USA vs Lietuva game thread

[Venti Quattro]

Shit goes down in about 2.5 hours. GO UNITED STATES!

For 9/11 :cry

To erase the mistake that was 2006 :cry

[will_spurs]

Lietuva? Interesting...

[FlAVaK]

"Lietuva" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania) is lithuanian for Lithuania...

[PGDynasty24]

Let's go USA baby. For 9/11!!!!!

[baseline bum]

Win this one for Bush's honor!

[Venti Quattro]

Let's get this shit done. UNITED WE RISE!!!

[Lukor]

Let's go USA baby. For 9/11!!!!!

Yeah dude i'm sure all those Lithuanian terrorists are shit scared right now.

[FlAVaK]

Durant with 9 of the first 11 pts for the US...

[DPG21920]

Perfect fast break. I know Russia played well and LIT is good, but USA really has the easiest path to win.

[MannyIsGod]

Invoking 9/11 is weak, imo.

[PGDynasty24]

Durant is beastin,Kleiza playing like crap

[ace3g]

http://espn.go.com/extra/fiba/boxscore?gameId=300913917

[Giuseppe]

Win this one for Bush's honor!

& for that new Persian rug that Hussein Obama had installed in the Oval Office.

tee, hee.

[PGDynasty24]

Any1 know when Title Game is if USA wins?

[DaDakota]

What channel?

DD

[Mel_13]

ESPN Classic

[MannyIsGod]

Durant is just a monster.

[MannyIsGod]

Sick pass

[ace3g]

Javtokas with the airball on the FT attempt

[ace3g]

Lithuania must make 3s if they want any chance

[MannyIsGod]

They don't have any chance so I guess that means they won't make 3s.

[DPG21920]

USA just chucking 3's now. Billups needs to be out, Westbrook in.

[ace3g]

Rose clearly needs to work on this 3 pt shot still

[MannyIsGod]

That 3 was fugly

[MannyIsGod]

Westbrook! Damn!!

[ace3g]

Westbrook with a game changing block that would have put the lead to only 6 with that layup

[MannyIsGod]

lol you better not be trying to finger roll with an NBA player chasing you down.

[DPG21920]

What a block by Westbrook. Freak athlete.

[MannyIsGod]

As great of a play as that was by Westbrook, if stupid Lithuanian dunks it or even just lays it off the glass its fine. Just a lazy play on his part.

[MannyIsGod]

I want a Kevin Durant jersey - god damn he's a stud.

[MannyIsGod]

This quarter belongs to Westbrook.

[DPG21920]

Westbrook is so effective. Odom and Love are playing great. I really hope Westbrook makes a leap this year in the NBA. He has to become more efficient.

[Venti Quattro]

Lamar Odom actually contributing something!!! :lmao

[TheManFromAcme]

& for that new Persian rug that Hussein Obama had installed in the Oval Office.

tee, hee.

:lol

Love it!

[Giuseppe]

Lamar Odom actually contributing something!!! :lmao

And it's after June!

[picc84]

Mvp!

[MannyIsGod]

lol?

[PGDynasty24]

Eric Gordon. Wow

[MannyIsGod]

LOL odom?

[MannyIsGod]

Durant man. Durant.

[MannyIsGod]

What a fucking pass.

[ace3g]

nice dunk by Javtokas!!!, how has he looked today in the game, he is the leading scorer but I haven't watched the whole game , so how has his defense and movement on the court looked

[DPG21920]

He looks ok. Nothing special on offense (obviously), but he is moving pretty well. LO and Love have been tough for him.

[Venti Quattro]

Bonehead play of the game goes to Eric Gordon abso-fucking-lutely.

Durant with 38 points, wow what a monster.

[Lukor]

I would say Durant is the best player of this third tier of scrubs we sent over there.

His game translates better to Fiba than Lebron's.

[tlongII]

Durant is a stud. I still think we made the right pick, but damn it hurts every time I see him play like this!

[Venti Quattro]

He can shoot. Yet he's going to be coming off the bench behind Lebron in 2012.

Robin will be coming off the bench for Durantula in 2012.

[Xevious]

He can shoot. Yet he's going to be coming off the bench behind Lebron in 2012.
I doubt it, he's playing PF right now is he not? Melo will get bumped since he was starting PF in 2008.

[Xevious]

I still think we made the right pick...
:lol

[Venti Quattro]

Durant is a stud. I still think we made the right pick, but damn it hurts every time I see him play like this!

