a1kashur Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 NBA players call themselves 'world champs' just by playing some other American teams. Gone are the days when Americans were the 'world champions.' They need to play international teams to become 'world champs'. Anyway, well played, Arg. May the best team win. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584444822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEMO.INC Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 They need jordan picking better players and couching that team Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584444833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 The U.S team wasn't exactly made up of the best players they have to offer.That about sums it up. Is that a lame defence or what? You're saying duncan, iverson, etc. are a bunch of lame rookies? Other countries maybe had the benchwarmer if they were lucky. Those players make more then all the other teams combined just from salaries. Then there's the endorsements etc. I watched many of the games. The fact is the americans lacked all the qualities of good athletes. They couldn't shoot, they couldn't play structured, they kept fouling (somewhat forgivable because of rules etc.), and they lacked passion. If they played unstructured and rushed and played like that, they'd be undefeated. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584444860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Is that a lame defence or what? You're saying duncan, iverson, etc. are a bunch of lame rookies? Other countries maybe had the benchwarmer if they were lucky. Those players make more then all the other teams combined just from salaries. Then there's the endorsements etc.I watched many of the games. The fact is the americans lacked all the qualities of good athletes. They couldn't shoot, they couldn't play structured, they kept fouling (somewhat forgivable because of rules etc.), and they lacked passion. If they played unstructured and rushed and played like that, they'd be undefeated. Salary doesn't equal skill. For NBA players the Olympics aren't all that important. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584444888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted August 27, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 27, 2004 What the hell was that? 25 seconds left, and they just gave up. 8 points or not, you don't just give up that like that! What a disgusting display. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584445020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 NBA players call themselves 'world champs' just by playing some other American teams. Gone are the days when Americans were the 'world champions.' They need to play international teams to become 'world champs'.Anyway, well played, Arg. May the best team win. If they had the 'world champs' playing in this tournament, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Detroit would be owining all the others. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584445582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insurektion Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 those guys had the accuracy of snipers on those 3 pointers very good stuff. boo US you arent that great. time for an ego check Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584445596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctebah Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 If they had the 'world champs' playing in this tournament, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Detroit would be owining all the others. you don't know that for sure now, it's a different basketball in europe than it is in the usa. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584445603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 US basketball team lose! they suck anyway... Lets see you and your friends play against them ina game of 21 homie? if you think they suck im happy for argentina btw Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584445646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted August 28, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 28, 2004 Ok, lets get this straight. All of the countries other than the US play together for years, while the US team joins up 2 weeks before the Olympics start. If you mix in 12 players from 12 teams, they will not click in due to their lack of knowing how each other play. That's like getting 12 new guys for Defense in football and expect them to play well in 2 weeks. Just doesn't happen. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584446786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 it seems lithuania will be facing usa again for bronze medals. now thats a shame to lithu team! how could they lost against italy!!!!! anyway i hope they will win bronze at least :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584447063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwj Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 (edited) <<spam>> Edited August 28, 2004 by BOOGSoftball Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584447064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 ok guys, one thing to point out: the reason why we don't have our best players out there is because (doesn't apply to everyone, but just about) they don't get paid. our best nba players decline to play because they don't want to spend their days off practicing and playing for games they don't get paid. plus like many have pointed out, for the us team's players, it's mainly about display of personal athleticsm... i don't really know what they really think about winning as a team. and if you think about that on the flip side, many of these teams have build themselves up all their careers to beat or rather, kick team usa's ass. i am rather disgusted by team usa's display of talent. the three point line is 3 feet inside of nba's regulation, yet they can't seem to make jack. i have no understanding why they didn't start shooting three's... sure they weren't having a good shooting game, but like someone else said, you can't just give up like a damn loser. some may argue that there were calls that were just really bad... yeah, but it didn't necessary decide the game. anyhow, i am saddened by team usa's display. some people may defend team usa by saying that they've tried their best, blah blah blah, and how they shouldn't be receiving critical comments... but think about it, if they were winning instead of losing, people wouldn't be bitching. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584447322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 LoL US lost thats funny!!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584448141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
golazo Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 if they had their best set of players in they would have one the tournament.....and a different coach Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/209623-olympic-spoilerus-vs-argentina/page/2/#findComment-584448171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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