Al Jefferson Has Sights on Team USA

by Chris TomassonFiled under: Timberwolves, FanHouse ExclusiveMINNEAPOLIS -- After going down in a heap last February and being lost for the season with a torn ACL, Al Jefferson is no longer black and blue. Now, he's thinking red, white and blue. There likely will be an opening for a post player on Team USA for next year's World Championships in Turkey and quite possibly for the 2012 Olympics in London. The Minnesota center has volunteered his services "I would love to play for USA Basketball,'' Jefferson said Thursday in an interview with FanHouse. "I would love to play. Two summers ago (2007), I was in (Las) Vegas helping the team practice and they go off and wind up winning the (Olympic) gold medal the following year (in Beijing). "So I already have been part of it. Then I got hurt last year, and I couldn't do much. But I would love to play with my country if they invite me.''Al Jefferson Has Sights on Team USA originally appeared o...