Open Look Hoops Editor: "We Deeply Apologize To Jason Kapono And His Fans"

As USA Basketball released the roster for its Men's Select Team, chosen to help Team USA prepare for the upcoming FIBA Championship, Open Look Hoops was utterly shocked and horrified to find that Jason Kapono had been named as one of the ten player selected to the squad.

On July 29th, Open Look Hoops featured a story mocking the (what we considered to be) unlikely possibility of Kapono being named to the team. In fact, Open Look Hoops scoured the league in an effort to target a mediocre player who might be humorously deluded enough to believe in his potential chances of making what we thought was an elite team of future NBA stars.

We stand corrected.

Clearly the characteristics we find to be laughable, such as an inability to defend or create one's own shot, are actually the foundation upon which USA Basketball is hoping to rebuild its tarnished reputation. In the future, we will make certain to factor in USA Basketball's myopic leadership whenever planning to satirize the decision-making of the organization.

We sincerely apologize to Mr. Kapono and his many fans for underestimating his talent and value to our country's basketball future. Henceforth, we shall never again take the Kapono name in vain.