Comments on: Team USA and the NBA Part 2

By: sergica

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By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:35 +0000

If they wanted to stick with youth, they could have asked Kyle Korver to be on the team to shoot 3s.

By: Greg Wilson

Greg Wilson — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:35 +0000

Alright so Mark says that International Player should not be used.

Most of the posters argue in one way or another that the players don’t care.

So here, I’ll solve everyone’s problem:

Have Team USA be non-professionals. (That solves Mark’s problem). Have the Olympics be the equivalent of the NBA combine. This will let amateurs and college players (note I do not call them amateurs because who doubts they get paid) fill their need to get attention. Plus they’ll have something to prove, which also solves all the others posters posts.

The only question is, when is Mark going to interview me?

By: Greg Wilson

Greg Wilson — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:35 +0000

Alright so Mark says that NBA Players should not be used.

Most of the posters argue in one way or another that the players don’t care.

So here, I’ll solve everyone’s problem:

Have Team USA be non-professionals. (That solves Mark’s problem). Have the Olympics be the equivalent of the NFL combine. This will let amateurs and college players (note I do not call them amateurs because who doubts they get paid?) fill their need to get attention. Plus they’ll have something to prove, which also solves all the others posters posts.

The only question is, when is Mark going to interview me?

By: NBA Rumors

NBA Rumors — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:35 +0000

They shouldn’t put together an all-star team. If you can get KG, Kobe, Shaq, T-Mac, etc., that’s fine. Those guys will overwhelm the competition. But, if they don’t want to play, don’t just go to the 2nd tier. Go to guys like Michael Redd (who should be there anyways), Brad Miller, Fred Hoiberg, Rasheed Wallace. Those guys are solid and can shoot the oustide shot. This team is a disaster. Everyone is a slasher.

By: Chell

Chell — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:35 +0000

Of course these guys can’t reflect the NBA. How much training and game time do these guys have with there respective teams…a lot. Team USA consists of good players that don’t get enough time of playing together and getting to know each others strengths as a team.
A team can not be composed of talent alone. In order to make a great team you need “team work”, several players that can play the court, not just there position. It’s just like a fantasy team, you want good players, but if you don’t know how or when to play them you lose.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:35 +0000

Team USA would be better off if they had a tryout process that started early in the year, invite collegians, Americans playing in Europe and then say that any NBA players who want to come tryout are welcome to do it. Then have the tryouts start in mid-March (after most players are done with the NCAA’s). Pick maybe 20-30 of the non-NBA players out and have them practice and play together and as NBA seasons end those players can try out. I’d hire a coach from Europe, and give him zero “help” in selecting his team. I think that scenario gives us the right mix of star players and role players, and most of the guys on a team like that would be thankful for the opportunity to play and want the gold as badly as the other nations players do.

By: Entertainment News

Entertainment News — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:35 +0000

You guys are sitting on the wrong side of the fence. If you would just cheer for the other teams, you would enjoy Olympic basketball.

For years, I’ve painstakingly sat through NBA games watching players ball hog, loaf on defense, and throw up ill-advised shots. I keep coming back, hoping things will change.

I hate the NBA, and I hope they don’t even medal. Underdogs make sports interesting. Go Puerto Rico!

By: Beau

Beau — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:35 +0000

… the international game is more entertaining.

The NHL (if we see it again) is a better product than the NBA, at least. But both suffer in comparison to their international counterparts.

Mark, do you think people will sit through Shaquille O’Neal’s sumo wrestling after seeing that the game CAN be played like it’s being played in the Olympics? (I’ll at least give your Mavs credit for being the most watchable team in the your league.)

By: al

al — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:00:35 +0000

Poor Larry Brown… I remember him riding your ass about how important the Olympics were to the marketing efforts of the NBA. And, yet, HIS face will be always remembered as the coach assoiated with the demise of USA BBall on the world stage. And now, he’s all burned out, stressed, and might have to miss some of the NBA season. Maybe the answer is a better COACH, like K or Majeris?