RealGM

"Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan was considered the heir apparent a decade ago, but the belief in USA Basketball circles was that Tomjanovich was given the Sydney spot over Sloan because Tomjanovich didn't get the opportunity to work with a top-notch team in 1998 when the NBA lockout kept pro players off the U.S. World Championship team -- Tomjanovich finished third with a roster that included Brad Miller, Earl Boykins and Trajon Langdon."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2 ... id=3444961

Never knew.