What are your thoughts? I thought you were going to discuss the game.

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil What are your thoughts? I thought you were going to discuss the game.

1. no need to discuss the game. USA sucked lollipop as they've never b4
2. how can they possibly call themselves proffessionals if their simplest foul statistics are 22/33 (afgans would play alot better)
3. congratulate us once again. a min ago LITHUANIA 100 : AUSTRALIA 85

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kaip gerai kai tavo kalba supranta tik 1/2133,333 pasaulio zhmoniu, heh... SLOW PULSE + CATHY BATTISTESSA - Riva - gabalas, itakojes mano gyvenima.

It will be interesting to see how Lithuania go in the finals. Seeing them play Australia today they are such a good team, they play so well together, a very talented group.

Unfortunately I have been unable to see how Group B is shaping up, Spain has finished top right? Or was it Argentina?

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Originally posted by stamper Unfortunately I have been unable to see how Group B is shaping up, Spain has finished top right? Or was it Argentina?

Spain has won all of their matches, so they finished the group round in first place. And I think we have some seriuos possibilities of earning a medal. Just have to work on the 3 pointers.

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Originally posted by monoxide 1. no need to discuss the game. USA sucked lollipop as they've never b4 2. how can they possibly call themselves proffessionals if their simplest foul statistics are 22/33 (afgans would play alot better) 3. congratulate us once again. a min ago LITHUANIA 100 : AUSTRALIA 85

is lithuania as a team better? yes

do they have better players than the us? no

and they call Americans arrogant lol

The USA has one point guard, one center, and a bunch of dunkers that make up the whole team. This isn't what Larry Brown (the coach) and the US Olympic Committee had in mind for their team.
All of our top players dropped out either for security reasons, injuries, or personal reasons.
They have no shooters. One guy who's never played an NBA game. The team's average age is under 24. They have no real 3-point threat.

I still think they can win the gold. Iverson and Duncan need to step up and take over these games.

I think that the Detroit Pistons could beat every team in the Olympics. They're used to playing together, these guys are not.

To bash the US simply because they're playing in a different league wtih different rules and different play is not clever. Give them a break. Oh well, you can continue bashing them based on a past game, but the U.S will win Gold and they will show an example of a hell of a beating versus Angola today, who are the worst male Basketball team in the olympics right now.
By the way, the 2000 U.S Olympic Team was like a Semi-Dream Team. They were not a team without a dream.

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil do they have better players than the us? no

and who said that? what criteria are you reffering to? NBA rules? if LTU players are ignorring NBA and doesn't want to play for NBA, that doesn't make them worse.

ok, pointless discussion. obviously not many here know the real position/situation of international basketball.

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kaip gerai kai tavo kalba supranta tik 1/2133,333 pasaulio zhmoniu, heh... SLOW PULSE + CATHY BATTISTESSA - Riva - gabalas, itakojes mano gyvenima.

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Originally posted by monoxide and who said that? what criteria are you reffering to? NBA rules? if LTU players are ignorring NBA and doesn't want to play for NBA, that doesn't make them worse. ok, pointless discussion. obviously not many here know the real position/situation of international basketball.

The criteria that I am referring to is that major international players come to the NBA to play, that basketball here is still a more established sport than any other nation in the world, that our 3 point line is 3ft. FURTHER than international play, and that the US colleges have the best amateur players in the world(don't forget that your point guard played at a US university).

Your main point guard tried to enter the NBA on multiple occasions but they only offered him the league minimum pay so he refused. He would be an average point guard in the NBA.