One game, possibly. żA complete series? Never in a millon years.
I think that this U.S team can never beat the Spurs.
Never a team could 70 % from 3 point and make like 20 treys per match vs. the spurs. .-
Can you afford to play with no post play????
Never they will be winning by 20 after the first quarters.
I will say what Manu said today " I respect U.S. team but there will be a time when they face a team who does not let score 40 points in the first quarter and we'll see what happens "
Gus
So Oberto would have to guard Mello?
Or Finley or Manu would have to guard Bron or Kobe?
The Spurs would be slaughtered
I still think that many people do not understand BB.
In BB you have perimeter and post play. I say that U.S. play mostly perimeter and no Post Play. The Spurs KILLED many times very good perimeter players with a complete game.
Now come to my mind DENVER, CLEVELAND and Oh NEW JERSEY NETS.
And for anyone sake since when Carmelo Anthony, Le Bron are winners ??????
Let me tell you something, maybe U.S. will win gold next year but I wouldn't guarrantee it.
I saw Manu face commenting U.S. level and he had a malicious face.
Gus
i think the spurs would get killed but i also think USA would get killed
Read the thread le, 6 on 6
If your taking the top 6 players off the Spurs...
Tony, Finley, Bruce, Timmy, Manu, and either Oberto or Horry
If you take the top 6 off of US team...
Kidd, Kobe, Bron, Melo, Howard, Amare
US team has players to guard everyone out of that 6, the Spurs dont.
I love the most people dont understand basketball comment btw, good stuff
i think the spurs could kill team USA if team USA consisted of the following line-up.
Hank Gathers
Len Bias
malik sealy
bobby phills
eddie griffin
that's the worst ing i've ever heard and i've heard alot of .
Sorry was a brainfartˇˇˇ.-
Yes, Yes... I've heard two years ago when nobody know what to do with the run and gun style that nobody in the world will be able to run with the mighty Suns...
The high and mighty Team USA manages to lose fairly often in international play. The Spurs would have the best player on the court (Duncan) the fastest player (Parker) the best defender (Bowen) and the most determined to win (Ginobili.) Oberto played good defense on Amare last year. Defending Lebron, Kobe and Carmelo at the same time would be impossible, but would team USA be able to stop Duncan, Parker and Ginobili?
i thought their could be know way you could top yourself,congrats.
But this Team USA hasn't lost yet.
The Spurs have a strong international core, but past Bowen, the Spurs don't have what it takes to beat a well-coached team of gifted superstars. No team in the NBA would come close to beating Team USA.
The Spurs would beat team USA. It would be very close, but the Spurs would pull it out. True, Team USA has better individuals, but the bottom line is that great teams with good individuals beat good teams with great individuals. That is why the US team has struggled in international play in recent years, and that is why they would struggle against the spurs. It also helps the Spurs chances that Team USA has absolutely no one who can guard Duncan.
Are you serious?
Kidd can guard Parker well enough
Kobe would SHUT DOWN Manu, and manu cant guard Kobe
Bron and mello would take turns backing Bruce or Finley down in the post, and can guard both well on the other side.
Duncan would get his, but Howard can still do a good enough job on him
That would leave Berty or Horry on Amare or Mello
I cant believe some of these responses
No chance
Kobe averaged 33 points on 55% FG shooting against the Spurs this past season. And, now, you give him LeBron and Carmelo as teammates????
Team USA would run all over the Spurs, but they could also easily score in the half court set. I mean, the Spurs half court defense is as good as it gets in the NBA, but there is no weakness on Team USA. They have pure scorers, a natural distributer in Kidd who can also get to the rim, three options to post up in Carmelo, Kobe, and Amare (edit: actually all five could post up), and Amare is the best pick-and-roll big man in the league. You can't stop that in the half court. And, that's the alternative to letting them run all over you in transition.
The Spurs lose. The Spurs lose big against Team USA.
Last edited by JamStone; 09-04-2007 at 05:11 PM.
the spurs could kick the of team USA if team USA consisted of players from the do entary "murderball".
USA TEAM of this year would win easily.
last summer the Greek National Team beat Team USA because they were a better team. IMO the Spurs are much better than the Greek Nat team. If Greece can beat a very similar version of team USA, then the Spurs can beat an improved version. It's not about individual talent, its about the team. The Spurs are by far the greater team. That's the beauty of team sports. According to the "logic" that the team with the most talented individuals always wins, no team USA in the past decade should have ever lost a single game.
Yeah this Team USA didn't lose, but they didn't play a full strength Argentina, Greece, Italy or any top international team. I am surprised by Spurs fans complete lack of faith in their team. Puerto Rico picked apart Team USA with execution and discipline, and this Team USA is no different.
Also- Kidd can not guard Parker, nor would Kobe "shut down" Ginobili, and defense is more than individual match-ups. The Spurs defensive rotations are much better than Team USA's. And the Spurs have Tim Duncan.
Thing is, playing as a team takes a little time, development of chemistry, and sacrifice. We already saw the beginnings of that with this Team USA. Kobe took 6 shots and had 8 assists in the gold medal game. He pro-actively wanted to be the defensive stopper of the team.
Kidd and LeBron are natural "team" players. And, we've seen that Kobe can too with the right teammates around him.
So, as long as Kobe, LeBron and Carmelo continue to sacrifice a little bit and play within a team concept and play unselfishly, their talent is so overwhelming that the Spurs really wouldn't have a chance.
There's something to be said for team chemistry, which the Spurs have. But, when the talent is Kobe, LeBron, Kidd, Carmelo, Howard, and Amare, you're talking about the top 2% of the best basketball players in the known universe. We're not talking about Lamar Odom and Richard Jefferson. We're not talking about Ben Wallace and Wally Szczerbiak. It's Kobe, LeBron, Kidd, Carmelo, Amare, and Dwight Howard.
The Spurs lose.
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