U.S. Crashes 94-90 to Lithuania in Men's Basketball

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:02 pm

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... all_usa_dc

damn, now we are losing to countries that are barely even heard of around here.

how "pro" are these pro guys on our team?
maybe rather then giving them millions they should go over and recruit from these poor countries..

EvilAngel · Post by **EvilAngel** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:11 pm

Aren't they all amateurs playing in the olympics?

lance-tek · Post by **lance-tek** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:14 pm

nope, pro's have been playing for a few years now ...

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:19 pm

EvilAngel wrote:Aren't they all amateurs playing in the olympics?

http://www.nba.com/athens2004/usa_stats.html

i think all but one of them play in the NBA

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:33 pm

disturbing

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:36 pm

funny how fast the "Me" guys fall when they play a "Team"

There is no I in Team ...

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:43 pm

Lithuania!!!!

TrUtHsMaCkEr · Post by **TrUtHsMaCkEr** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:59 pm

Meggie wrote:http://www.nba.com/athens2004/usa_stats.html

i think all but one of them play in the NBA

yeah but they're all first time appearances in the olympics right?

they shouldve taken the lower named people who are like really good shooters and passers, instead its like the high school student council, goin by popularity and whether or not ur name is known.

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:28 pm

TrUtHsMaCkEr wrote:yeah but they're all first time appearances in the olympics right?

they shouldve taken the lower named people who are like really good shooters and passers, instead its like the high school student council, goin by popularity and whether or not ur name is known.

i agree. i think there were pros in the last oplympics too but i could be wrong.

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:38 pm

Meggie wrote:i agree. i think there were pros in the last oplympics too but i could be wrong.

yep, it's been mostly NBA players since the '92 Summer Games, when the true NBA "Dream Team" was compiled..

Anyone remember the world basketball championships in Indianapolis 2002?

Argentina defeats them 87-80.. . The very next night, Yugoslavia knocked them out of medal contention 81-78..

It was obvious, there was too much business and not enough basketball going on inside their heads..

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:47 pm

AAF Striker · Post by **AAF Striker** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:49 pm

Jamie_R wrote:funny how fast the "Me" guys fall when they play a "Team"

There is no I in Team ...

There is no "we" either. Kidding aside... They seriously need to learn how to play as a team though. One word to sum them up; pathetic.

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:53 pm

we dont have our best team out there plain and simple. Where is KG or Redd or Bibby or Nash or McGrady or on and on and on. No outside shooting is killing this team. Also LBJ should be strarting

AAF Striker · Post by **AAF Striker** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:57 pm

64bit wrote:we dont have our best team out there plain and simple. Where is KG or Redd or Bibby or Nash or on and on and on. No outside shooting is killing this team. Also LBJ should be strarting

We should still be handing it to the other teams regardless of who isn't playing. USA Basketball needs a new direction... it needs an overhaul; guys that can actually play as a team!

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:08 pm

[quote="AAF Striker"]We should still be handing it to the other teams regardless of who isn't playing. USA Basketball needs a new direction... it needs an overhaul]
Most of these other teams practice toghether for a lot before the olympics. We would be fine if we had the "right people". I keep hearing that excuse that we aren't playing as a team but im not buying it. If you watch the games you see they are passing the ball crisply not commiting many turnovers and rebounding like crazy. The Defense isnt horrible either. The only thing you notice is the terrible FG %. Shooting % is killing this team. Now if you had KG and Redd and McGrady.......

kmax · Post by **kmax** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:53 pm

[quote="AAF Striker"]We should still be handing it to the other teams regardless of who isn't playing. USA Basketball needs a new direction... it needs an overhaul]

amen! and it would be great if they could stop palming the ball as well.

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:55 pm

kmax wrote:amen! and it would be great if they could stop palming the ball as well.

woa kmax lives!

mmione · Post by **mmione** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:55 pm

Canada has 3 medals

USA has 46

kmax · Post by **kmax** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:32 pm

Meggie wrote:woa kmax lives!

yeah i havent had interent access for a few months now