Jul 082012
(Reuters) – U.S. Olympic basketball team guard Chris Paul is likely to sit out the next few scrimmages after suffering a sprained right thumb, ESPN reported. The U.S. team named its 12-member squad on Saturday, after a string of injuries to some of the star players seen as likely to be part of the squad, including Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. ESPN, in a posting on its website, said Paul, an All-Star with the Los Angeles Clippers, injured the thumb Friday, the first day of the team’s training camp. …