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Redd will be part of U.S. Olympic team - Bucks Blog

Milwaukee Bucks guard Michael Redd will be part of the U.S. Olympic basketball team, to be named Monday at a news conference in Chicago.

Olympic and National Basketball Association sources have confirmed that Redd will be named to the 12-man roster for the Beijing Olympics. The 28-year-old Redd has played with the Bucks for his entire career, after being chosen with the 43rd overall pick in the 2000 draft.

Redd earned his Olympic spot with a stellar performance last summer in the FIBA Americas tournament in Las Vegas, as the U.S. team qualified for the 2008 Games. Redd came off the bench to average 14.0 points, the fourth-highest mark on the team, and he shot 53% from the field and 45.3% from three-point range.

Jerry Colangelo, managing director of the U.S. senior national team, was impressed with Redd from their first meeting in 2005, when the Columbus, Ohio, native showed up in his sweats at Colangelo's hotel room and asked where he could change clothes. Redd then emerged in a suit and tie for his interview with Colangelo, who was charged with forming a deep pool of players for the three-year cycle leading up to the Beijing Olympics.

Bucks general manager John Hammond said today he had "no official word yet" but "it sounds like he has a great opportunity to make the team."

"It would be great for the city of Milwaukee, Bucks basketball and Bucks fans to have Michael on the team," Hammond said.

Redd will fill a role as a knockdown, three-point shooter, something the U.S. squad was lacking in the 2004 Olympics and the 2006 World Championships. The U.S. finished third in the Athens Olympics, posting a 5-3 overall record while Argentina won the gold medal.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Redd will fill a role as a knockdown, three-point shooter, something the U.S. squad was lacking in the 2004 Olympics and the 2006 World Championships. The U.S. finished third in the Athens Olympics, posting a 5-3 overall record while Argentina won the gold medal.

Glad to see they remember their past mistakes...I guess we are not calling them the Dream Team any more...right?

[Lefty Noob]

Glad to see they're looking more at what roles certain players can fill, and less at how big their names are. Redd should really help Team USA.

[Bryan88]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Glad to see they're looking more at what roles certain players can fill, and less at how big their names are. Redd should really help Team USA.

Exactly, this is how we should put a team together. Hopefully it will lead to better results!

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Glad to see they're looking more at what roles certain players can fill, and less at how big their names are. Redd should really help Team USA.

We finally realized that the US can't just through a bunch of NBAers together nilly willy and bring home the gold.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

We finally realized that the US can't just through a bunch of NBAers together nilly willy and bring home the gold.

And it's only a couple of years too late!