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Tim's lack of adjustment to, and perhaps his coaches not preparing him for, intl refereeing was really stupid.
Made him look like a fool, and of course ineffective due to foul trouble, and wasted his summer.
From the Philly Daily News, quoted on ESPN.com:
Iverson Wants A Gold Medal
"Jerry Colangelo, chairman of the Phoenix Suns, met with Allen Iverson before last night's game, and came away with Iverson very much on a preliminary list to be invited to try out for the U.S. National Team that will compete in this summer's World Championships in Saitama, Japan and, hopefully, in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. 'It went great,' Iverson said of the meeting. 'He asked me if I was interested, and I am. I want to play. I had a good experience in 2004, but we won the bronze. I really want to win a gold medal.' Colangelo intends to interview 30 to 35 players. ... Colangelo already has met with numerous candidates, and plans to meet this week with Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal of the Miami Heat and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs."
Good luck with that ...
Tim's lack of adjustment to, and perhaps his coaches not preparing him for, intl refereeing was really stupid.
Made him look like a fool, and of course ineffective due to foul trouble, and wasted his summer.
Mind u those refs at the olympics were freakn amatuer refs, not the ones that does euro elite tourneys
Those refs were out to embarrass Duncan... (and U.S. Basketball...) it almost seemed like that was their agenda....
And lookin at how this team is assembled, looks freakn identical to the athens team just with kobe added to it, these s still havnt learnt their lesson, they need shooters.
Nice insight.
I'm sure the U.S. coaches and Tim did their best to prepare for the international rules and the refs. He couldn't relearn the way he's played the game for the last dozen years and he couldn't control the refs either. People need to get off his back regarding his Olympic performance.
The refs clearly took him out of the games, but he still manage to avg a double-double though.
Forget FIBA, why would Duncan go play for three stooges that have won a total of ZERO NBA championships?
"He couldn't relearn the way he's played the game for the last dozen years"
The NBA-Intl rules aren't that dramatically different to requiring re-learning the entire game.
He's not that stupid, nor that robotic, nor "re ed".
He makes adjustments in every NBA game to teams and players and his own foul trouble.
This was a screw job. Every time TD stepped on the floor their was a touch foul. People were tired of big bully USA so got to take the best player in the world out of the game
Colangelo hasn't learned jack about building a team, still going with a bunch of all-stars.
Where are the shooters? Where are the PGs? Where are the defensive specialists?
Colangelo will it up again for Team USA. Put Pop in there next time to fix things, if you want it done right (dude knows the international game).
Colangelo's never done anything worthwhile or well except helping David Stern ruin the NBA. I doubt he'll make the US a gold-medal team anytime soon.
Yeah . . . that worldwide conspiracy to embarass "Los Americanos".
Sure, there is no way the US NT can lose if the playing field is leveled.
The fact that the US, as a team, played like crap had nothing to do with their demise.
I don't think Timmy was planning on continuing his olympic career.
the US got special treatment alright. They were the only team that didnt go through drug testing, and they were the only team that didnt stay in the olympic village.
The refs sucked for everybody, and if duncan fouled out more in 10 games than in his entire NBA career, it probably had something to do with there being one less foul to give in the international game.
Duncan is IMO the best player in the world but that alone doesnt make you champs, just ask the 03-04 spurs, etc. You need a lot of teamwork and a bit of luck. USA had neither in Athens.
and its the coaches fault for letting guys like richard jefferson and stephon marbury take more shots than duncan.
Do they have the current roster out yet, or are they doing that around the All-Star game.
Yeah . . . that worldwide conspiracy to embarass "Los Americanos".
Sure, there is no way the US NT can lose if the playing field is leveled.
The fact that the US, as a team, played like crap had nothing to do with their demise.
"It almost seemed".....
As I said in my previous post, that was a conspiracy if I ever saw one!
they should go after rip hamilton, he has the mid range shooting touch that team needs. also ray allen or michael redd, a pure shooter. they should also think about unleashing artest in the international game...
Agreed. Rip, Ray-Ray and Redd would be awesome playing under FIBA rules.
I think Artest could enter the Olympics under his own flag because that guy's from another planet.
You must be blinded by that gold medal. USA basketball assembled a team of top jersey sales out of the guys that didn't beg out at the last minute. The fact that the US, as a team, played like crap had everything to do with their demise, but that wasn't a team that was there, it was a marketing show for the NBA. The fact is the Hawks or the Raptors would win 19 times out of 20 against Argentina, and ten of those by double digits. Tim Duncan got hosed by the refs in the olympics, and then got bad-mouthed by the bandwagon USA fans after the team lost.Yeah . . . that worldwide conspiracy to embarass "Los Americanos".
Sure, there is no way the US NT can lose if the playing field is leveled.
The fact that the US, as a team, played like crap had nothing to do with their demise.
P.S. FIBA sucks
Raptors got beat by Maccabi.
Also, I believe Colangelo talked with Hamilton and Prince earlier in the season.
I don'tknow how workable a 3-year commitment will be..maybe they should just send the NBA champion or one of the top-tier NBA teams to represent the US at international compe ions.. Maybe Detroit would do a good Job; the Spurs would lose too many international players.
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