USA Basketball LOSES AGAIN!!

Originally Posted by alysheba4

......couldnt of said it better myself. why SHOULD they care, its a no win situation......... if that greece team played in the N.BA they woulg be lucky to win 8 games all year.

No way would they win 8 games, no way at all.

[Gander]

Andre Agassi and Johnny Mac were the last 2 great americans to care about representing their country. Cant think of anyone else off the top of my head.

US Open is our last chance to see the great Andre in action, I love this guy!

The facts are as follows:

1. Basketball is now a worldwide sport. Not on the level of soccer, but second at present. There are a lot of good players in other countries.

2. The National teams of other countries have been playing together for YEARS. We think we can throw a bunch of highlight reels on the court and expect they will play as a TEAM after 3 weeks of practice.

3. We again did a horrible job selecting players. We had a very young team that would listen to coach K. And that team is extremely inexperienced. Greece ran a simple pick and roll like they had Karl Malone and John Stockton playing the roles of the Greeks. WE PLAY NO TEAM DEFENSE AGAIN!
That is the bottom line. You have got to be able to play defense.

4. Carmello Anthony, a team defender? Holy shi t. This guy is one of the most selfish YOUNG players in the league. Lebron James, he has not a clue how to play TEAM defense. Chris Bosh our big man. Yes he is very mobile, but he has no clue how to play TEAM DEFENSE. K said he would stress defense, but it was tough man to man without any direction on how to help. Awful. They score 100 pts. That is just ridiculous. We have guys out there trying to steal the ball everyplay and go coast to coast for a jam instead of just harassing guys by staying in front of them, making them make bad passes and take bad shots. They shot so many foul shots because of this gambling selfish style man to man. DEFENSE.

Oh yes. Chris Paul will end up becoming the best point guard in the world with a bit of seasoning.

[Seattleallstar]

if we only had Tim Duncan or Shaq. In watching the Greece game last night, im like we needed a center and it would of been all good. Kevin Garnett would of done just great

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I wish we used college b ball players only. Don't know if it would have made a difference, but maybe they would show more enthusiasm?

OK.
Here is the laugher. Spain beats Greece in the FINALs 70-47 WITHOUT PAUL GASOL.

47 points. Good Lord almighty. Does this now show the board how crappy our defense was. Coach K says he is going to play tough D with a showboat crew that cant even defend a basic pick and roll. Greece scores over 100 against us and then 47 against a team without its best player. Unbelievably embarrassing.

Beating Argentina is a good thing. But again the defense was not in anyway stellar. Must give the team some credit for not laying down and getting a little bit angry.