Team USA depends on speed to be succesful against the rest of the world so D'Antoni will be the obvious choice.
Speed is only useful if it's applied to both sides of the game. D'Antoni sees defense as that annoying time when you don't have the ball. USA will not win with Three First Names at the helm. You can't out International the Internationals. If the USA gets into a pure run and gun, no defense game, they're going to lose. Running off a quarter court turnover is much easier than running off a made basket because your team didn't D-up. The Internationals will kill us in a run and shoot showdown.
Thats what I think. I think it also depends on how badly Tim wants to win a gold. From what I see it does not bother him that he does not have one, but don't know if maybe deep inside he might.
Duncan won't play international ball again. He was quite clear he was done with it, I don't think he'll change his mind. He was asked to be on this team, he turned it down. Not getting the Gold was disappointing to him but I don't think it's something that he wants bad enough to go through that experience again. His resume looks pretty good even without Gold.
Besides the bad experience, the 3 year commitment is too much of his time at this stage of his career, and his life (as others have said). He's away so much during the season, he's not going to miss more of his kids. I think Duncan's focus is on bringing a couple more Championships home before he's done. I don't see him putting his time and energy into anything else.
D'Antoni would be by far the least qualified coach ever to get the U.S. job. Seriously, what has he ever done? Even Don Nelson would be a more deserving choice (although he's probably past wanting it).
If anything would make Duncan reconsider FIBA, it would be Pop coaching, but 2012 would be way too late in TD's career.
I wouldn't worry too much about Pop's system taking hold, because he would get three shots at it like Krzyzewski did.
Pop ed it up 4 years ago. He won't be back. And D'antoni is ing italian!
Have you heard him speak? He's about as Italian as Jed Clampetti.
Italian hillbilly. Guy accepts italian citizenship and we make him the coach of the U.S. team? that!
Agreed.
Pop didn't coach the team in 2004
Who said he did? I said he was there to it up.
And the primadonnas called Larry Brown and Stephon Marbury had absolutely nothing to do with that debacle?
With the way you're posting
I foreshadow a future ban....
Parker will never play for team USA as he has played for the French. That disqualifies him from being part of any other team just like Kaman choosing to play for the Germans
I hope not. I'm totally against it and every Spurs fan should be against it as well, big chance of injury.
Uh...Mike D'Antoni would likley have at least one NBA Championship right now if not for the Spurs..possibly winning one as a rookie head coach....and there aren't any National teams like the Spurs.
Don't get your hate, and the Spurs success confused with reality...the only reason D'antoni didn't realize his dream of(quickly) winning without defense, is because of the Spurs.
IF there was another team that was kicking the Suns ass, I'd appreciate it if you'd name them.
Then again in FIBA...he won't have Steve Nash as his PG, so that has to be considered as well. But I remain unsold on Pop's viability as an International Coach though...not to mention getting the players to buy into his D, during their offseason.
Avery kicked D'Antoni's ass. Didn't expect you to remember that.
I'm not saying Pop's the guy, just that D'Antoni is the guy to lose with. The players that Nike wants on the team don't shoot well enough to win with no defense against the best teams the world has to offer. I think a D'Antoni team could actually get blown out in the medal round.
Oh, and D'Antoni lost twice, in 2004 and 2006 to teams not named 'San Antonio' so somebody else was beating them. D'Antoni also did nothing much his rookie coaching year of 2003-2004, playoff wise. LA beat us and beat Minny in the WCF.
Let me put it another way, one of the 3 following records is not like the others, I've leave it for you to guess which one that would be...and why.
2006-07 NBA 61 - 21 .744 1 (0 GB)
Right here>>>>>>>>>2005-06 NBA 54 - 28 .659 1 (0 GB)<<<<<
<<<<<Right here
2004-05 NBA 62 - 20 .756 1 (0 GB
All three are different whott
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I know I know
btw. not polandpzrem (very often)
You know coughShoogarBearcough..when someone puts that much effort into a clever response...it's polite to at least chuckle, even if you don't mean it. Humor doesn't come as easy to some of us as it does to others.
So D'Antoni can't win without Amare, and he can't win with Amare, and he can't beat the Spurs, and he can't beat other teams. Got it.Let me put it another way, one of the 3 following records is not like the others, I've leave it for you to guess which one that would be...and why.
2006-07 NBA 61 - 21 .744 1 (0 GB)
Right here>>>>
2004-05 NBA 62 - 20 .756 1 (0 GB
Oh, and that team that you highlighted made it all the way to the WCFs without Amare. That's where they lost to Dallas.
I've noticed that in here I had to put a
j/k
or
[/sarcasm]
otherwise nobody would get the point
About sense of humor? You would have to meet me to know
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