If you had picked Durant, Roy would be so easy to trade right now.

[MannyIsGod]

Durant is a stud. I still think we made the right pick, but damn it hurts every time I see him play like this!

:lmao

How the fuck did you make the right pick? Thats some fucked up thinking.

[spursballer21]

Who do you all think is better Lebron or KD?

[JamStone]

My question would be come 2012, if Kobe still plays for Team USA, who starts at the middle three positions, SG, SF, PF among these five players: Kobe, LeBron, Wade, Durant, Carmelo. You can get away with LeBron or Carmelo at PF so that helps the log jam at the swing positions. But still, you'd have five superstar players for three positions. I guess they could slide Wade or LeBron to point guard as well.

Nice problem to have though.

[tlongII]

:lmao

How the fuck did you make the right pick? Thats some fucked up thinking.

You can't pass on a 7 footer that has the talent that Oden has. He just needs to be healthy. If he gets hurt again this year I will admit it was a mistake, but I still think he'll be fine physically. If he's healthy we're going to be NASTY!

[Venti Quattro]

Who do you all think is better Lebron or KD?

KD is better in the international game. His game is just a tailor-fit for the FIBA game, like Melo. The NBA game? Still LeBron.

[Mel_13]

You can't pass on a 7 footer that has the talent that Oden has. He just needs to be healthy. If he gets hurt again this year I will admit it was a mistake, but I still think he'll be fine physically. If he's healthy we're going to be NASTY!

Ma discusses Pritchard, Paul Allen, the consulting work he provided to the Blazers, the team's emphasis on pace, Pritchard's emphasis on a "big three" and, of course, who his numbers recommended drafting in 2007: Greg Oden or Kevin Durant.

"If people that use analytics to predict player performance in the NBA, using performance analytics, meaning what they did in college, and they tell you they had Oden ranked higher than Durant, they are full of crap," Ma said this morning. "There are very few statistical measures that would have rated Oden's numbers in college better than Durant's. Oden was injured his entire career, that one season at Ohio State. He had to shoot free throws left handed, was not efficient, didn't have a great statistical season.

"Our numbers absolutely said they should pick Durant. It wasn't even close."

http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/9/10/1680812/interview-blackjack-king-and

[tlongII]

That broken down stick figure will be hurt before the season starts.

That's your only chance of keeping your streak alive.

[JamStone]

History has proven that while it's very difficult to pass on a 7 footer with great talent, it certainly isn't a case where a team "can't pass" on a 7 footer with great talent. Especially in the draft era of high school kids or freshman kids straight to the pros, sometimes tangible production has to trump the great potential of a 7 footer with yet fully untapped great talent. Goes back to Darko and Kwame Brown. Goes even further to a guy like Michael Olowokandi who was a college upperclassman and still didn't pan out. If the other draft candidates are mediocre talents, it's obvious you go with the 7 footer with the high ceiling. But if it's a talent like Kevin Durant who already proved himself by dominating college in a major conference, that decision isn't a no-brainer.

To be fair, many if not most so-called experts and analysts felt Oden was the pick. But again history tells us that the 7 footer isn't a "can't pass on this prospect" simply because he's a 7 footer with great talent.

[tlongII]

You guys are the new Jazz. Good home team and poor road team.

2-1 vs Lakers last year.

[Venti Quattro]

2-1 vs Lakers last year.

Lol are we really going to turn this into a my NBA team is better than yours thread?

[Spursfan092120]

One more game, USA. get this thread back on track.

[Brazil]

Durant is a stud. I still think we made the right pick, but damn it hurts every time I see him play like this!

:lmao

[Pelicans78]

You can't pass on a 7 footer that has the talent that Oden has. He just needs to be healthy. If he gets hurt again this year I will admit it was a mistake, but I still think he'll be fine physically. If he's healthy we're going to be NASTY!

You can definitely pass on a talented 7 footer if there is another player who is clearly more talented. Durant was by far the better talent. There were question marks of Oden's durability before the draft. He only played half of his freshmen year due to injuries and he wasn't a legit can't miss prospect like Shaq, Duncan, Hakeem, Ewing, etc since he was still raw compared to those guys. Bad pick.

[redzero]

You can't pass on a 7 footer that has the talent that Oden has. He just needs to be healthy. If he gets hurt again this year I will admit it was a mistake, but I still think he'll be fine physically. If he's healthy we're going to be NASTY!

:lmao

Yeah, you'll be saying that next off season, too.

Sam Bowie 2.0