2008 USA Basketball International Challenge

The national basketball teams of USA, Turkey and Lithuania will be in Macau this month for a series of pre-Olympic exhibition games. Each team will play each other once.

Team USA will play Turkey on July 31 and Lithuania on August 1. Turkey and Lithuania will square off on August 2.

Of course, the Nike-sponsored American squad is expected to roll over the competition with a bevy of NBA superstars in their roster. The all-star lineup includes Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul.

Turkey has two current NBA players on its roster (Orlando's Hedo Turkoglu and Utah's Mehmet Okur while Lithuania has three (Denver's Linas Kleiza, Cleveland's Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Washington's Darius Songaila). Also suiting up for Lithuania is former NBA guard Sarunas Jasikevicius, who played two seasons in the league for Indiana and Golden State.

The games will not have the usual competitive intensity but they should be entertaining to watch nonetheless.

2008 USA Men's Olympic Basketball Team