Did Kyriew get hurt during game? I saw a tweet from the Warriors source said something about him being hit and that was why Rose started second half
After telling ESPN.com upon arrival in Spain that he was flirting with the prospect of alternating
Kyrie Irving and Rose as his starting point guard if Rose proved up to it physically, Krzyzewski did just that to start the second half against New Zealand, putting Rose in Irving's place.
"He's working every day. The only way you're going to shake the rust off is by playing.
"Physically he feels good. Mentally he's good. But he's got to work on his timing. He hasn't played in two years basically. So it doesn't happen overnight, and I think he understands that. He's showing great patience. It'll come. It'll come."
2011 NBA MVP missed five of the six shots he attempted from the field against New Zealand, but Krzyzewski was eager to reunite Rose with Team USA starter
James Harden, with whom he formed a good chemistry during the squad's training camp in Las Vegas at the end of July.
"He has to get minutes with the guys that are playing more minutes, because he is a guy who should play a lot of minutes," Krzyzewski said, suggesting he'd like to see Rose take on a bigger role as the tournament continues to unfold.
aid Thibodeau: "We want to see a lot of different combinations. Each day is a little different. We wanted to see him on the floor with the other starters to see if we could get him going a little bit. "[But] I want him to just concentrate on his improvement and, when he's on the floor, run the team well. And he's more than capable of doing that.
"He's shaking off some rust as we anticipated," Thibodeau continued, "but he's capable of playing very well."
on a sidenot to that kincaid guy who subs for gottilieb..
The olympic team is doing the bulls a favor by letting him play at such a high level to help prepare him for upcoming NBA season hte bull head coach is on the sideline for christ sake.
sorry a few weeks ago kincaid was ranting how rose needs to remember who pays him and forget this olympic nonsense.
back to the espn story there.
seems kyrie is a placeholder for rustless rose. sounds like Harden wants to play with rose, you got thibodeua and i believe coach k has coached derrick rose more games than kyrie )