you said you hoped Dipo would make it onto team usa's roster (which was no chance with the quality of players they have) and people crucified you saying he was on team select and couldn't make the usa roster, has plumlee made the switch?

Not impossible, Clolangelo said as much before the camp.

[Jlamb47]

That White 1 team tho.

YEah that team is a very good shooting squad. I think it lacks defense with Irving n Curry but i think they could outscore there opponents
Plus george n anthony got length nD