View Full Version : usa basketball loses to greece!
devlinboy
09-01-2006, 02:42 PM
once again usa crumbles in international play..the dream team days are over. a bronze is the best they can win.. i think they need to focus on team play more, they should grab more college players who haven t been corrupted by the streetball style of the NEW nba.its a dissapointment though because they were playing prettty well
kirthew
09-01-2006, 03:04 PM
once again usa crumbles in international play..the dream team days are over. a bronze is the best they can win.. i think they need to focus on team play more, they should grab more college players who haven t been corrupted by the streetball style of the NEW nba.its a dissapointment though because they were playing prettty well
Basketball has become a World Sport now... pretty soon you will see us doing as good in Basketball as we do in Soceer... Well alright... maybe not to that extreme but the days of Basketball dominance is over...
devlinboy
09-01-2006, 03:39 PM
i do think dominance is over, but i still think that usa will consistently be a perennial favorite. they just seem to be more committed towards dunking and posterizing people. they have to get back to fundamentals. greece beat them by just using high screens to a shooter.. i truly think that if they keep this core team together and just add some more complimentary players (like battier, bowen and what not) they will win most international games. coach k knows what needs to be done..i wish the nba players would take some pride in playing for their country .. that to me is the greatest honor in sports and i think they need to embrace that.
i do think dominance is over, but i still think that usa will consistently be a perennial favorite. they just seem to be more committed towards dunking and posterizing people. they have to get back to fundamentals. greece beat them by just using high screens to a shooter.. i truly think that if they keep this core team together and just add some more complimentary players (like battier, bowen and what not) they will win most international games. coach k knows what needs to be done..i wish the nba players would take some pride in playing for their country .. that to me is the greatest honor in sports and i think they need to embrace that.
pride & $$$$$$$ are 2 different things
Tony Coca
09-01-2006, 05:55 PM
Good.Im happy they lost.
devlinboy
09-01-2006, 05:57 PM
now now coca...im actually happy too..maybe they will get their act together and stop filling the team with high paid selfish superstars..im just shocked that iit was greece and not france or argentina...carmelo is blossoming though
Tony Coca
09-01-2006, 06:06 PM
now now coca...im actually happy too..maybe they will get their act together and stop filling the team with high paid selfish superstars..im just shocked that iit was greece and not france or argentina...carmelo is blossoming though
I say Carmelo is better then Lebron James.But I dont like James cause of all the hype about him.
devlinboy
09-01-2006, 06:09 PM
i think carmelo is more well rounded im not too big of a lebron fan...i prefer d wade and ray allen
Tony Coca
09-01-2006, 06:10 PM
i think carmelo is more well rounded im not too big of a lebron fan...i prefer d wade and ray allen
You mean Flash and Jesus.
devlinboy
09-01-2006, 06:12 PM
correct they got game
i like paul pierce too hes got a sick jumper with a hand in his face
Tony Coca
09-01-2006, 06:19 PM
correct they got game
i like paul pierce too hes got a sick jumper with a hand in his face
Yeah but Paul Pierce is Gutless.For a great outside shooter his game always falls apart when he cant get his shots on the outside
devlinboy
09-01-2006, 06:23 PM
oh hell yeah, he gets real frustrated and his post game has suffered in the last few years...you know who i really liked who never made it in the pros felipe lopez.remember him from st johns him and zendon hamilton used to play pick up at this park near my house..they made everyone look like absolute fools..i was only like 12 or 13 then but i got to play on their team once..i didnt touch the ball all game..on point game they gave me the ball and i heaved a half court shot and hit it. it was a rush
bat_collector
09-01-2006, 08:16 PM
its funny a team with d wade, lebron, and carmelo failed to GREECE!
yup, the world caught up and is better fundamentally than the US players
rychehitman
09-01-2006, 08:28 PM
well, NBA players TODAY as opposed to the days of the true DREAM TEAM, are all a bunch of street ball playing ball-hogs that totally lack fundamentals, and a sense of teamwork. They'd rather get 20 points, not 20 assists!
the NBA is a joke!
kirthew
09-01-2006, 08:48 PM
well, NBA players TODAY as opposed to the days of the true DREAM TEAM, are all a bunch of street ball playing ball-hogs that totally lack fundamentals, and a sense of teamwork. They'd rather get 20 points, not 20 assists!
the NBA is a joke!
I agree completely... a team of Jordan, Bird, Johnson, Laetner, Pippen, Barkley, Stockton, Malone could probably still take on the world... these guys played as a team... and acted as a team... They were the one and only dream team...
imthkman
09-01-2006, 11:11 PM
well, NBA players TODAY as opposed to the days of the true DREAM TEAM, are all a bunch of street ball playing ball-hogs that totally lack fundamentals, and a sense of teamwork. They'd rather get 20 points, not 20 assists!
the NBA is a joke!
