Team USA Basketball returns to Las Vegas — PHOTOS | Basketball

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Draymond Green takes a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Draymond Green, left, calls for a ball during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Klay Thompson stands on the court during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Carmelo Anthony goes up for a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Lebron James laughs during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Lebron James goes up for a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Lebron James takes a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team assistant coach Tom Thibodeau stands on the court during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team players stand on the court during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team players Draymond Green, left, and Stephen Curry, speaks to each other during their mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team head coach Mike Krzyzewski, right, speaks to a player during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Lebron James, left, and assistant coach Tom Thibodeau, speak to each other during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Klay Thompson takes a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Stephen Curry laughs during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team players Draymond Green, right, and Kenneth Faried, share a moment during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Lebron James takes a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Stephen Curry takes a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Lebron James drives the ball to the basket for a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

Lebron James gets ready to take a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Draymond Green goes up for a dunk during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

Lebron James stands on the court during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Russell Westbrook takes a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Stephen Curry takes the court during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Kevin Durant stands on the court during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team poses for a portrait before their mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Kevin Durant takes a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Lebron James, right, speaks with his teammate Carmelo Anthony during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team players stretch during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Lebron James takes a shot during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Wednesday, August 12, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Draymond Green reacts after a shot at the basket during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team players from left, Victor Oladipo, Draymond Green, and Kevin Durant, stretch during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

USA Basketball Men‘s National Team player Blake Griffin stands on the court during a mini-camp practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 11, 2015. ERIK VERDUZCO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @Erik_Verduzco

Thirty four of the world’s top NBA players returned to Las Vegas this week for the USA National Team’s minicamp from August 11 to 13. The 2015 squad features stars like LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors), Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks), Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook (Golden State Warriors) and coaches like Mike Krzyzewski (Duke Blue Devils), Jim Boeheim (Syracuse Orange) and Monty Williams (Oklahoma City Thunder). Team USA held two hour practices on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Mendenhall Center, and will conclude their showcase with a USA Blue vs. USA White scrimmage on Thursday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.

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