Tag: Usa Basketball
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Former Team USA coach, teammate remember professional approach Tim Hardaway Jr. brings to Denver Nuggets
It didn’t take long for Tim Hardaway Jr. to show Doug McDermott what the Nuggets’ new wing is all about. It was the summer of 2011, and the duo were part of the United States’ Under-19 FIBA World Championship squad. The Americans rolled into Lithuania thinking they would cruise through the competition. Hardaway had seen…
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Denver native, Colorado Preps’ Josiah Sanders taking advantage of ‘opportunity of a lifetime’ with Team USA
Shortly after finishing basketball practice in Boulder last week, Josiah Sanders received a phone call. Sanders looked at the screen, surprised to see his soon-to-be coach Tad Boyle giving him a buzz. The University of Colorado freshman thought the timing of the call was odd considering moments earlier, he’d just talked to Boyle. But the…