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In lieu of Wojnarowski's column today.
Remember, Bird and Johnson were at the end of their careers in '92 and Laettner was handed a spot, because he was a college player and is white.
Presuming the labor dispute is settled and NBA players play, I think this will be the roster . . .
Starters: PF- Anthony, SF- James, C- Howard, SG- Bryant, PG- Paul
Bench: SG- Wade, C- Bosh, PG- Williams, SF- Durant, PG- Rose, C- Love, PF- Griffin
Just missed the cut: Stoudemire, Odom, Iguodala, Gordon and Curry.
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you dumb Spurfans still have Bosh > Amare
Bosh 1 conference championsip ring>Amare 0.
Stoudemire is the slightly more talented player and he's coming off a better season, but this isn't about who's better; it's about fit.
Bosh played well on the Redeem Team and has a familiarity with many of the core players. Since either will have to play C and will not receive many touches, Bosh is the better option, because Stoudemire is a worse defender and has a bigger ego.
Stoudemire could still make it in one of the final two spots, but there aren't going to be many minutes available in those spots, which is why I suspect they go with younger players, who will just be happy to be there and who will be bigger parts of the team in the future.
Bosh is clearly not a better defender, anybody who still says Bosh > Amare on defense is a tbh.
1992 forever
Despite having Laettner
Melo is the perfect 4 for international play. He always checks assholes.
If they were smart they'd start James at PG and Durant at 3. Kick Chris Paul or Deron Williams off the team and bring in THAT Tyson Chandler.
Or bench Kobe and start Wade, then fast break nonstop and score 200 a night.
spacing when all 5 of your guys are down the court dunking the ball before those slow white Euros have even started their transition defense.
but even in half court sets, you still have Melo and Durant to space the floor.
LaMarcus Aldridge should get the start.
ehh I'm gonna have to give DoK his due admit Amare > Bosh.
Bosh had his moments this past season but he's still really soft.
AmusedDaySleeper and DPG are like the only two people to admit they were wrong when it sure as wasn't just them saying Bosh > Amare.
And I agree with Big Tyson in this thread. Team USA is so talented and athletic that they can skate by with small ball but it's stupid to keep up with this crap where we have 1 true center on the roster every year.
For whatever reason we've developed a myth that in Europe there's less toughness, smaller lineups, and more jump shooting. It's the opposite, there's size with every team, WAY more toughness than there is in the NBA, and the only jumpers taken are wide open ones.
He admitted he was wrong saying Amare wasn't a max contract player and Bosh wasn't. That's more than 90% of the other dumb s who said Bosh > Amare.
I'd like to see LBJ coming off the bench, but that's as likely to happen as Kobe coming off the bench.
Wade is built for international game, play him starter minutes off bench. I also would like to see Lamarcus Aldridge, he owns Pau Gasol would be useful against Spain.
the 04 team that competed in the qualifiers, b4 everyone pulled out of the olympics...most of those guys were in their primes...
The 00' team could have potentially been the very best, if the players didn't back out. IMO
Potential team:
Starters: C- Shaq- PF- Duncan- SF- Grant Hill- SG- Kobe- PG- Kidd
Bench- C-Garnett PF- Webber- SF- Vince Carter SG- Ray Allen- PG- Iverson
C/PF- Mourning SF/SG- Allan Houston or Payton
Unfortunately,Shaq, Duncan, Webber, Kobe, Iverson and Grant Hill all didn't participate, yet they all were the best in the league at their positions at the time.
92 team bench would on this team
Yeah, Durant absolutely should be starting at the 3, and Lebron at PG would be brutal.
I doubt they will use Chandler, but a duo of Dwight and Tyson would be pretty rough defensively for opposing teams.
Honestly, I think Lamar Odom is great for international play, because of his versatility. He also will probably not end up on the team, but if I were in charge, there is absolutely no reason why I wouldn't have him in there.
92, and the possible 2000 team would be so much better. Nothing like Shaq and Duncan on this team.
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