International tournaments, off-season work outs, and when will Gordon Hayward get some respect? This and more in today's Labor Daybor Downbeat.
Four of the 12 spots for Olympic basketball in 2016 (Rio) are in the books -- Brazil is the host nation, so they are in. The United States won the 2014 FIBA World Cup, so they are in. Australia won the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship (against one other team, New Zealand). And Nigeria powered through to win AfroBasket 2015 (16 different teams, a full tournament . .