Teams

By: Steve Kyler 

By: Preetom Bhattacharya

By: Jon Mladic 

Most fans see the highly-publicized, immature actions of a few NBA players and assume the rest of the league is filled with similar individuals. But truthfully, the NBA has more than its fair share of nice guys. Here are some of the favorites of the HOOPSWORLD staff:

By: Mike Moreau

Team USA can't lose in these Olympics.

That doesn't mean they won't lose; it means that after all of the planning, preparation, and commitments from our nation's best basketball minds and our best players, they absolutely, positively cannot afford to lose.

2007-08 Record: 41-41; 2nd Atlantic

Draft Picks: 17

Key Free Agents

G Jose Calderon (restricted)

F Carlos Delfino (restricted)

How they got here and what they need

2007-08 Record: 34-48; 4^th Atlantic

Draft Picks: 10, 21, 40

Key Free Agents

F/C Nenad Krstic (restricted)

C DeSagana Diop

F Bostjan Nachbar

F/C Stromile Swift (player option)

How they got here and what they need

2007-08 Record: 40-42; 3^rd Atlantic

Draft Picks: 16

Key Free Agents

F/G Andre Iguodala (restricted)

G Louis Williams (restricted)

How they got here and what they need