USA Basketball Giving Young Players An Opportunity To Showcase Their Talents

No rest for the weary. Coach K and his USA Basketball Senior Men's staff are in Las Vegas taking a look a young talent. Their are workouts taking place along with scrimmages and showcase games. Just to be invited for an event like this can only help these young guys when they return to their respective NBA teams in the fall. Currently this summer they are attempting to catch the coaches eyes for possible spots when the 2016 Summer Olympics appear. 2011-12 Rookie of the year Kyrie Irving is apart of the festivities along with All Stars Jrue Holiday and Paul George. Also in town are DeMarcus Cousins, Ryan Anderson, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard the 2012-13 ROY, playoff veteran Mike Conley Jr., young guys Andre Drummond, Kenneth Faried, De Andre Jordan and the list goes on and on. Team USA are always looking toward the future, they are always looking at guys who can shoot the basketball from distance, guys who can rebound the basketball, guys who can defend on the post or perimeter, even players who can run a basketball team. Clearly these guys in Las Vegas could play a large role going forward in USA Basketball

Braves Currently Hold MLB's Largest Division Lead

Atlanta, even with their recent up and down win/loss stretch still find their way to this interesting numbers. The Braves are coming off a postseason appearance last season as a NL Wildcard team. This season as of July 26th, Atlanta owns Major League Baseball largest division lead. Atlanta lead 2nd place Washington by 8 1/2 games in the National League East. All other division races throughout baseball are relatively close to this point in the season. Baseball 2nd largest division lead comes out of the American League West as the Oakland A's lead the Texas Rangers by 3 1/2 games. July 31st marks the 2013 MLB trade deadline. Let's see which teams around the league buy and which teams sell. As teams look to enter the postseason by flat out taking their respective division or collect 1 of the 2 Wildcards in each league. Let the stretch run in August begin for a spot in October.

Danny Garcia vs. Lucas Matthysse Added To Mayweather Jr vs. Alvarez Undercard

September 14th, Canelo Alvarez will attempt to become the first fighter to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The action will take place in Las Vegas, NV at the MGM Grand. Money Mayweather is currently 2 fights into a 6 fight deal with Showtime. Recently an interesting match up has been added to the under card : undefeated Danny Garcia will be opposed by hard hitting Lucas Matthysse. Honestly, as a fight fan I'm personally looking for that fight more than the main event. It'll be interesting to see Garcia and his hand speed vs. Matthysse and his unlimited punching power. Smart move by Showtime and the likes of Golden Boy Production for adding that fight to the card. Boxing rumors suggest the winner of Garcia vs. Matthysse will take on the Mayweather Jr. vs. Alvarez next !

Brooklyn Nets Make Several Off Season Moves

Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, has made several off season splashes and it's only July ! Jason Kidd led the Nets to consecutive NBA Finals appearances in 2002 & 2003 respectively. Kidd recently retired after playing for the Knicks. Now J. Kidd will coach the Nets next season as the head man in charge. Good move by Kidd to bring in Lawrence Frank as an assistant coach, unlike Kidd he has NBA head coaching experience. The Nets are also looking to bring in AK47 which is Andrei Kirilenko. Nevertheless the move that sent shock waves through the NBA Atlantic Division : Brooklyn packed Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, Reggie Evans, Keith Bogans and draft picks to Boston for Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry. Of course KG & PP helped lead Boston to the 2008 championship and in 2010 they made another NBA Finals appearance. Meanwhile Jason Terry appeared in the 2006 NBA Finals before helping Dallas get over the hump as world champions in 2011. The Nets still have the likes of Williams, Johnson and Lopez on the squad. The question is with these moves are the Nets good enough to beat Miami 4 times in a series ?