Its On - USA v Argentina - AKA Whottttttttttt does Argentina

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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

What's with the fat smack from Argentinians these days?

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I know huh.

Damn Uruguasians....

:lol

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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

Damn Uruguasians....

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FUCK Uruguay... big time.... i am glad i am not there at this moment

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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

What's with the fat smack from Argentinians these days?

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Just a little payback for jerks like MannyIsGod

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Originally Posted by mavs>spurs

all these argentinian douchebags are pissing me off. just be glad we had an off game and only decided to beat you guys by 20

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How many points did you score, EXACTLY?

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Originally Posted by SuperManu!!!

Just a little payback for jerks like MannyIsGod

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Where's your picture?

Glad the USA won...payback is sweet...sucks about Manu, though...

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Originally Posted by MaNuMaNiAc

I love this. Its 2004 all over again. The US as cocky as ever, and us the 100 to 1 underdogs. Just remember, the bigger the ego, the tastier the crow.

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So how does the crow taste. :lol

congrats on a deserved win, please beat Spain on Sunday.

Props to Argentina they played a good effort w/o Manu. Hope he gets better.

I was expecting to USA to win, but win by a close amount instead of 20, more like 5-10, but under extenuating circumstances Arg needed to fill Manu's 20 point void and they couldn't.

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Originally Posted by E20

Excuse

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I might have talked smack in this thread, but the game was on the line. I'm not Argentine or American, but I chose to go for Argentina cause I like their players better. I just don't like half the players that were on the US team so I did not want to go for them. Had Tim Duncan been on the team it may have been a different story.

Anyway, good game from USA. The US was definitely the better team last night.

Just wanted to drop by an congratulate the US on kicking our ass. There is no doubt this US team is the best in the world right now, by a freaking mile. Not that you couldn't tell that on paper. Shit, the bench is probably the second best team in the world right now :lol

To all the devious motherfuckers in this thread bating the shit out of my Argie brethren, I must admit, shit talking is your forte. I guess its the practice afforded by having to talk smack with overconfident Suns, Mavs, Laker trolls around here, that has allowed the honing of said skill. Having said that, a big belated FUCK YOU is in order here :lol

I'm damn proud of this Argentine squad. There isn't a damn thing we can complain about what they've done. This time around we just simply got outplayed by the best, no shame in that. I fucking hate that Manu had to get injured though...

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Originally Posted by MaNuMaNiAc

Just wanted to drop by an congratulate the US on kicking our ass. There is no doubt this US team is the best in the world right now, by a freaking mile. Not that you couldn't tell that on paper. Shit, the bench is probably the second best team in the world right now :lol

To all the devious motherfuckers in this thread bating the shit out of my Argie brethren, I must admit, shit talking is your forte. I guess its the practice afforded by having to talk smack with overconfident Suns, Mavs, Laker trolls around here, that has allowed the honing of said skill. Having said that, a big belated FUCK YOU is in order here :lol

I'm damn proud of this Argentine squad. There isn't a damn thing we can complain about what they've done. This time around we just simply got outplayed by the best, no shame in that. I fucking hate that Manu had to get injured though...

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Even though im not American, thats pretty classy considering you had every right to put an asterix next to the win since your best player missed the entire game. And deep down i know you feel that way :lol.

But good stuff.

Scola > Manu

FUCK all Argie haters... now please take care of business and humiliate Spain...

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Originally Posted by timvp

Stupid. Team USA is sacrificing more on a whole than Argentina. An injury could cost anyone on Team USA tens of millions of dollars. Half of Argentina's team plays in trash leagues and don't have much on the line if something happens.

And endorsements? Which is the team that has had a giant Visa logo on their chest?

Oh and saying Team USA is about money when Argentina was just saved by Carlos Delfino ... a guy who just signed in Nowhere, Russia solely for the money. Not to mention Scola, who complained about money for half a decade before coming to the NBA.

Argentina doesn't have innocence any longer. They are as Americanized as the Americans.

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Wrong. Someone like Paolo Quinteros or Porta got injured during the Olympics, and they would have problems feeding their families, and not in the Latrell Sprewell sense.

Kobe could retire from basketball right now and would still be a millonaire weel into his sixties.

Argentina has VISA and their chest because they need that money to run the Argentinian Basketball Confederation. Team USA is an offshot of the NBA profits, they don't need any endorsments to function.

Most of you don't have any idea of the kind of conditions that most of the Argentinian players had to endure early in their careers to be able to progress. Some might say "yeah, but Melo is from tha hood". Let me tell you being in a "hood" in the US is paradise compared to the problems some of the Argentinian players had to face when they were 11 to 20 years old.

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Originally Posted by T Park

Yeah I can.

