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Day 2:

Arriving at the National Team's Training Facility the cuts were posted on the front door as follows with these men making the team after first cuts:

Derrick Anglin
Dan Billingsley
Ray Taylor
Mikey Bergman
Damian Gan
Ronald Trickle
Aiden Sharpe
Doug Gomez
Joe Bronson
Charles Dube
Ricardo Madrid
Dexter Dennison
Willis Lundy
Willie Dillard
Irwin Velasco
Richard Ugona
Jairo Alejandro Renteria
Ismael Grubbs
Inez Arzapalo
Zane Ritter
Gavin Wood
Cliff Gonzalez
Lynn Tirado
Nigel Marcus
Clay Moore
Jordon Brown
Eugene Williams
Geoffrey Galloway

Drills and workouts continued as I stepped inside the facility. I greeted the players and took a seat watching the remaining 28 players go up and down the court.

I noticed a commotion and walked over to the scene to find Perry Gipson who was cut earlier that day in an argument with Willis Lundy. I couldn't hear what their argument was exactly about it seemed to me that Gipson was angry he was cut. To settle their argument a quick game of 1 on 1 was set. The game was tight with both players trading baskets. Tied at 11, Perry Gipson took the ball and with a reverse jam posterized Willis Lundy. Gipson taunted Lundy in a very unsportmanslike way. Every player and staff member was in awe that Gipson had done this to Lundy. However Lundy scored 10 straight and won 21-13. After the loss Gipson was escorted out of the building but he had left his mark on Lundy.

Walking over to Ronald Trickle and Dan Billingsley I was curious to see what they thought of this years team.
Ronald Trickle - " We've got ourselves a great ball club. Every single one of these guys can play with the best of them so for the rest of the world, you better watch out."
Dan Billingsley - " I agree. We do have a good team but we have to keep our focus and continue to grow... try not to get to big of heads *cough*.

Finally I walked over to NT coach Jfarb001. He was working with Richard Ugona and Joe Bronson.
"Coach could we have a statement?"
Jfarb001 - " Camp is really a competitive environment, all of these guys are very talented, so making cuts is difficult to say the least. Right now we are just trying to find the right combination, we have a few players here who are truly elite, so there are a bunch of guys battling for those last few spots. They are going to have to show us... HEY UGONA!!! U GONNA PASS THE BALL AT ALL TODAY?!? YEA THATS RIGHT I SAID IT!!! I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK, UNLIKE YOU!"

As you can see although these 28 players may have made it past the first cuts they're not officially players for the United States National Team. They will have to continue to grow and compete with one another to earn the honor to play for this team. The United States first game is January 24 vs. Bolivia. We will have our final roster so stay tuned sometime before the big game for a final roster release and USA NT community competition information.

-SpF-

I noticed a commotion and walked over to the scene to find Perry Gipson who was cut earlier that day in an argument with Willis Lundy. I couldn't hear what their argument was exactly about it seemed to me that Gipson was angry he was cut. To settle their argument a quick game of 1 on 1 was set. The game was tight with both players trading baskets. Tied at 11, Perry Gipson took the ball and with a reverse jam posterized Willis Lundy. Gipson taunted Lundy in a very unsportmanslike way. Every player and staff member was in awe that Gipson had done this to Lundy. However Lundy scored 10 straight and won 21-13. After the loss Gipson was escorted out of the building but he had left his mark on Lundy.

We should be grateful Lundy emerged without an injury... Gipson's such a thug...

And Lundy is not?

Gipson is a well known thug. He single handedly-demoted Jelme in his only legitimate D.II season but chose to only demolish Lundy's pride in their head to head match-ups.

I hate Gipson. Glad he was cut.

Gipson is a well known thug. He single handedly-demoted Jelme in his only legitimate D.II season but chose to only demolish Lundy's pride in their head to head match-ups.

Minus the fact that Lundy had more points and assists in their two matchups together, it was his lack of teammates that did in the Tardeders...

a win's a win!

We're restricting the conversation to Gipson vs. Lundy. No need to make it personal.

I see no Gibson in that box score.

Jelme had a D.II season?