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If it's between Kobe and Kawhi and Paul George, Kawhi and Paul George should get the nod so America can beat the out of the rest of the world once more
Laettner/Shaq, okay. Stockton/Thomas? I dunno. Stockton wasn't exactly a scrub.
If it's between Kobe and Kawhi and Paul George, Kawhi and Paul George should get the nod so America can beat the out of the rest of the world once more
I don't want Kawhi playing in this. But, he should be at least picked for it, unquestionably.
Then he could give it to Kobe as a sympathy gesture. Best of both worlds...lol
Would be way more fun if you could enter multiple teams into the basketball tournament like you can in many once-in-four-year sports (like bobsledding).
Would help even the playing field and how fun would it be to have USA vs. USA in the gold medal game? A real All Star game.
Agreed.
I'd love to have seen Zeke on that team, but he made his ing bed. Even Magic couldn't come to Isiah's defense when the time came.
Also, anyone who ever equates Stockton's position on that team with Laettner's shouldn't be allowed to call themselves a basketball fan.
But really, Shaq. He hadn't done anything at LSU to deserve to be on that team. Putting him on the 50 greatest list was a travesty at the time too.
All they see is the number of Kobe jerseys sold. Somebody's losing a spot tbh.
Colangelo and Kryzewski ing called him, dude. They asked him to come out. They said they needed him. They made statements about how they were going to build a TEAM instead of a group of superstars and they needed a glue guy to play defense and fit in his role and help the TEAM because they were struggling and they used his name, specifically. Then after Bowen came out, worked his ass off and did everything right, they made all their public statements, and they cut him three days before the worlds started.
I really don't think deserve is the right word.
Tim wouldn't take it. After getting butt-f**ked by FIBA refs/rules many years ago, he vowed never to play international ball again.
I think Tim might consider it, especially if Kawhi is going.
That'd be re ed, I'm not sure how much longer pp had on the NBA I remember hearing his health was declining, him and and Leonard need a medal togethe . He extended his contact but you never know
Pop doesn't have the balls.It would be funny ass if Kobe got invited to camp but got cut by Pop. I would like to see the expression on Pop's face when reports ask him why Kawhi/George made the team over Kobe.
If magic and bird can get in for lifetime achievements, then how does pippen, who had played only 4 years up to that point, get in over wilkins? And you're mistaken. The team was picked BEFORE THE 91-92 season started. Wilkins wasn't even picked. He was injured in January of that season afterwards tearing his achilles. Stacey Augmon had to replace him in the slam dunk contest that year. There is nothing anyone can post to convince the world that pippen after his 4th season deserved to be on that olympic team over Wilkins or Worthy up to that poiint in his career. But since you brought up the averages, the 90-91 season, wilkins afveraged 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists to Pippen's 17, 7, and 6.
First of all worthy was hurt. He and scott both. Years and years of finals and playoffs caught up with them. 2nd, no one "locked up" Magic. He just held him better than Jordan. The bulls won 4-1, but still 2 of those wins were very close with one of them going into OT in which pippen fouled out. I watched the same finals back then that you did hahaha. cmon now, let's not rewrite history. There is no way up to 1991 you can say pippne had a better career or ANY season better than wilkins.He must have also forgotten about the 91 finals where Pippen outplayed Worthy & locked up Magic. The two people that were robbed were Isiah/Shaq by Stockton/Laettner. That's nonsense. Bottom line, he got in because of jordan. simple as that. And I love pippen. I patterned my game after his game. but pippen after 4 years isn't the great pippen we all know after his career was over. he got better
Bruh, they selected Pippen b/c he was on the rise & Worthy was on a decline along w/ Worthy not being able to defend on the perimeter. Nique didn't get selected b/c he was a gunner which is something the team didn't need. Only Bird got a spot based on his legacy, Magic was still in his prime. Pippen is a richman's Iggy who also played for Team USA b/c of his intangible/all-around game.First of all worthy was hurt. He and scott both. Years and years of finals and playoffs caught up with them. 2nd, no one "locked up" Magic. He just held him better than Jordan. The bulls won 4-1, but still 2 of those wins were very close with one of them going into OT in which pippen fouled out. I watched the same finals back then that you did hahaha. cmon now, let's not rewrite history. There is no way up to 1991 you can say pippne had a better career or ANY season better than wilkins.
Bird was selected for legacy, i agree with it, MAGIC WAS NOT IN HIS PRIME IN 91 . cmon man. u can't be serious. There was talk of him retiring after game 5 of the 91 finals in his interview with Ahmad Rashad on the court right after the game. This was months before the HIV announcement. He had a lot of years left, but he wasn't in his prime. As for wilkins being a gunner, I'm not saying he wasn't, but he only took 2 more shots per game than Chris Mullin, who I felt was a gunner also Don Nelson's run and gun system. How was Wilkins a gunner and Mullin wasn't? Exactly what was there to defend on the perimiter? They coasted on all of those games. The team was still great without worthy, wilkins, thomas, and shaq, but Thomas and Shaq weren't the only ones robbed. People just overlook pippen being on the team for what he became, but back then, Pippen wasn't even a perinial all star. He had only made 1 team and no all nba teams. Seriously though, how old do you think I am? Do you think I wasn't around during this era?
And Pippen didn't even make the all-star team that year. Wilkins and Zeke should have been on that team no matter what.
Only time they've lost is when two Spurs led the team.
What a joke. Keep kobe off. Let the players that actually deserve to be there keep their spot.
How in the is Magic not in his prime in 91 when he finished 2nd in MVP voting only behind Jordan & had won the MVP the season before.
Pippen in 91 was the equivalent of Kawhi last season (instead of winning FMVP he made the All-Star team the season before in 89-90). Kawhi didn't make the All-Star team or All-NBA team last season but made the All-NBA defense team & was the best young wing player just like Pippen in 90-91.
As far as Nique/Mullins, the only pure shooter outside of broken down Bird was Mullins. It was Bird that stole Nique's spot.
Jordan won mvp of the league in 98 at 35 years old. Please don't tell me you believe jordan in 98 was in his prime..How in the is Magic not in his prime in 91 when he finished 2nd in MVP voting only behind Jordan & had won the MVP the season before.
Pippen in 91 was the equivalent of Kawhi last season (instead of winning FMVP he made the All-Star team the season before in 89-90). Kawhi didn't make the All-Star team or All-NBA team last season but made the All-NBA defense team & was the best young wing player just like Pippen in 90-91.
As far as Nique/Mullins, the only pure shooter outside of broken down Bird was Mullins. It was Bird that stole Nique's spot.
Still, any talk of Pippen, Worthy, 'Nique, & Mullins is a plausible basketball conversation. Kobe is statistically one of the worst players in the NBA this year, and he was pretty awful last season too. No realistic argument can even be made for him going to the Olympics over an average player, let alone a top 15 player in the league.
Any spurs fan who thinks kawhi is top 15 is not a true spursfan..when you have sean ellipt tying his hardest to prove he is top 5 and you still have idiots who call him top 15, the same idiots who said alrdige was going to be better. Kawhi and George are both playing top 4 level.basketball
Oh God please rid those forum of mainstream average PPG fans...Vanilla fans, please rid of them.
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