Smiles were still locked on the faces of the US NBA superstars after their 118-107 triumph over Spain in Sunday's gold medal game when USA Basketball general manager Jerry Colangelo said half of them were ready to return in 2012.

"We'll celebrate and then we will talk about going forward," Colangelo said. "Five or six of these guys have said they want to be part of us going forward. But now it's time for a rest."
"Hell yeah," answered US forward Carmelo Anthony. "I've been doing this for 40 years."
Anthony, only 24, joined LeBron James and Dwyane Wade as seldom-seen reserves on the 2004

USA Basketball asked players for a three-year comittment to keep playing in the NBA off-season, assembling the same talent pool for the 2006 World Championships, 2007 Americas Olympic qualifying and 2008 Olympics.

The payoff was golden. Now James says NBA stars will continue signing on for three-year stints for the chance to uphold American honor starting in London in four years.
"I think so," James said. "It has been a great experience for all 12 of us. Not all 12 of us are going to be together again 2012, but we can tell other guys this is one of the best experiences I ever had in my life.

"This is great. You're playing basketball and you're representing your country. It doesn't get any better than this.

"Winning an NBA championship would never compare to winning a gold medal for my country."
But with a rapidly improving group of global rivals, US players know they can no longer afford to deliver less than their best and expect to win gold.

"It means a lot," US forward Chris Bosh said. "This is what you sacrifice your summers for. We've sacrificed being with our families - been away from home for a long time now."

i find this few sentence that they say vry meaningful.....imagine representing ur country and winning gold........as a team how fun could tt be...

Sparring is prohibited by bruce lee from ytd till sunday.......no injuries should be sustain by fighters b4 the nationals!....

I accidentally stumbled upon this.....a joke bout usain bolt the world fastest guy.....funny....

watch it....