I agree 100%. It's not even a team sport anymore. All any of today's players care about, is making ESPN highlights and money. I don't watch one minute of that crap. I can catch the slam-dunk competition during the all-star break. It's basically like today's NBA game. USA needs to build a team based on skills built for the international game. Forget star-power, bring in guys who are fundamentally sound, and can function as a team.
sellin71
09-01-2006, 11:36 PM
pride & $$$$$$$ are 2 different things
I couldn't agree more. Our polictians should take notice. If they would spend more time working together, instead of focusing on their own petty legacy, this country would be far better off.
nolilia
09-02-2006, 12:03 AM
International teams has been training and playing together for years not just months. NBA players are preparing for months not years.
Zurbaran1
09-03-2006, 10:42 PM
And Greece got their asses kicked by Spain. :thumbs2:
Immovable Blob
09-06-2006, 02:20 PM
You still got baseball (when they aren't striking), hardly anyone in the rest of the world plays that :laugh: WORLD Series :laugh:
International teams has been training and playing together for years not just months. NBA players are preparing for months not years.
that & the usa teams is always thrown together almost at the last minute
devlinboy
09-06-2006, 02:38 PM
baseball is becoming a latin american /worldwide sport, soon the usa wil be getting smoked by the dominican rep. and venezuela. and others.
baseball is becoming a latin american /worldwide sport, soon the usa wil be getting smoked by the dominican rep. and venezuela. and others.
what gets me about baseball, is that all the players from the different countries go play for another country during the olympics or whatever
devlinboy
09-06-2006, 03:07 PM
yea i guess because there are only so many roster spots on the usa team. i think if you have a connection to the country through your parents you can play for them. like piazza can play for italy. i think but as usual wtf do i know lol
devlinboy
09-06-2006, 03:08 PM
this new usa basketball team is suppossed to be a 4 year commitment so maybe they will gel and dominate. but with their ego's prob. not
Justin
09-07-2006, 11:22 PM
International teams has been training and playing together for years not just months. NBA players are preparing for months not years.
wow.. That could be the lamest excuse I have ever seen :laugh:
How many International teams are there that play together all the time? What tournaments are they playing in?
nolilia
09-09-2006, 04:09 PM
wow.. That could be the lamest excuse I have ever seen :laugh:
How many International teams are there that play together all the time? What tournaments are they playing in?
China is a very good example. Most of the players are committed and training together for years. Even Coach K have said something about China. Sooner or later they will be better and will contend.
Training and commitment with less ego is the key. That doesnt look lame to me.
devlinboy
09-09-2006, 04:11 PM
China is a very good example. Most of the players are committed and training together for years. Even Coach K have said something about China. Sooner or later they will be better and will contend.
Training and commitment with less ego is the key. That doesnt look lame to me.
the french players have played together since they were kids..then they went to the nba but they still had years to grow into each others game..there was an article about this in SI
Justin
09-12-2006, 12:46 AM
China is a very good example. Most of the players are committed and training together for years. Even Coach K have said something about China. Sooner or later they will be better and will contend.
Training and commitment with less ego is the key. That doesnt look lame to me.
the french players have played together since they were kids..then they went to the nba but they still had years to grow into each others game..there was an article about this in SI
Guys what I meant was lame and maybe I misinterpreted what DB was trying to say was that the other teams had trained & played together for years, As in that was what the other nations players were only worried about for years leading up to the world championships, That actually making a living of the sport was not their primary goal in their day to day life’s, If that isn’t what you were saying then I apologize DB. :thumbs2:
For the record the problem with American basketball is the NBA, the sooner they stop allowing players to travel, carry the ball, and push and shove like they are in the front row of a rugby scrum the sooner the USA will get their #1 ranking back
devlinboy
09-12-2006, 01:52 AM
Guys what I meant was lame and maybe I misinterpreted what DB was trying to say was that the other teams had trained & played together for years, As in that was what the other nations players were only worried about for years leading up to the world championships, That actually making a living of the sport was not their primary goal in their day to day life’s, If that isn’t what you were saying then I apologize DB. :thumbs2:
For the record the problem with American basketball is the NBA, the sooner they stop allowing players to travel, carry the ball, and push and shove like they are in the front row of a rugby scrum the sooner the USA will get their #1 ranking back
nah i totally get what you were saying, i just meant that they played together before, especially as teens and that they have a much better chemistry than the nba players will ever have. i def. think that there goal was to earn a paycheck but they had the added advantage of not being corrupted by the nba style of play. and practices for that matter(remember A I's rant). and you are right on about the nba's poor style of play. its become an brutish &ugly game. it used to be finesse now its just streetball
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