Dream Team

[Lilith]

apparently not. :(

[Sharni]

Huh? *LOL*

[Lilith]

The US basketball team is sucking ass bad at the olympics :p

[dreamgurl]

Yes they are, but once I looked at all the ones who are now playing for their home counrty, I knew why we kept losing lol

[Sharni]

*LOL* Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Catch22]

They must be dreaming of their next pay rise.

[Grumble]

apparrently many pro basketballers refused to play for the olympic team

[Catch22]

Nor do many of the pro tennis players play either. The US did not have a baseball team in at all.

[Steph]

It's crazy that they lost to Lithuania!

[BIBI]

It's crazy that they lost to Lithuania!

HEY! I resemble that remark!!!! LOL What's wrong with Lithuania?????

[PashkinThePanther]

Dream team??? Just cos the US has the best paid pro league (at least I think it is) then the players concerned think they are the best. Individually they may be highly skilled but they sure don't seem to want to be a team. Plus the biggest players of all won't play if theres no appearance money etc, IMO. Greedy and stupid. Money cannot buy olympic medals, and I know which I would rather have...

[Steph]

HEY! I resemble that remark!!!! LOL What's wrong with Lithuania?????

Don't get me wrong, I love Lithuania (major part of my history degree was spent studying Eastern Europe) but when I first heard about the loss it was from a co-worker who said, "I can't remember the name of the country but it's one I've never heard mentioned in basketball before."

[kathy1]

Dream team??? Just cos the US has the best paid pro league (at least I think it is) then the players concerned think they are the best. Individually they may be highly skilled but they sure don't seem to want to be a team. Plus the biggest players of all won't play if theres no appearance money etc, IMO. Greedy and stupid. Money cannot buy olympic medals, and I know which I would rather have...


I totally agree with everything except the stupid comment.....afterall they're the ones walking away with scandalous amounts of money just because they are talented at a particular sport..... stupid are the ones that pay it!!! As for me, I'd much rather watch the Olympics and see not only the talent but the love of the sport, the patriotism, the team spirit.....just seems less jaded.

(You really like the panthers, pashkin?)

[darogle]

A group of egos thrown together and they refuse to play as a team. Sad that they couldn't put that shit aside for a couple weeks and get into the spirit of the games.

[Scarecrow]

The NBA doesn't play basketball anymore, its just a run and shoot game no offence or defence.

[PashkinThePanther]

(You really like the panthers, pashkin?)

Sure do! Moved heaven and earth to get all the playoff games on videotape from last seasons run to the Superbowl. As I was never gonna get to be there, I called in favors etc. and I now have all the games on tape. I even lashed out for a copy of the Superbowl matchday program, before the game itself! And that wasn't cheap over here neither. Next thing will be a replica shirt...

For those of you who follow the game, watch the Panthers linebackers. Morgan, Fields and Witherspoon; death in white and blue!!

[Vullkan]

"Dream team??? Just cos the US has the best paid pro league (at least I think it is) then the players concerned think they are the best. Individually they may be highly skilled but they sure don't seem to want to be a team" (Pashkinthepanther)

Have you seen them play? They look like a group playing for themselves rather then the team--all of them looking to be the star of the team; there just isn't any unity. Perhaps it isn't the money issue that motivates them but their over inflated egos--after all are they not the best players America has to field on the courts and should not all the other teams and players quake at their mirror presents?--HA! doesn't seem so does it.

[lakritze]

There should be no professional players of any games in the olympics. Time to let amateurs shine.Having a "dream team" of professionals defeats the purpose.

[WildIrish]

I much prefer to watch college ball, especially the girls. No, not because of that! Because they play basketball, real basketball.

[Belial]

Nor do many of the pro tennis players play either. The US did not have a baseball team in at all.

They don't have a baseball team in because they didn't qualify (http://www.usolympicteam.com/11760_14202.htm)

[musicman]

no offense but it looks good one them

[Lilith]

Obviously I'm daft....

What was the big deal about Brown calling a time out at the end of the game with Spain? Why was it inappropriate?

[dicksbro]

apparrently many pro basketballers refused to play for the olympic team

One might believe none did.

[Belial]

Obviously I'm daft....

What was the big deal about Brown calling a time out at the end of the game with Spain? Why was it inappropriate?

Apparently in European basketball it is considered poor etiquette to call a timeout late in the game with your team's win a foregone conclusion because it is considered that keeping your defeated opponents on the court longer than necessary is "rubbing salt into the wounds".

[Lilith]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! TY I was not aware of that custom!

[Belial]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! TY I was not aware of that custom!

Neither was I, I only found out when informed by the commentator, 5-time olympian Andrew Gaze who played briefly in Europe (also some NCAA and NBA).

[Lilith]

The said Brown tried to rescind the Time Out when he realized but I guess it was too late...I did not see the game. I loved Brown when he coached the Spurs in the early 90's.

[scotzoidman]

saw a cartoon in the paper depicting Team USA with oversized heads...wish I had kept it & scanned it for y'all, seems to say it all...