BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo confirmed Wednesday that he's sticking to his plan to unveil the 12-man roster that will represent the United States at the Rio Olympics in late June.
Appearing as USAB's representative at the U.S. Olympic Committee's quadrennial media summit in advance of the Summer Games, Colangelo reiterated what he's been saying since last August about choosing a final roster without holding try-outs in July, telling ESPN that "I never wanted to put a player in a position where he was so-called 'cut.' "
"It is the deepest," Colangelo said in a sitdown with ESPN after his press conference, referring to the 31 players currently in USAB's national team player pool and his decade-plus in charge of the program alongside Duke and Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski.