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It certainly wasn't a defense and not even an explanation, but in an interview with a North Carolina newspaper, Mike Krzyzewski talks about why he chose his former center for Team USA ... and how USA Basketball only decided at the last minute to choose a select team to practice against the senior team.
"We weren't even sure we were going to have a Select team for the training in Las Vegas, so that was a last-minute addition, just having a Select team," Krzyzewski told Bret Stretlow of The Fayetteville Observer. "The Select team did a terrific job, and Mason all of a sudden came to the forefront and made us say, 'Shouldn't we look at this guy? We have the perimeter, but what about the bigs?'
Another factor, Coach K said, was Kevin Durant's decision to drop out. That, he said, changed the dynamic of the final roster.
"It made looking at the '4' and '5' even a little more different, so it was fortuitous that (Plumlee) was asked to be part of the USA Select team," said Krzyzewski of the player he mentored for four years at Duke.
Read more http://www.netsdaily.com/2014/8/26/...about-why-he-close-mason-plumlee-for-team-usa
"We weren't even sure we were going to have a Select team for the training in Las Vegas, so that was a last-minute addition, just having a Select team," Krzyzewski told Bret Stretlow of The Fayetteville Observer. "The Select team did a terrific job, and Mason all of a sudden came to the forefront and made us say, 'Shouldn't we look at this guy? We have the perimeter, but what about the bigs?'
Another factor, Coach K said, was Kevin Durant's decision to drop out. That, he said, changed the dynamic of the final roster.
"It made looking at the '4' and '5' even a little more different, so it was fortuitous that (Plumlee) was asked to be part of the USA Select team," said Krzyzewski of the player he mentored for four years at Duke.
Read more http://www.netsdaily.com/2014/8/26/...about-why-he-close-mason-plumlee-for-team-usa
