Former Duke basketball player Kyrie Irving is no stranger to USA Basketball, and the national team invited Irving along with two Cleveland Cavalier teammates, Dion Waiters and Tyler Zeller, to its July minicamp in Las Vegas, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Irving was in Las Vegas last summer helping Team USA prepare for the 2012 Olympic Games in London while playing for the select team, which the Olympic squad practiced against.
While in Sin City, Irving threw down a $50,000 bet... that he could beat Kobe Bryant in a game of 1-on-1. The two shook on it. (It was for charity).
Irving didn't just dazzle with his mouth in Vegas, either:
Think he has an inside track on the 2016 Olympic team?
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