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not one person on that team could consistently hit a 3 pointer, who in the picked that roster for international play?
Got damn what a ty roster.
RJ
that team is pretty screwed up and it's easy to figure out when the team had no true PG but a load of small forwards who made up half of the squad.
sons Duncan was the main blame. the stats and facts have been discussed and exposed before. see below ...
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200935
Duncan's never good playing with an all-star caliber roster.
He's pretty abysmal in the all-star games (except for like one year), maybe he really just can't thrive in a system that isn't in San Antonio.
From that thread:
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
Son you see May & Walsh make short work of the European champions? They are determined to tap some Brazilian ass
lmao again Spur fan bragging about Duncan having good performances against pussy teams like Puerto Rico, Lithuania, and Austrailia! listen to yourselves sons!
the bottom line is that Duncan the bed when it counted. he couldn't do when the U.S. needed him.... but hey! he sure did dominate Puerto Rico!
Yeah, that must be it.
Duncan got ted on by those refs look at his PT that being said they lost the gold cause some idiot gave Manu a 4 point play late in the semi game
ah ok son so its the refs fault that Duncan has never been anything outside of Pop's system and why he couldn't beat out Argentina and ing Italy in the Olympics? lolz
look at his playing time and efficiency rating
lol sons some of you Spur fan trying to defend Duncan's epic bed ting in the Olympics remind me of black people defending OJ Simpson. just turn the other cheek to the complete obvious facts and deny.
How the did this team win bronze???
rj also signed a 40m extention that summer that he didnt live up to, even when rep his country
there's a reason nobody ever called duncan out for that year, he was rarely ever on the court, can't score when you don't play
tim duncan the biggest disgrace of nba superstars right cause of this.
I remember hearing Timmy was disgusted with a bunch of those guys' effort.
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