Team USA looks committed to winning gold

While the provocation for America's current basketball redemption movement was strangling the off-Strip regions of Las Vegas, Team USA '08 made its first dress rehearsal in another part of town.So with three high-school-level AAU tournaments busy postponing the vital skill development of potential, future Team USA hotshots (more on that later), the current avengers were smiting Canada by 55 points.
What crucial lessons can be gleaned from this pasting? Well, it seems fairly simple to declare that this version of Team Canada — which failed to qualify for the Olympics — is not a powerhouse. We also can rest assured that Coach Mike Krzyzewski's roster is deep, quick, rangy and motivated to the historically divined task of making hoop things right.
And the millionaires still seem to be getting along fabulously.
It also should be noted that a few tactical clues emerged while Coach K and the boys were tuning up: