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With the NBA lockout threatening to impact this summer's qualifying tournaments for the 2012 Olympics, commissioner David Stern is scheduled to meet Tuesday with the president and the secretary general of FIBA, the sport's international governing body.

Team USA tops Turkey in the championship game

The secretary general of FIBA, the governing body of international basketball, would like to see the NBA change its goaltending rules to allow players to knock the ball off the rim.

Clearly perturbed by Russia coach David Blatt's comment that the Soviet Union was the rightful winner of the gold-medal game at the 1972 Munich Olympics, coach Mike Krzyzewski launched his own counterattack Wednesday.

The new-look Team USA was clicking like never before in a blowout win over Angola.

Perfection is not the goal for Team USA heading into the knockout round of the FIBA World Championship.

What lies ahead for Team USA in the knockout round? We preview the next set of games.

Kevin Durant leads Team USA to 22-point win over Slovenia in FIBA World Championship.

ATHENS -- It has been a long, long time since the United States men's basketball team won the World Championship, so long, in fact, that Kevin Durant was a 5-year-old when it last happened in 1994. The Americans finished third in Athens in 1998, ...

The U.S. national basketball team finalized its roster for the world championships when Boston Celtics star Rajon Rondo asked to withdraw from consideration.

Somebody is going to get cut from Team USA after Wednesday night's exhibition game against Greece, and Rajon Rondo has no illusions about where he stands.

What awaits at the FIBA World Championship for Kevin Durant and Team USA? Chris Sheridan has the answers.

A USA Basketball spokesman says Amare Stoudemire will not play for the United States in the world championships because of problems insuring his contract.

Team USA undergoes "cultural evolution" heading into world championship in Turkey.

Amare Stoudemire's availability for Team USA was thrown into doubt Monday night after questions were raised over whether his contract with the New York Knicks could be insured to allow him to play in a FIBA competition, sources told ESPN.com.

Regardless of whether it is at full strength, Team USA will not have to face Spain, Greece or Argentina in the opening round of the World Championship next summer in Turkey.