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why isnt deron wiliams on team usa?

Did you actually read the article attached to the link?
No members of the 2008 gold-winning Olympic team will be participating this summer, so USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo and head coach Mike Krzyzewski will be building an entirely new team over the next six weeks. And they won't have the ability to rely on the talents of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and company.
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Now, I might be wrong... but I'm guessing that this is nothing personal against D-Will (maybe a policy of spreading the Team USA glory around?)... in fact, this will probably solidify his ability to play in the 2012 Olympic games... AKA, the ones that really matter.
 
Williams to skip world championships

Deron Williams has officially declined an invitation to play for USA Basketball at this summer’s world championships in Turkey, according to a Yahoo.com report. Williams had said Saturday at his charity golf event that he was unlikely to play.

According to the report, the U.S. team will not feature a single holdover from the 2008 Olympic team. Williams was the last player from the Olympic team to officially pull out, notifying managing director Jerry Colangelo on Saturday night.

Colangelo told Yahoo that Williams cited a family matter and that none of the players who declined would be removed from consideration to be part of the 2012 Olympic team.
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https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/jazz/49910177-87/matthews-jazz-million-offer.html.csp?page=2
 
G-O-A-T said:
Did you actually read the article attached to the link?


Now, I might be wrong... but I'm guessing that this is nothing personal against D-Will (maybe a policy of spreading the Team USA glory around?)... in fact, this will probably solidify his ability to play in the 2012 Olympic games... AKA, the ones that really matter.
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My understanding is that all of those players were invited to play, just for one reason or another they all declined. Most of them due to free agency or injuries.
 
Nice. Everyone turned their back on the world championships? Wonder how deep into NBA talent they will have to go to find 12 willing players.
 
G-O-A-T said:
Nice. Everyone turned their back on the world championships? Wonder how deep into NBA talent they will have to go to find 12 willing players.
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I'm sure I read somewhere that they talked to Big Al, but he turned them down because he's trying to get acclimated to the Altitude in Utah this summer.
 
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