USA OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM

Here are USA National Basketball Team for China Olympics

STARTERS:
PG: Jason Kidd, SG: Kobe Bryant, SF: LeBron James, PF: Carmelo Anthony, C: Dwight Howard. As in the past, Melo, a small forward, will have to play bigger than he really is as a power forward in this lineup. He can pull it off. And LeBron is much stronger than the average small forward, so that makes up for it a little. But still, it's somewhat small frontcourt. Defensively, Bryant is the team's best stopper for guarding the opponent's best swingman. Of the starters, Kidd is likely to play the least minutes.

BENCH PLAYERS:
Dwyane Wade has been the team's scoring star off the bench. The main backup point guard to Kidd is Chris Paul, though Paul may very well wind up playing more minutes than Kidd does. Deron Williams, a point guard, will be used at both PG and shooting guard. And then shooting guard Michael Redd brings a great, consistent outside shot and has the green light to rip the net every chance he gets. At small forward, the team has versatile, defensive-minded Tayshaun Prince. And at backup power forward and center the team has Chris Bosh and Carlos Boozer. Again, depth is very thin at the big-man spots.