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A lot of people dislike Cousins, a lot of people wouldn't want to play with him either. They probably would see it as bad PR to have him represent USA
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A lot of people dislike Cousins, a lot of people wouldn't want to play with him either. They probably would see it as bad PR to have him represent USA
Do you really think that? Or are you just saying it because Timmy D refuses to play after he blew monumental amounts of ass in it?
Most decent people wouldn't care about that, but with your history of re ation and GNSF-esque takes, I wouldn't put it past you.
I'd much rather see someone like Lamarcus Aldridge or a hustle guy like Noah suit up than either monkeyball or unibrow
Aldridge would be a good choice IMO.
Yeah, why isn't Aldridge playing? Is he hurt? Did he decline? He would be a great big-man for FIBA-style ball.
Idk why Bynum doesn't get an invite at all. He's another guy I'd much rather see over monkeyball.
He was shut down at the end of the year for some leg-related injury I thought. Probably rehabbing.
Aldridge had hip surgery.
Probably because he's too slow for Team USA's pace. That, or questionable character issues.
Just too injury prone, it's better that he stays at home. I thought of this too, because I'm not totally convinced that small monkey ball is the magic formula for winning international ball. But Bynum is just too injury prone and slow, no way he plays for team USA on a contract year.
It seems like they don't want him around because of his at ude issues. And like m>s said, I think they want to play more up tempo.
Edit: didn't notice venti said the same thing.
Are you sure?
Opening its training July 26, after 15 practices and six exhibition games, the U.S. opened the Olympics against Puerto Rico on Aug. 15. Facing a team they had defeated three times and by an average of 23 points a game in 2003, and a team the U.S. had beaten by 25 (96-71) in Jacksonville 16 days earlier on July 31, 2004, the USA's frigid 34.7 percent shooting from the field spelled trouble as Puerto Rico opened up a 22-point lead at halftime and then fought off every U.S. comeback attempt to earn a decisive 92-73 win. Lost in the loss was Duncan's inspired effort of 15 points, 16 rebounds (11 offensive), five steals, four assists and two blocked shots in 36 minutes.Regrouping two days later, the USA behind 17 points by Iverson, who was playing with a fractured thumb on his shooting hand, fought off host Greece and its boisterous home crowd 77-71 to get its first win. Continuing preliminary round play on Aug. 19, the U.S. fought tooth-and-nail with Australia for three quarters, then outscored the Aussies 24-12 in the fourth quarter to earn an 89-79 victory and improve to 2-1. USA co-captains Iverson and Duncan paced the U.S. Duncan finished with 18 points on deadly 7-of-11 shooting, and grabbed 11 rebounds, AI added 16 points, while Marion made 8-of-10 shots and scored 16 points also.Facing unbeaten Lithuania on Aug. 21, a team that had challenged the USA in the 2000 Olympic semifinals before ultimately falling short by two (85-83), the USA led 84-79 with just over three minutes to play, but was unable to hold on as Lithuania made big shot after big shot to rally back for a crushing 94-90 victory. Jefferson led the USA effort accounting for 20 points, while Duncan posted his third double-double in four Olympic games, compiling 16 points (6-7 FGs) and 12 rebounds. Two days later, the U.S. again bounced back from a loss and easily defeated an overmatched Angola squad 89-53 to close out preliminary round play as Duncan recorded a team leading 15 points in just 13 minutes of action.The USA as a team ranked second among the 12 Olympic teams in scoring, averaging 88.1 points a game. Grabbing 38.9 rebounds a game, the U.S. ranked first in rebounding and outrebounded its opponents by an Olympic best margin of 10.8 rpg. (38.9 rpg. to 28.1 rpg.). The U.S. also ranked first in blocked shots (3.75 bpg.) [mostly due to the presence of Duncan], first in assists (15.13 apg.) and steals (10.63 spg.), and ranked second in turnover margin (+3.00).Iverson established a new single game mark for 3-point shots attempted, launching 10 versus Puerto Rico to pass Reggie Miller's previous record of eight (versus China,7/26/96), and Duncan's 16 rebounds against Puerto Rico tied the USA single game record of 16 set by Jim Brewer (versus Australia, 9/28/72).Duncan tied the U.S. mark for most rebounds in an Olympics with 73 (9.1 rpg.), equaling the mark set by Kevin Garnett in 2000.Iverson FG%: .378
Duncan FG%: .567
It's not the way you win international ball, but when you have so much more talent than the other team, you can be an unskilled monkey and still win
It's cray how bad big men are at basketball these days
I think it all boils down to they don't want him because of his at ude problems and the team being built to play up tempo, and the fact that he also has his own reasons for not wanting to play. Even if they begged him I doubt he'd risk his knees on a contract year, if he goes out there and tears an ACL he fuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.
Noah plays for the French NT alongside Boris motha ing Diaw
Noah is french, wtf? Or is that like a bootleg Chris Kaman type situation where he just found an excuse to play?
Noah plays for the French NT
Don't you have a be@ner NT thread you should be posting in?
rofl yeah he's french. His dad was a French pro tennis player
Does the be@ner team have anyone other than Eduardo Najera
I can see why runners, swimmers, speed-skaters, etc. want to be in the Olympics. Without the Olympics they're nobodies but if they win a couple golds they can make some bank doing Subway commercials and other endorsements. With NBA players I don't see what the point is. Playing through fatigue and nagging injuries after a brutal NBA season for no pay, no better endorsement opportunities, and a medal no one in the country could care less about since they're supposed to win gold by default doesn't sound like a good idea to me.Why? For a lot of athletes, participating in the Olympics and representing their country is the pinnacle of their athletic careers.
NBA athletes get to have the pleasure of doing so simply by dedicating a few of their summers to the program, and only have to do what they do professionally the rest of the year (and already get paid millions for). NBA players, particularly, are almost guaranteed a gold medal for doing so (2004)
Contrast that to athletes who train their entire lives to have once chance to be in the Olympics, and are typically forgotten to the obscurity of time after they are done, and it seems like a pretty damn good deal for NBA players to me.
Does the be@ner team have anyone other than Eduardo Najera
Everyone else on the team is 5'5 gardeners.
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