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July 5, 2008

US Olympic Basketball Hopes Remain High 
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Roster includes some of best professional players in NBA including
superstars Kobe Bryant, LeBron James 
The NBA's Most Valuable Player, Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant, will be
playing for the U.S teamDespite failing to win the gold medal in the
2004 Athens Olympic games, and in the 2006 International World
Championship, expectations for this year's U.S. Olympic basketball team
remain high. The roster includes some of the best professional players
in the National Basketball Association including superstars Kobe Bryant
and LeBron James. But as VOA's Brian Padden reports a U.S. team made up
of NBA stars can no longer automatically dominate international
competition because the world is full of NBA stars.


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