No more cutting point guards. We're good now. Let's move on.
The John Wall cut leaves USA Basketball with Derrick Rose, Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard as the remaining starting NBA point guards. And hopefully that's how it stays.
There's no sense in cutting one of them just to shave down the position, especially when they can afford to keep all four.
And not only that, but they could each serve a legitimate purpose.
With Kevin Durant pulling out of the competition and Paul George down with a broken leg, Team USA will need as much offensive firepower as it can get.
And that might mean playing small ball. Given the versatility of USA's guards and forwards, coach Mike Krzyzewski should be able to pull it off.
USA Basketball executive director Jerry Colangelo gave his views last month on his guards and their versatility.
"It's hard to create more than two pure points (on the roster)," Colangelo told USA Today's Sam Amick. "Kyrie is a pure point. John Wall is a point. Derrick is a point. Curry can play ...
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