All the guys on team USA are good guys and winners.

My favorites, and this is just me talking, is Dwayne Wade and Tayshaun Prince.

Good good guys, hard workers, and damn good players.

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I agree overall with the good guys part, except for Carmelo Anthony. This guy has no place in that team and it's a shame that such an asshole has a gold medal hanging from his chest.

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Go fuck yourself wannabe thug!

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Originally Posted by MannyIsGod

Its so fucking stupid to hear about Argentina's heart and courage and all that bullshit over and over and over again. How much heart has Delfino shown in his career? Oberto is fucking notorious for mailing it in half the season here for the Spurs. Nochioni became a chucker in his last season with the Bulls. Manu has a ton of heart and there's no denying that.

But don't act like the US players don't have heart, desire and care about winning just as much as the Argentinian players. Just because they're more talanted doesn't mean they lack heart or chemistry.

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Lol. Angry much, Iraqi Information Minister?

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Originally Posted by whottt

Now can you honestly tell me the same is true for Manu and the guys on Team Argentina? Of if they were Poland?

No prestige, no respect, and damn sure no money...is that the way it works in Poland and Argentina with their Olympic Basketball players?


Tell me again who is doing this more for material(and otherwise) gain? Truely, all the NBA players are getting out of this is a gold medal...and literally nothing else. Not even good will from their countrymen...

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Manu has made his money playing for the Spurs and his biggest endorsments are from Nike, Gatorade, Time Warner...spot a trend there? Did he sign those because of the 2004 Olympics?

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Originally Posted by xtremesteven33

u never see a riot break out on behalf of US fans when we lose. but yet it happens almost reguarly in other countries because thats what they live to see and love. years of dedication for this one moment for many international athletes. US athletes have other endeavors that they live for. an olympic gold medal is just another accomplishment. for the argentinians, thats all there is.

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Huh, Link to the riots in Argentina last Friday?

Anyway, congrats to the US, you won fair and square, there were some questionable calls, but when the difference is 20 points, there are no excuses, you were more talented. This time, you actually played like a team and were good winners (except for Melo, complete asshole).

I'm so fucking proud of this Argentina team. With Manu down, they man up and make it a game against the USA and then go and beat the shit out of Lithuania. This is a suitable ending for this generation. Every tournament they have played since 2001, they have finished in one of the top 4 spots. Against Lithuania it was all there, ball movement, teamwork, defense...

What best represented their spirit was that moment when Nocioni, limping on one leg, fought for a rebound over Javtokas, then ran after the loose ball, dived on his head to the floor, and then Delfino dived too. One can only be thankful for those guys who could stay home and enjoy their millions and instead they gave it all for a medal.

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Originally Posted by Manu'sMagicalLeftHand

there were some questionable calls,

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Like when Tim Duncan fouled out in 19 minutes in Athens. Maybe TimVP can go back and dredge up the replies from many Argentina fans when someone brought that up.

I guess it's Argentina's turn to say "Imagine how good a game we might have had if both teams had had all their players."

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

Like when Tim Duncan fouled out in 19 minutes in Athens. Maybe TimVP can go back and dredge up the replies from many Argentina fans when someone brought that up.

I guess it's Argentina's turn to say "Imagine how good a game we might have had if both teams had had all their players."

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Tim wasn't getting called for fouls in that one game, it was on a consistent basis in which Tim was getting called for fouls like crazy, it must have been something he was doing for a variety of refs to call fouls on him for every single game.

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Originally Posted by E20

Tim wasn't getting called for fouls in that one game, it was on a consistent basis in which Tim was getting called for fouls like crazy, it must have been something he was doing for a variety of refs to call fouls on him for every single game.

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Yes, what he was doing was was being the best player in the world at the time.

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

Yes, what he was doing was was being the best player in the world at the time.

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I'm sure you are aware of the differences in FIBA rules. It's not just court length, time, etc. They look at the game from a different perspective. Duncan couldn't seem to make that adjustment. It's like everybody says here: Playing good internationally doesn't translate to being good in the NBA and vice versa.

There maybe an aspect or two that some people have a hard time adjusting to and since the olympics are too short, maybe TD couldn't have adjusted. Also, TD not playing wasn't the reason Team USA sucked that year.

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Originally Posted by E20

Tim wasn't getting called for fouls in that one game, it was on a consistent basis in which Tim was getting called for fouls like crazy, it must have been something he was doing for a variety of refs to call fouls on him for every single game.

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He was hand checking them when they (players) were on a drive (move).
Tim likes to have slight contact with opponent in that kind of situations.
It was interpreted as foul, Tim did not adjusted much during the tournament. Well he was more passive on D on some occasions.

That is it