USA basketball=teh suck

I\'m watching the US team get dominated by Italy...  God this is embarasing, they are getting outplayed in every facet.  And to top it off, the refs have some kind of grudge against the US team, it\'s pretty freak\'n obvious that they are biased.  But they would still be getting their asses handed to them even if the refs were calling the game down the middle.

BTW, I was surprised to see the Itallians not playing the game in sweat pants, and pit staind wife beaters.

WTF

I thought we always won when it came to basketball.

well we lost the world championship 2 years ago, and thanks to the majority of the original olympic roster backing out, we have a pretty weak team this year (compared to what it could have been)

69 - 4 is the USA Basketball record since letting NBA players play.  3 losses came last year and 1 the most recent to Italy.  We got completely outplayed in every position.  That was some of the most selfish and badly played basketball I have ever witnessed.  I wish the USA team would just comprise a college all-star team and let them play.  They wouldn\'t ever lose.

Or, when they sellect the team, make sure it\'s a TEAM.  You can\'t have a scorer at every position, get a pg that can distribute the ball, rebounding big men, a sweet shooting sf and all great defensive players.  Instead, they just try to get the most popular players they can get.

I would rather they send the And1 mixtape team than College All-Stars. At least if we lose they can make it look good.

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We have too many inexperienced players playing for us, and yeah we could have a team that rivals the 92 dream team. Do you think any team could beat Shaq, Garnet, Duncan, Bryant, and Kidd?

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Originally posted by ViVi
We have too many inexperienced players playing for us, and yeah we could have a team that rivals the 92 dream team. Do you think any team could beat Shaq, Garnet, Duncan, Bryant, and Kidd?

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Originally posted by ViVi
We have too many inexperienced players playing for us, and yeah we could have a team that rivals the 92 dream team. Do you think any team could beat Shaq, Garnet, Duncan, Bryant, and Kidd?

With Kidd on the team I don\'t know how you plan on rivaling the 92 team.

kidd pwnz ya

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I don\'t care if the Americans lose, it\'s just the Olympics :ghey:

Originally posted by Bozco
With Kidd on the team I don\'t know how you plan on rivaling the 92 team.

True, Kidd is the weakest link, but he is damn good.

And Duncan or Garnet is better than Barkley, Shaq is the best center ever... Kobe, not MJ, but still as unpredictible.

I forgot who was in the small forward pos.

I would have gone with a very strong defensive team, with players who could play with eachother (not a pun)

C- Shaq\\Ben Wallace (Shaq is the go to guy to run the offense through, and when you put Big Ben in off the bench, the other team has no chance of scoring in the lane or getting a rebound, he could also play at the PF spot)
PF-  Garnett\\Duncan (both great offensive and defensive guys, they can rebound and pass to boot.  Also, they can play seondary roles if needed and don\'t need the ball in their hands to be usefull)
SF-  Shawn Marion\\Melo\\Ron Artest (went with 3 here, Marion and Artest can drain the 3 and play hellacious defense and Melo can add some offense, and add youthfull ecsuberance (sp))
SG-  Kobe\\Tmac\\Rip Hamilton (added Rip to the equation as he can work his way into the game, and incase Kobe and Tmac were trying to take over the game by themselves, Rip could come in and get his shot in the flow of the game)
PG- Kidd\\Marbury\\Bibby (Kidd, the dude can\'t shoot, but the postion is about distributing the ball, and no one does it better.  Starbury can pass and shoot, but can sometimes get a little ball hogish.  And Bibby, while not as big of a star as those two, and can\'t think of many players more clutch than him.

And if they wouldn\'t play for the national team, I\'d deport them to Serbia.

Originally posted by square_marker
I wish the USA team would just comprise a college all-star team and let them play.  They wouldn\'t ever lose.

What do you think we did before NBA players were allowed?  And yes, we did lose.  Bronze in the 88 Olympics if I remember right.

Personally, I think it is all backwards.  I would much rather no pros in basketball because people know the college players.  Baseball is the game that should really have pros, but doesn\'t.

Originally posted by ViVi
We have too many inexperienced players playing for us, and yeah we could have a team that rivals the 92 dream team. Do you think any team could beat Shaq, Garnet, Duncan, Bryant, and Kidd?

The 92 team would demolish a team of today\'s all stars.

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