MINNEAPOLIS -- After going down in a heap last February and being lost for the season with a torn ACL, Al Jefferson is no longer black and blue. Now, he's thinking red, white and blue. 新狼王A.Jefferson伤後归队，放眼加盟美国国家队 There likely will be an opening for a post player on Team USA for next year's World Championships in Turkey and quite possibly for the 2012 Olympics in London. The Minnesota center has volunteered his services "I would love to play for USA Basketball,'' Jefferson said Thursday in an interview with FanHouse. "I would love to play. Two summers ago (2007), I was in (Las) Vegas helping the team practice and they go off and wind up winning the (Olympic) gold medal the following year (in Beijing). 新狼王表示，他和国家队渊源很深，前几年都有随队练习，这次他毛遂自荐，希望加入 明年世锦赛与2012奥运的行列。 "So I already have been part of it. Then I got hurt last year, and I couldn't do much. But I would love to play with my country if they invite me.'' More: Timberwolves Season Preview Jefferson, 24, almost certainly would have been selected to be one of the 22 young players for USA Basketball's minicamp last summer in Las Vegas had he not injured his right knee. 今年24岁的新狼王，如果今年夏天不是因为受伤，一定会被选入在拉斯维加斯的22人 培训名单。 But Jefferson is healthy now. While the Timberwolves took no chances by using him for just the first half, he scored 14 points in 16 minutes in his preseason debut last Sunday against Milwaukee. "I'm feeling good,'' Jefferson said. "I look at it as (being) 100 percent. I've just got to get in better shape, but that is going to hopefully come the rest of the preseason.'' 新狼王说他已经完全康复。上一场热身赛他出战16分钟，得14分。 Next summer, the 6-foot-10 Jefferson hopes to fill a likely opening for a big man on the World Championships team. For last year's Olympics, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo opted to go with just three post players. He might go with a fourth for Turkey. Orlando's Dwight Howard and Toronto's Chris Bosh are looking good for two of the spots. But Colangelo recently told FanHouse that Utah's Carlos Boozer, the third post player on the Olympic team, will join Tayshaun Prince and Michael Redd as Olympic holdovers who "will have competition'' to retain their spots. 6尺10的新狼王希望他为国家队在世锦赛建功。去年奥运，国家队只带了三名低位球员。 这次可能会考虑的低位人选有魔兽与龙王，但日前教练Colangelo说会考虑布瑟，使得新 狼王的期待可能会出现落差。 When it comes to up-and-coming NBA post players, the list is not long. Other candidates include Portland's Greg Oden and LaMarcus Aldridge, New York's David Lee, the Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin, New Jersey's Brook Lopez and Utah's Paul Millsap. If he remains healthy, Jefferson, who averaged 23.1 points and 10.0 rebounds in 50 games last season before being hurt, could be regarded as a more desirable option than any of those. "I think he'd be excellent for (USA Basketball),'' said Minnesota coach Kurt Rambis. "Players today just don't play the way that Al plays. There's just not too many big guys that play and are comfortable and have the offensive prowess that he has with his back to the basket. I think he'd be tremendous (for USA Basketball). That's always a threat in any offense when you have somebody that's that capable that close to the basket.'' 像他这样的球员在NBA中并不多。他上季50场出赛平均23.1分10板，放眼联盟只有拓荒者 欧登与欧德瑞奇、尼克大卫李、快艇葛瑞芬、篮网罗培兹与爵士弥尔沙普可媲美。 灰狼教头兰比斯表示，新狼王如果健康，绝对会使国家队耳目一新，他也肯定新狼王的优 势很多。 Rambis said Jefferson tweaked an ankle in practice earlier this week but his "knee isn't bothering him at all.'' With Jefferson expected to be fully ready by the Oct. 28 regular-season opener, Rambis wants Jefferson to take another step this season. "I'm asking him to do a lot of things that have never been asked of him,'' Rambis said. "Step away from the basket, be able to put the ball down on the floor, be able to let the offense run through him, involve his teammates ... and just stepping up his defense. In a lot of respects, at times (last season) he saved himself on the defensive end (for offense). ... He's got to make that commitment to shore up our defense.'' Follow NBA FanHouse Jefferson also hopes to help shore up the inside for Team USA. 兰比斯发表他对新狼王的期待。他要新狼王学会放下，不要老是黏球进攻，还要学会让队 友参与比赛。 "Who wouldn't want to?'' said Jefferson, who perhaps was not paying close attention as late as 2004, when numerous top players weren't interested in playing. "If they invite me, I'd be happy to do it.'' Colangelo has told FanHouse he will assemble a list of 25 candidates for the World Championships by the end of the fall. The list will be pared to 14 to 16 players being invited to training camp next July in Las Vegas. Twelve ultimately will be picked to play in Turkey. Vegas odds might suggest Jefferson has a solid chance to be wearing red, white and blue. 新狼王说，他不懂04年奥运为什麽大牌球星都不接受国家队邀请。「国家要我，我一定说 好。」Colangelo最後说，他把新狼王放入考虑名单，而媒体其实也都看好他可以穿上国 家队战袍。 --

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