Comments on: Humble team conquered gold (and hearts)

By: phoenix hospitals

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By: john

john — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:39:30 +0000

this is for simon….. team USA wasnt the only team that didnt stay at the village… and kobe saying shhhhh and wayde was a responce towards the crowd since they werent really friendly… they dont have to be humble they went there won 8-0 beat spain by 37 and beat them again at the final….. they proved when they play serious they are the best no one can beat them! if they had a stronger center then they could of won by more points…

By: P Lewis James

P Lewis James — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:53:17 +0000

Someone should tell Carmello Anthony that the olympics are not the place to get street creds. He should not let some of the international players prod him into physical confrontations. He still has a way to go in the area of maturity. He should stop with the “boys in the hood act” and let his game do the talking.

By: Kideak

Kideak — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:23:34 +0000

As it’s been said, USA can choose between a lot of very good players, and that’s not equal talking about the Rest of The World (ROW), just 15 players ( or less) to choose.

And right now, the changing rules ( minimum age for entering NBA, playing NCAA at least) is going to improve USA’s basket IQ.

Basketball is a team sport, the best ROW teams knows that and that’s the real advantage against USA, whose players are usually franchise players in the NBA.

Should have Boston Celtics have beaten Spain at Olympics? I really think that it’s easier for Spain to defeat USA team than Boston Celtics.

Finally, if the Olympics are under FIBA rules, everyone must play FIBA rules. There were many travelling on USA team, and that annoys not only ROW fans, players as well. It’s hard to play when you know that your opponent has advantage because of that and the refs are not going to take care.

By: D-Man

D-Man — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:21:51 +0000

@ jurban

Well said.

By: NENE

NENE — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:46:18 +0000

i think that´s a way to see it, i don´t think the “shhhh” gesture was that bad, it was made in a close game down the strech in a very emotional moment because Spain was closing the gap and the fans were getting real loud, so it´s like i said before, to make some of the critics you got to understand the situations, and for that you have to play real hard 5 0n 5 basketball for many years. I think it´s bull to talk about elbows and fits, have you ever played at that level, were talking about wars and warrior, that mean pride of yourself and your capabilities, that´s a “ssshhhh” gesture, when your sending a message to the other team that your not here just to see the game and lose the game and be cool about it, that´s an elbow, do you know how many elbow are in a game of basketball that the tv doesn´t show????? all over the world are elbows bad words, shhhh gestures finger mutombo gestures, complains to the refs that´s call basketball and in the end the important thing it´s winning

By: jurban

jurban — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:01:30 +0000

Hey, I am all about equal playing ground. If the USA team does something idiotic, then they deserve the retribution of the rest of the world……BUT, I am going to do the same thing. I am not going to tell you: “Oh, you don’t understand…it is different in the US, don’t take it that way.”

Nope, if these foreign teams are going to take exception to Kobe doing something like the “shh” sign after a big play, I am going to look at them throwing constant fits on the bench, swinging elbows on the court, and doing the slanted eye thing and judge them by the same standards. I would love to just let teams do what they do and think the best, but that isn’t how things are these days. All I read is that the US is an arrogant country and the players are arrogant and selfish. Well okay then, I guess I am allowed to look at various behaviours of foriegn teams and make sweeping generalizations too. This is the bed the world has made, lets all lie in it now.

By: bballer

bballer — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:22:57 +0000

good win by the us and there will be many more strong players coming down the pipeline in that country. but what about other countries? is this the last of the great Argentinian teams? what about the greeks, spanish or italian teams? or would the french, chinese, lithuanian and russian teams be the next powerhouse in international basketball.

if people are saying that international ball is catching up to the united states, i say that other countries are catching up to the spains and greece’s of the world. in 20 years, the battle for gold most likely will be the us vs. china. europe does not have the population base to compete with the us or china. so europe, enjoy your limelight now. darker days are ahead.

the nba will never be 50% foreign. the rest of the world does not have the talent base. look at the last few drafts barely any foreign players were good enough to be drafted in the first round. plus, more foreign players will come from china, france and maybe argentina, moreso any other country. those country’s players play a more physical and athletic game. there are reasons why ginoboli, parker, scola and nocioni are able to shine vs. other euros.

By: quinamo

quinamo — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:51:49 +0000

Don’t feel this angry, Ryan. Spain and USA are diferent societies, with diferent reactions to the same thing. It’s sure that your players would be crucified if they did that. But they did not. Don’t judge foreign behabiours if you don’t like to be judged by others. Let the chinese people tell if it was cool or not.
I’m spanish and i didn’t think it was cool. They made a mistake, but it was not xenophobia, but lack of intelligence. They are one of the best teams in the world, and they don’t act as if the hole world have their eyes constantly on them. They act in a domestic way and this is not what is corresponding to them now.

By: jurban

jurban — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:25:54 +0000

Ryan,

I don’t care why they did, they still all chose to do it. If someone told me to do something like that I would tell them “no”…they weren’t made to do anything. If the team USA did this, they would be crucified…but it’s cool if Spain does it.

Bunch of hypocrites.