Jerry Colangelo softens Team USA stance/JJ Hickson on Team USA?

• SQ_Crazies

  

  KnightXC1 wrote:
  As I said before, free agency is not an excuse for a tournament that starts at the end of August when free agency starts July 1.

  Well, you don't make the call and Colangelo disagrees.
• KnightXC1

  

  ^^ And like I also said, making a movie and being a free agent are garbage excuses to not represent your country when many players would give up a lot to put the USA Jersey on. Getting married or divorced, or being hurt is a fine reason and I have no problem with that. But to simply use "I'm a free agent and will be too busy" is crap and if that's their attitude, I don't want them representing my country. Free agency starts July 1st, tournament starts August 28. All of those "big free agents" will be signed by then so that excuse is out the window.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Yeah, lets ignore the fact that the NBA is what pays the bills.
  
  Like I said, it doesn't matter what you think Colangelo has taken the same stance since day one and he disagrees with you.
• KnightXC1

  

  Most of these guys are set for life through endorsements and could retire tomorrow if they wanted to. Colangelo said in the beginning that if they gave a grabage excuse, their spot would not be guaranteed and has not changed from that. My point on being a free agent stands and most people would agree with me that it is a garbage excuse. But if we go to the worlds without Lebron, Kobe, Wade, Howard, and Anthony, we will not win which will be a shame.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Blah, blah, blah.