Greece won, Agassi won a tough five set match today, this is turning out to be a great day of sports for me...time to try and stay up for the Argentina/Spain game, either one will be tough for the U.S. to beat for bronze.
Well, it's painfully clear the world has caught up with US basketball. There is now way the US will win anything in international compe ions if they don't send their best players and allow them to train as a team beforehand.
As I said in a post responding Shoogarbear a couple of days ago: the more the US loses in the Olympics and the WC, the more fans are going to want players to start giving a about international ball.
It's quite "ironical" indeed that a semi-educated adult like yourself doesn't know that ironical isn't a word.It's become quite ironical that NBA champion called word champion
The American professional basketball is no more the best in the world,even the NBA is still the best championship.
James looked like a average hungarian basketball player instead of the best player of the world.
Also, what is a "word champion" like the best Scrabble player?
There's been a schism between NBA basketball, and International in the last 15 years...The U.S. hasn't had a dream team since'.It's become quite ironical that NBA champion called word champion
The American professional basketball is no more the best in the world,even the NBA is still the best championship.
James looked like a average hungarian basketball player instead of the best player of the world.
Maybe the poster is a foreigner who knows English as a second language? More than I can say for most Americans.
He has been offered a coaching job in the nba many times. One in 04 to coach the fakers like Kori, but everytime he thinks about it, he get the deer in the headlights look. You know when you get scared because you don't want your reputation as a coach to be tarnished.
oH YEAH!! You can see it on their faces after Greece got the lead. Even on coach K face....
Coach K
Thank U
By the way,it s still unbelieveable.
I suspected that USA won't win the gold,but Argentina or Spain,but this kind of performance...
I thought they would beat Greece at least by 15.
I noticed that error as well. I assumed English wasn't his first language.
Not a big deal.
Well,English is not my second,but my third language
But I hope even with my mistakes I am still understandable
Everybody in the US refers to the NBA champs and "World Champions": fans, players, coaches, TV announcers.
This will not change overnight.
Someone want to give me an answer on why Jameson didn't see any time on the court. Coach K is unavailable for comment.
Seriously, Jameson's D is at the level of half the players that were on the court and his rebounding and 3 pt shooting could have been deadly
i think he had that look on a couple of times today
he really was an odd choice for a coach of this team
Well I think all the star power and blowouts the Dream Teams handed out kind of opened up Pandora's Box in regard to the imaginations and aspirations of the young kids all over the world, so now everyone has raised the level of their play considerably to compete with the US. However, not only are athletes all over the world better now, but thanks to good coaching in the lower levels, the players still learn now to play as a team and to play the game the right way.That won't get him banned.
timvp and I don't even care about the WC or Olympics enough to ban anyone over medal smack
timvp doesn't even think any NBA players should play in these international compe ions.
At this point the rest of the world is so good that Team USA is basically forced to send NBA players. They're basically scraping by and surviving against the other teams with their superior athleticism and individual skill level now.
You take those strengths away and just put less talented -but still clueless- college kids in there, and Team USA would get blown out by 30 points by the Lithuanias and Brazils of the world.
Today,I also missed Bruce Bowen.
He should have been on the court.
i believe his 3pt shooting isnt the best but i agree on other things
Off topic, but wasn't that Agassi win tonight a classic? Unbelievable ! An incredible sports night for me too. The college football season started. The NFL had a couple of games to watch tonight. Now I'm topping it off with some basketball. What a great way to enjoy a day off from work!
Your English is fine. Ignore people who say otherwise.Well,English is not my second,but my third language
But I hope even with my mistakes I am still understandable
But what is still the most incomprehensible for me,is James.
I saw a couple of dunks from him,and a few worthy pass.
What else did he do?
Man, Mike and Mike in the morning freakin sucks balls, can I get a witness!! haha
As much as I disliked the decision to keep him off the team, I don't think he would have made a difference. Poor Greece shooters made contested jumpers all night. When they were up 10+, they just kept shooting threes like they had nothing to lose. The defensive lapses were due to poor transition D (Tractor Traylor beat D Howard down the TWICE), lack of interior D AND poor pick and roll defense.
Lol, yeah I wish I was there to see him (Agassi) play live, I went in 2004. I'm looking forward to the U.T. game on Saturday and the NFL as well, yay!!!
Pls. tell me how can he not use Josh Howard in the second half? How come he allowed Wade to continue playing even though he doesn't pass the ball when he's getting tripled team?
Well I'm gonna go watch the Argentina-Spain game, it was good seeing a good amount of people either stay up or wake up just to see some basketball. Real basketball fans.
agreed
as much as i like Bowen i think he would be a non factor
USA's coaching screwed up-players have more than enough talent to be molded into world champions, this is obvious to all
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