May 24, 2013
London 2012 Olympic Tournament preview: Great Britain

GREAT BRITAIN
Joel Freeland - Unicaja By hosting the event, Great Britain has earned the right to play in Olympic men's basketball tournament for the first time since 1948. Great Britain's initial goal will be trying to get to the quarterfinals. Its main strength is a strong, talented frontcourt led by versatile forward Luol Deng and former Euroleague superstar Joel Freeland. Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Eric Boateng, Daniel Clark, Kieron Achara and center Robert Archibald, who will retire after the Olympics, round out a strong battery of big men looking to make the difference in the paint. Other than Deng, who will see most of his playing time at small forward, Great Britain relies on Mike Lenzly of CEZ Nymburk and Kyle Johnson to open the court with their outside shots. Young talent Andrew Lawrence and 38-year-old veteran Nate Reinking split playing time at point guard. With a great crowd backing them, Great Britain will fight to make basketball more popular in London one year before the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four hits the town.
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Name
Pos.
Height
Born
Team 2011-12
4 ACHARA, KIERON Center 208 1983 Assignia Manresa (Spain)
5 LAWRENCE, ANDREW Guard 186 1990 Charleston (NCAA)
6 LENZLY, MIKE Guard 189 1981 CEZ Nymburk (Eurocup - Cezch Rep.)
7 MENSAH-BONSU, POPS Center 206 1983 Besiktas (Turkey)
8 SULLIVAN, ANDREW Forward 203 1980 Leicester C. Riders (Great Britain)
9 DENG, LUOL Forward 206 1985 Chicago Bulls (NBA)
10 ARCHIBALD, ROBERT Center 209 1980 CAI Zaragoza (Spain)
11 FREELAND, JOEL Forward 208 1987 Unicaja (Euroleague - Spain)
12 REINKING, NATE Guard 183 1973 Sheffield Sharks (Great Britain)
13 CLARK, DAN Center 210 1988 Asefa Estudiantes (Spain)
14 JOHNSON, KYLE Guard 196 1988 Apoel Nicosia (Chipre)
15 BOATENG, ERIC Center 208 1985 Peristeri (Greece)
Head Coach: FINCH, CHRIS
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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