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Denver Nuggets players Ty Lawson, Kenneth Faried invited to Team USA camp

Some pretty cool and positive news in Nuggets Nation.

Troy Babbitt-US PRESSWIRE

With all the changes taking place at Pepsi Center these past couple weeks, it's nice to see some positive news surrounding Ty Lawson and Kenneth Faried. The two have been selected as part of 27 players invited to the Team USA mini-camp in Las Vegas (July 22nd-25th).

Here is a list of all 27 players invited to the camp in Vegas:

Ryan Anderson (New Orleans Pelicans); Harrison Barnes (Golden State Warriors); Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards); Mike Conley (Memphis Grizzlies); DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings); Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors); Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons); Derrick Favors (Utah Jazz);

Paul George (Indiana Pacers); Taj Gibson (Chicago Bulls); Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz); Jrue Holiday (Philadelphia 76ers); Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers); DeAndre Jordan (Los Angeles Clippers); Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio Spurs); Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers); Greg Monroe (Detroit Pistons);

Chandler Parsons (Houston Rockets); Larry Sanders (Milwaukee Bucks); Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors); Dion Waiters (Cleveland Cavaliers); Kemba Walker (Charlotte Bobcats); John Wall (Washington Wizards); and Tyler Zeller (Cleveland Cavaliers).

A nice congratulations to Lawson and Faried. Kenneth tweeted the following out right after re-tweeting the announcement from Team USA:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>One step closer to my dreams thank you mother thank you father!! <a href="http://t.co/kRntwxmVMa" title="http://instagram.com/p/ad8X98PeWc/">instagram.com/p/ad8X98PeWc/</a></p>&mdash; Kenneth Faried (@KennethFaried35) <a href="https://twitter.com/KennethFaried35/status/344874245928677376">June 12, 2013</a></blockquote>

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