Hypothetical: Spurs vs. Team USA

[Seventyniner]

2012 Olympics Team USA vs. the 2012-2013 Spurs (as presently constituted), FIBA rules. Who wins?

I say USA by 9, but it would be a hell of a lot of fun to watch.

[Leetonidas]

Team USA would destroy us, are you serious?

[DapDaGenius]

Team USA 145, Spurs 98.

EDIT: J/K We might be able to do decent against them, let Mills play and let him have another good game against them. :lol

[PÒÓCH]

I agree with OP, it'd be fun to watch. I doubt they would destroy team Spurs after all the Spurs are constituted by a mostly international players. I think offensively they'd be right there with team USA. I think defense would be the biggest lag. Our strength would come from the familiarity of our team with one another. If we had another quality rebounding, shot blocking big like say Dwight Howard maybe the Spurs would take it.

[Dr. Robert Lee]

Tbh, our "great" Team USA only beat Lithuania by five points and Spain by seven points in the finals. Yes, we'd have a shot at winning, especially since we are a team and fairly familiar with each other.

[Boomersgold]

Mills=Best player of the Boomers (if Bogut isn't playing) and leading scorer of the London Olympics
Ginobili=Best player of the Argentinian squad
Splitter=One of the best players of Brazil
Parker=Best player on the French National Squad
Duncan= Greatest Power Forward to play the game

The fact that the USA team was basically an all-star team with very little prep time and teamwork makes us the better TEAM. I don't think it'd be a blow out win for team USA.

[cutewizard]

Present Spurs lineup plus these two players:

Josh Smith and Varejao == competitive game against Team USA

and definitely contender for NBA title

[spurraider21]

Lebron. Durant.
Pop would be best fit resting his starters

[PingPong]

Lebron. Durant.
Pop would be best fit resting his starters

And Spurs lose by 5.

[Seventyniner]

Tbh, our "great" Team USA only beat Lithuania by five points and Spain by seven points in the finals. Yes, we'd have a shot at winning, especially since we are a team and fairly familiar with each other.

That was my thought process as well. Does a big talent gap mean an automatic blowout, even with a coaching and chemistry deficit? The fact that the Spurs have so many Olympians on their roster with none on team USA led me to making this thread.

[Brunodf]

Spurs by 2

[trypldubl]

You would also have to consider that there are 8 less minutes in the game than in a regular NBA game.

[phxspurfan]

FIBA refs?

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Team USA would destroy us, are you serious?

I fuckin love your pic.

[Leetonidas]

so do i man, i normally dont like seeing vagoo everywhere on ST and im not even an ass man but hot damn i love seeing those nice white girl butts every time i reply :smokin