2012 USA Basketball Men’s National Team player Kobe Bryant talks with media before practice at the Mendenhall Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Las Vegas on Sunday, July 8, 2012. (Jessica Ebelhar/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
2012 USA Basketball Men’s National Team player Kobe Bryant talks with media before practice at the Mendenhall Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Las Vegas on Sunday, July 8, 2012. The 12-man team is scheduled to practice at the center through Wednesday, and will face off against the Dominican Republic at the Thomas & Mack Center in its first pre-Olympics exhibition game Thursday. Bryant plays professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers. (Jessica Ebelhar/Las Vegas Review-Journal)