usa basketball loses to greece!

[Ink]

Originally Posted by nolilia

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]

baseball is becoming a latin american /worldwide sport, soon the usa wil be getting smoked by the dominican rep. and venezuela. and others.

[Ink]

Originally Posted by devlinboy

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]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by nolilia

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
How many International teams are there that play together all the time? What tournaments are they playing in?

[nolilia]

Originally Posted by Justin

wow.. That could be the lamest excuse I have ever seen
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]

Originally Posted by nolilia

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]

Originally Posted by nolilia

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.

Originally Posted by devlinboy

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.

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]

Originally Posted by Justin

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.

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