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          With Rio Olympics a year away, how Team USA candidates shape up

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          • Kevin Pelton, ESPN Senior WriterAug 10, 2015, 08:30 AM ET
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            • Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series
            • Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers
            • Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system
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          As USA Basketball prepares to gather for this week's mini-camp in Las Vegas, we're a little less than a year away from the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. While the next 12 months will surely bring changes to the pool of players from which the U.S. will choose its final 12-player roster for the Olympics, right now it looks as stacked as at any point since USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo and head coach Mike Krzyzewski breathed new life into the national team a decade ago.