Throughout his week in Las Vegas earlier this month, Jay Wright hustled from coaches meetings to team meals to practices with the power people in USA Basketball, and not once did he experience a moment alone with the most powerful of them all.
Wright spent those seven days in the desert as an assistant coach with the USA Select Team, the group of 23 young NBA players charged with preparing the U.S. national men's team for the Rio Olympics next month. He got time to discuss basketball strategy and coaching techniques with national coach Mike Krzyzewski and Krzyzewski's successor, Gregg Popovich.