I'll add to this that Colangelo, before accepting the job, demanded, basically, unlimited financial resources which the NBA agreed to. Where, in the past, the program was run out of the Olympic training facilities or less than "pro-level" accommodations, everything is now 100% 5 star. They always hold camps in Vegas, which the players love. They stay at the Wynn. They have, literally, an army of staff to keep these guys healthy (strength coaches, massages, physical therapists) and to wait on them hand and foot. They also got out in front of the player attrition problem by inventing the Select Team that scrimmages the Senior National Team and serves as a pipeline for future players. Of the 2010 team, the vast majority of the players were select team guys in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The huge question is, who is going to take over for Colangelo and K? I think it is vital that Colangelo remain after K to ensure continuity, although I bet K remains in some kind of advisor role, and I think he's a shoe-in to one day hold Colangelo's job running the whole program, after he retires, hopefully in 2030.
FIBA has been gradually changing it's court specs to match the NBA. They recently adopted the rectangle lane and extended the 3 point line to 22'2" (NBA varies from 22" in the corner to 23' 7" at max). I am guessing our guys have shot better from 3 in FIBA ball than they do in the NBA, but I haven't looked up the percentages. Still, at least to my eye, as others have mentioned, I don't see us needing a specialist marksman type as the standard do everything superstars that we have (Kobe, Wade, Melo) knock down that FIBA 3 with regularity.
But, like Silky, I am a huge Eric Gordon fan and he played great in 2010. This Team USA is starting to remind me of women's gymnastics - as I think about who can/will make the team, I am starting to think of guys like Chris Paul (26) and Deron Williams (27) as old compared to Gordon, Westbrook, etc.