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U.S. Basketball losing by 22 points!
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this is hilarious.
I really think the USA has to rethink there team selection strategy. I think that the USA players from the NBA champion team should represent the USA in these events and pick a few other players to fill out the roster if any international players are on that team. I really think the Pistons would have done better then Team USA. They are much more used to playing as a team and all know their roles. That is a major advantage for the other teams is they play together alot more.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I'm buying an Arroyo jersey...
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how about a player or two that can consistently knock down the outside shot??? that would help TREMENDOUSLY! Where's Redd?? Bibby?? etc.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Lol, Iverson needs to stop hitting the snooze button. Cause he got 2 wake up calls!
samus4ever
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well if you wana think about it alittle more, PR is part of the USA, so basically didn't the USA win too?!
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
XS+ said:
I know I did. " I guess it was just another wake up call...". How many damn wake up calls does Team USA need? You need to get served by Italy and Puerto Rico and then gett he game together? God, and their next game is against the host nation right? The pressure is really going to be on then, its like one of the only sold out games. And 3 for 24 from outside...what was that about. The shot is actually closer than the NBA, so I don't even know what the hell was going on with them there.
And that Ginobili shot at the buzzer in the 4th was just awesome.
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Yeah, that and the fact that only one or two (being generous) of them actually KNOW HOW TO PLAY REAL BASKETBALL. Duncan does...umm, who else am I missing?
In a way, it's good that these guys are getting embarrassed by guys who don't get paid 1/10 what they do, because it may put and end to their supreme arrogance, as if they're the greatest in the world. Yeah, they're certainly the most talented (whatever that means) and athletic, but, once again, we see how far that goes when you come up against people who actually know how to play the entire game and not just one or two facets of it.USA pwned.
But yeah, if they would have constructed the team more sensibly, with a good mix of slashers, shooters, playmakers and bigs etc., instead of just loading up on all-stars, they would have fared much better. Then again, what does it say about the state of American basketball if you don't have those varieties of player among your supposed "best players". Sad.
a good college team cant beat an average basketball team. cause its a team. this usa olympic squad isnt even a team. the players that were ther during the qualifying are no long here and stern loaded this team up with james, melo, and wade to further promote the young players when he should have put pure shooters on it. r allen, miller, redd, barry...people like that. we have a log jam at the forward position.
still i think we win gold.
still i think we win gold.
deadhorse32
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1992 .... Barcelona .... the Dream Team .... Jordan ... Magic .... Pippen .... Byrd .... Barkley ...... and coutless other.
The memories........
The memories........
WHOAguitarninja
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Yes because being one letter off (in a way that still sounds the same, and arguably makes more sense) is a horrible sign of lack of proper education.
That was quite hilarious. I think a lot of people (like myself) ended up just rooting for Puerto Rico because of how pathetic the US team was.
Obviously this team is incredibly flawed.....simply put, it's constructed terribly, with absolutely no sense of the international game. And as much as everyone loved to trash George Karl after the WC, Larry Brown should get a lot of blame for this type of performance. After all, he had a lot of say in how the team was constructed and he picked his coaching staff, which has NO international coaching experience (ridiculous).
Obviously this team is incredibly flawed.....simply put, it's constructed terribly, with absolutely no sense of the international game. And as much as everyone loved to trash George Karl after the WC, Larry Brown should get a lot of blame for this type of performance. After all, he had a lot of say in how the team was constructed and he picked his coaching staff, which has NO international coaching experience (ridiculous).
BlackSalad
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the team reminds me of the lakers
Smiles and Cries
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BlackSalad said:
Ouch!
Mike Works
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That picture's pretty good, but not as good as this one;
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