USA Basketball attracting Blazers Posted by jfreeman August 02, 2007 14:22PM Categories: Breaking News The Trail Blazers' young, up-and-coming roster apparently has become attractive to USA Basketball. According to independent sources, Portland forwards Channing Frye and LaMarcus Aldridge have accepted invitations to play on a select team that will practice and scrimmage with the national team later this month. Blazers General Manager Kevin Pritchard on Thursday said nothing has been finalized, but added: "I think there's a good chance." Aldridge, a 2006-07 all-rookie first-team selection, and Frye, whom the Blazers acquired from New York in the Zach Randolph trade, figure to compete for the starting power forward position this season for the Blazers. In other USA Basketball/Blazers news, Greg Oden told me this week that he has not completely eliminated the possibility of competing at the U.S. training camp later this month, which seems necessary if the 7-foot center wishes to compete in the 2008 Olympics. Oden, who this week resumed basketball workouts for the first time since undergoing a tonsillectomy July 14, said he is contemplating the situation and consulting with his mother. "I can't really comment on that too much because we are still in the midst of working things out with USA Basketball," Oden said. "But we're still talking about it." My gut feeling is that Oden will not attend the training camp because he is focused on regaining his stamina and getting into shape for his first NBA season. Of course, the lure of the Olympics must be tempting -- and working with the nation's best certainly wouldn't hurt his conditioning. Oden missed the U.S. minicamp in July while recovering from surgery. Another Portland player, rookie of the year Brandon Roy, was invited to join the select team but declined because of a previous commitment. http://tinyurl.com/39c464 Aldridge和Frye被邀请去参加这个月底美国国家队的练习， 之前Roy也被邀请过，但他因为个人行程桥不定所以没办法去， Oden则是在国家队的名单当中， 但因为刚动手术以及身体状况的问题，所以可能也不会去。 -- 我觉得拓荒者的几位新人真的满被看重的， 虽然没办法四个都去(应该是各队里面最多位的)， 但对他们来说能被邀请和大牌们打球应该算是好事！ --

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