Comments on: Future looks golden

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:27:10 +0000

2012 Team USA Starting five:
Paul. Wade. LeBron. Amare. Dwight.

Reserves:
Kobe (he’ll be 34 by then). Deron Williams. Greg Oden. Brandon Roy. Rudy Gay. Josh Smith. Monta Ellis.

By: bballer

bballer — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:14:03 +0000

so when the us wins, will everyone change their tune and apologize?

By: aiyo

aiyo — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:09:53 +0000

mental toughness is what team usa is lacking the international players r taking them out their comfort zone try that on vince n watch him encore n jump over a 7 foot center n bring fear to them hahaha

By: aiyo

aiyo — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:01:39 +0000

kevin garnet, ray allen, pierce, duncan, baron davis, iverson, tracy mcgrady , vince carter all r missing from the team if usa hopes to win a gold medal it wont be in the hands of wade or carmello nor lebron but i do like the addition of kobe but they should put the elite against the elite in the world those i mentioned not playing for team usa r great individual scorers n individual defensive players so if team usa wont win a gold medal this yr go figure whats the missing players is it better to have wade carmello n lebron or iverson tracymcgrade n kevin garnet on the team which brings much mental toughness their lacking so far n experience

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By: Charles Penson

Charles Penson — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:48:55 +0000

Why are so many USA sports talk radio and ESPN sports guys so negative toward the basketball team. The basketball team is playing team ball exhibiting great leadership from Jason Kidd and Kobe and have for a change a great coach in coach K. Larry Brown was a disaster as a coach and created all kinds of chaos and many players behind the scene it seemed as if he(Brown) wanted to sabotage their efforts to lose. This time around at least coach K. knows how to implement a system to get the best out of his talent. None of this nonsense/drama chaos Brown brought to the table. amen. If only sports talk radio haters and ESPN haters could come on board and appreciate the guys committment to bring home the GOLD!!! I really wonder what the negative agenda is all about?!!!!

By: shaun

shaun — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:50:57 +0000

Duncan played for the US. He isn’t an international anymore.

By: zorzzz

zorzzz — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:41:21 +0000

Watch out…Greece is coming. Full roster+ intelligence vs. Best talent in the world. Defence and teamwork ALWAYS wins.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:40:12 +0000

Seanye09 you know nothing about european basketball, do you? You say, let them play 82 games plus play offs, lol. How many practises nba players have through season. European players “die” on court in every practise, every day. 2 games and 5 practises per week.

As for the rules, this is getting old. You can either win it, or not. And it seems… not. If you go to win teams like Greece by trying to score more points, you will lose. The Greeks will lock your stars on defense and let only one score, like they did in 2006. And you know whats the best part? Teams like Greece (not Spain) don’t care to win you in group stage, cause their players know that the tournament starts at quarterfinals. So, noone will show you their real face at group stage. How good is your scouting? And i dont mean if you can see plays, i mean if your players can get the proper practise to face such plays. Different every 2 days. Against the best players in the world. Ah, i forgot… against the best non-NBA players int he world. Isnt that what you are talking about every time you lose a tournament? That you still have NBA?

I think Greece will win the Olympics, as they are the best team, with 11 players playing for each other, Spain and US will fight with Lithuania, Argentina and Germany for the other 2 medals. Russians dont have a chance, keep this word. They will play for 5-8 places for sure.
Joe

By: cskanu

cskanu — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:30:23 +0000

Aaron Kyle has it right. While there is immense talent on this USA team, there are clear scenarios where they could lose. A team that denies them all those transition dunks, takes care of the ball, makes their shots and forces the NBA’ers to go 1 on 1 in the half court is lurking out there.
Canada went through this in Hockey. It took us a long time to figure out how to win on the International scene. I’m not sure the USA has it right yet!