US vs. Puerto Rico

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ZeroEffect

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What was with the announcers for this game? Baby facing the HORRID performance.
They should have been ripping all those premadonnas new ones! In the history of the
Olympics we've only lost twice! And one of those losses was straight up theft!! And the
other time was college players. They showed tape of the college guys coming off the
floor and they all looked like they'd just had their hearts torn out. At the end of todays
game those guys were looking for their cell phones and taking off their jerseys before
leaving the court. Larry Brown should forfeit the rest of the games and bring these
loosers home now! I'd rather see high school players getting crushed but giving it their all.
 
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cw42

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too much inexperience by many players of the US team. Three rookies, and one player that hasn't even played an NBA game. Not enough time to prepare, not able to adjust to stupid international rules. I also blame a lot of those pussy asses that declined to play. It would be soooo much more helpful to have a good outside shooter, especially against the zone defense where it can be difficult penetrate the D. The people that picked the substitutions for the players that declined made some bad choices. Come on, Okafor? I'm sure he'll do a goodjob in the NBA, but the man hasn't even played ONE game yet. Lacking a balanced, and experienced team has really hurt them.
 
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cw42

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Originally posted by: SuperTool
Hahaha. They should just have had the Pistons play them.
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yeah too bad every piston player asked to play declined...
 
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chuckywang

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Originally posted by: cw42
too much inexperience by many players of the US team. Three rookies, and one player that hasn't even played an NBA game. Not enough time to prepare, not able to adjust to stupid international rules. I also blame a lot of those pussy asses that declined to play. It would be soooo much more helpful to have a good outside shooter, especially against the zone defense where it can be difficult penetrate the D. The people that picked the substitutions for the players that declined made some bad choices. Come on, Okafor? I'm sure he'll do a goodjob in the NBA, but the man hasn't even played ONE game yet. Lacking a balanced, and experienced team has really hurt them.
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I agree that we need an outside shooter, but the inexperience comes from the lack of experience of international play by ALL the players. Puerto Rico had only one NBA player, and obviously the lack of NBA experience didn't hurt them today. In fact, Emeka Okafor might be more prepared than most cause college basketball is closer to international basketball than the NBA is.
 
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tennisflip

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Originally posted by: chuckywang
Originally posted by: cw42
too much inexperience by many players of the US team. Three rookies, and one player that hasn't even played an NBA game. Not enough time to prepare, not able to adjust to stupid international rules. I also blame a lot of those pussy asses that declined to play. It would be soooo much more helpful to have a good outside shooter, especially against the zone defense where it can be difficult penetrate the D. The people that picked the substitutions for the players that declined made some bad choices. Come on, Okafor? I'm sure he'll do a goodjob in the NBA, but the man hasn't even played ONE game yet. Lacking a balanced, and experienced team has really hurt them.
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I agree that we need an outside shooter, but the inexperience comes from the lack of experience of international play by ALL the players. Puerto Rico had only one NBA player, and obviously the lack of NBA experience didn't hurt them today. In fact, Emeka Okafor might be more prepared than most cause college basketball is closer to international basketball than the NBA is.
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Two NBA players... Santiago plays for the Bucks.
 
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StinkyPinky

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Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
how many losses can u have before you are eliminated?
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A team only needs to get in the Top 4 of their six team group. So they can probably have at least two losses.
 
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bobbybe01

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Originally posted by: chuckywang
Haha, the Spurs are made of a bunch of European players. It's like their entire starting 5 is international: Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, Turklolu, Nesterovic.
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But DARKO wouldn't play with us!
 
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Dacalo

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No pure shooters and enough big men.

If we had likes of Ray Allen, Mike Bibby, Shaq and KG, it would have been a spanking.
 
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