US vs. Puerto Rico

[KLin]

Wow, you will never win a game when you're shooting 35% and your opponent is shooting 56%.

 

[JoeKing]

Uh oh, it looks like they're heating up......

not enough, they suck ass :thumbsdown:

 

[SuperTool]

Damn it, Larry Brown, they are not Mexican, the are Puerto Ricans

 

[dc]

we should send the harlem globe trotters to the olympics next time.

 

[gunblade]

The so-called dream team looked so lost at times that it was pathetic.

 

[kyutip]

I think the reason why they are called dream team is that they are always sleeping and dream about winning. All the talent in the world will not help you if you don't have the heart.

The the whining begin.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: BamBam215

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Geez, give these guys a break. They've only been playing together for a very short time compared to other Olympic teams.

if you watch the exhibition games, you can tell it's really not because they haven't had much of a chance to play with each other, it's the inexperience of playing team ball. a lot of these guys are young bucks who are used to being the savior of their team. thus they aren't used to only playing 10-15 minutes. guys like lebron, carmelo, wade, amare, stephon, etc are not used to playing without the ball in their hand. so everytime they step onto the floor, it's like they need to get a few shots up because they know their minutes are limited.

i think team usa would have a better chance if they brought an entire team like the spurs, wolves, lakers, or kings (with their respective scrubs) than to put together a bunch of these young superstars.

It's also the outside shooting that's confounding the USA team. The other teams know they can't compete on the inside so they concentrate on hitting those 3s. Brown better come up with a good strategy to stop those long shooters.

 

[nCred]

wow... and Puerto Rico were supposed to be the worst team in the group, if not the whole tournament.

 

[feelingshorter]

sad...sad