Memo to Spain..............

[TastesLikeChicken]

My Tivo cut off Craig talking to Pop at the end

Did Pop say anything of note about the incident?

[Shelly]

Craig Sager interviewed Pop and asked what happened. In international ball, you have to register a time out with the scoring table. The U.S had done that way before the time out was called. Pop said they put in for the time out to explain something to the players (when the game was close) or something like that. When it was obvious that we were going to win the game, U.S. didn't want to take the time out but the official had already blown the whistle, so they had to take it.

And the rest is history.

[Whottt]

Yeah, that guy refused to shake Larry Brown's hand after the game.

Larry went over to aplogize and not only did the guy refuse to shake his hand he started yelling in his face and poking his finger at him right in the middle of the basketball court.

This guy is a HOF coach, he is a HOF player, he loves the international game, he loves playing and coaching in the Olympics, he has won at every level, college and pro, he coaches team ball, he alwasy tries to get his guys to play the right way...he is one of the most respected coaches ever...

And when Larry Brown comes over to shake your hand compliment your team and apologize if he offended you...you don't poke your finger and yell at him when you are some jack jr team coach that can't take a loss like a man.

I'll say this...not one of the Spanish players came to their coaches aid...Gasol was sitting there watching the whole thing...he knew his coach was acting like an idiot and showing his ass to the entire world.

[Jimcs50]

My Tivo cut off Craig talking to Pop at the end

Did Pop say anything of note about the incident?

Pop told the Spanish coach that he really enjoyed doing his wife the night before, and that he hoped to see her again soon.

[spurster]

Ha to Spain. I'm glad to see the US shooters (Marbury and Iverson) wake up for playoffs.

I feel a little bad for them though. They go undefeated in their bracket, and now one loss, and they're playing for seventh place. I would prefer to see some kind of double elimination format for these compe ions. The way they do it in the Olympics, it's like a barely meaningful regular season followed by turning on the switch.

[Shelly]

Oh, Jimbo! How I love thee!

[TastesLikeChicken]

i see spain's coach already has merchandise available

[Solid D]

This guy is a HOF coach, he is a HOF player, he loves the international game, he loves playing and coaching in the Olympics, he has won at every level, college and pro, he coaches team ball, he alwasy tries to get his guys to play the right way...he is one of the most respected coaches ever...

And when Larry Brown comes over to shake your hand compliment your team and apologize if he offended you...you don't poke your finger and yell at him when you are some jack jr team coach that can't take a loss like a man.

I agree with everything you said Whottt except the part about Larry Brown is a HOF player...that is, unless HOF stands for something other than Hall of Fame.

[Whottt]

LMAO no I was ranting, I meant to say that he was a champion as a player in the ABA and Olympics.

[SAmikeyp]

All I know is....if the situation was reversed...the whole world would be dropping the "ugly american" card.

You want Spanish xcoriate?

Donde esta Australia's team?

[baseline bum]

El equipo de Australia está tan jodido como los Lakers.

[TastesLikeChicken]

sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/basketball/news/story?id=1868139

"As the teams left the court, Brown and Spanish coach Mario Pesquera were pointing angrily at each other and had to be separated by their assistants."



Leave it to the AP to leave out the part about Larry Brown spending 3 min trying to explain what happened to Pesquera, and skipping to the part where Larry was getting pissed about having Pesquera's finger waving in his face.

[Alamo Spurs Fan]

My Spanish is a little rusty...does "jodido" mean "sitting at home on their ASSES"?

[smeagol]

That Spanish coach was way out of line. I don't care if he was frustrated, specially after Spain ended up 5-0 on the preliminary round, his team gets to play for seventh place because they were beaten by a better team, Team USA.

With all the flops, bad calls, whining and whistling Euro fans

Timvp, how is this different from and NBA game? Please don't sound like a LakerFan.

What goes on out there isn't really even a sport

BS! If its not really a sport, the US should not present a team.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Chill out xcoriate.

Who cares about last week vs. PR? As long as we keep winning, that will be a mere footnote in history.

Oh, and to the Spanish coach - go suck an egg you poser.

:moon

[Shelly]

...coach's comments post-game:


Mario PESQUERA, Head Coach (ESP)

On the game:

"It was an excellent game. Both teams played very well. However, I must stress that we played under NBA and not FIBA rules, with all the traveling not being called. Three-pointers were a key to the outcome. The US team came out good, moved from an 18% to a 55% accuracy. I am very happy with my team, but not with the result. We need to be honest about this - the US team was playing at 40% capacity for two games."



On the compe ion system:

"We came in with a 5-0 record and we have ended up playing for seventh place. This is very bad and has to be changed."



On the public cheering his team:

"They did not cheer for the weakest, but for the strongest team, and that was us. It's time we told the truth."



On Larry BROWN's timeout:

"I had a lot of respect for coach BROWN, but when you do something wrong, you can't always say `I'm sorry'. If he asked for a timeout wrongly, he could send the team back again and not spend 20 seconds to give them instructions. I continue to respect him are a coach, but for me, a coach that is up there with (Dean) SMITH would never have done something like that."

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

If a guy's a great coach, he's gonna take advantage of any time to COACH his team, which is what Larry did.

Piss off you sore loser.

[Whottt]

I don't really disagree with anything that coach said other than his dissing of Brown...any idiot could see Brown wasn't trying to offend him.


Oh...and I don't really disagree that he had the stronger team if only becuase they know the rules and each other better...

...but then that doesn't say much about his coaching ability then does it...

He's no Larry brown...I'm sure Larry Brown could give 2 s if this POS coach respects him...

[exstatic]

"They did not cheer for the weakest, but for the strongest team, and that was us. It's time we told the truth."

X 1 billion

Dude, no reason at ALL to insert the other foot. Just stop. You look like 10 X a fool already. STFU before Larry DOES go do your wife.

[Solid D]

After hearing of the men's USA Basketball team's defeat of Spain today, Misty May and Kerri Walsh again showed some pent-up emotion.

[IcemanCometh]

[smeagol]

On the public cheering his team:

"They did not cheer for the weakest, but for the strongest team, and that was us. It's time we told the truth."

WTF? This guy is so full of himself.

Team US is going to be the strongest team, no matter who they play, no matter what their past record is.

The world has certeanly cought up with the US, but lets not exagerate. If Team USA brings their A game, they cannot be beaten. Even this team, which has some of the best NBA players missing.

[E20]

****, I knew I should have woke up to watch this.

[SAmikeyp]

"It was an excellent game. Both teams played very well. However, I must stress that we played under NBA and not FIBA rules, with all the traveling not being called. Three-pointers were a key to the outcome. The US team came out good, moved from an 18% to a 55% accuracy. I am very happy with my team, but not with the result. We need to be honest about this - the US team was playing at 40% capacity for two games."

Jeez..what a llorona (hope I spelled that right.) You are right coach...a lot of traveling was not called...if it was your team would have been screwed! So what did Larry Brown do wrong? He called a timeout using the rules to do so set up by FIBA. He had a timeout to call so he can call one. Its a when someone uses YOUR rules to their advantage, isn't it. Pack up your paella eating, anti-american ass, your wounded pride and your punked team, pick up your commerative "I took it "Greek" in Athens" t-shirt on your way out the door and go the **** home.

[spurster]

All the smack here is funny. It shows just how seriously we took this game.

I do agree with this.

"We came in with a 5-0 record and we have ended up playing for seventh place. This is very bad and has to be changed."

The format for determining a winner is a joke.