Soundly beaten...

[gr81]

well to their credit they are the reigning champs and are undefeated, and the game wasn't exactly considered an upset. they got game and their zone d was too much for the US guards

 

[jaim91]

Should I give up now, or later?

 

[gr81]

I think you captured the US teams sentiments exactly Jaim! ha ha

 

[jaim91]

lol...i think they decided after losing to Puerto Rico.

 

[MaxMirkin]

Well it's all better now, they beat some (0-5) African country! This truly re-instills my confidence in the team.
(Lousy fuckers! )

This year's slogan - "The Quest For 8th!"

 

[jaim91]

How much longer until it's over?

Can we give props to the women's team?! Lisa Leslie is the izzle fo shizzle (or something like that)

 

[roguexx2]

How disgraceful. I can't believe the US lost to Lithuania.

heh. i'm from Lithuania and i'm so happy that USA lost to us (even though we are strongest in the B group and you're 4th ). We teached those pricks!!!!

AND NOW if Spain will win against USA i'm buying all of you beer

 

[roguexx2]

BTW i agree that Duncan is one of the best players you have (even though he's not from usa) cos it seems to me that he's the only one in the team that is not an arrogant @$$hole

 

[roguexx2]

fuck. fuck MArbury. mainly beacause of him no one of u will get beer

 

[I Are Baboon]

How disgraceful. I can't believe the US lost to Lithuania.

How is losing to a better team disgraceful? Lithuania is one of the top 2 or 3 teams in the world.

 

[MaxMirkin]

About time those a-holes got their act together. Hope this lasts.

 

[jaim91]

the states has to take the gold, or customs won't let them back in across the border

 

[I Are Baboon]

Yyyyyyup, the US Men lost to Argentina today. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Bronze medal, here we come! Actually, they'd be better off NOT winning a medal. Standing up there to receive a bronze would be downright humiliating. The best in the world my ass!!!

 

[MaxMirkin]

I have no words....

 

[tucker01]

 

[Big Smoothy]

Iverson is a perfect example of black trash. Co-captain. He is a direlect loser.

The American basketball team is a band of flunkies. I am glad they got beat. They deserve to lose and are an embarrassment to the nation.

 

[jaim91]

Snafu - Don't you think that's kind of harsh? "Black trash", that sounds racist."

They lost because they played sloppy bball, there confidence was down after they lost their first game and they played as a bunch of individuals rather than a team. That's all their is to it.

 

[Tank316]

U.S basketball should consist of college players!!!!!!!
nba players are already in the spotlight and get waaaaaaay overpaid for what they're worth!!!
college players should get the chance to travel and enjoy something so great like the olympics!!!!
its pure bullshit!!!!!!!

 

[DFINEST]

Hopefully, David Stern and NBA scouts will realize they're no longer putting a quality product onto the court. STOP drafting these under-developed players, especially those from high school, as only a few have made the transition successfully; most of the NBA players have no fundamentals what so ever and it showed in the Olympics. This team has proven that NBA players are way overpaid and too many have swelled heads.

 

[gr81]

U.S basketball should consist of college players!!!!!!!
nba players are already in the spotlight and get waaaaaaay overpaid for what they're worth!!!
college players should get the chance to travel and enjoy something so great like the olympics!!!!
its pure bullshit!!!!!!!

I agree tank, but you gotta look at it like most of those cats ARE college age players in the first place.

 

[Tank316]

I agree tank, but you gotta look at it like most of those cats ARE college age players in the first place.

 

[Big Smoothy]

Snafu - Don't you think that's kind of harsh? "Black trash", that sounds racist."

Not intended to be racist at all. I use the term white-trash a lot. Apologies to anyone who may have thought there was something implied. There wasn't.

 

[jaim91]

U.S basketball should consist of college players!!!!!!!
nba players are already in the spotlight and get waaaaaaay overpaid for what they're worth!!!
college players should get the chance to travel and enjoy something so great like the olympics!!!!
its pure bullshit!!!!!!!

I had a rant at the beginning of this post about how the Men's olympics are no longer teh "dream team" because they don't give college kids a chance to dream about going into the olympics. if you average at least 10, 5 and 5 in the NBA, THEN you have a chance of making it.

 

[DFINEST]

White Men Can't Jump....
Black Men Can't Shoot

 

[moon]

White Men Can't Jump....
Black Men Can't Shoot

I must say that genetic difference speaks a lot. Look at those Ethiopians at 10,000 m.
And why Chinese gals dominate diving? Why those yankees dominate swimming?

 

[jaim91]

CONGRATS TO THE WOMEN'S TEAM! At least one "dream team" is bringing home the gold. Lisa Leslie could take any of those guys!!

 

[MTN WARRIOR]

More proof that money cant give you everything. It obviously didnt give them loyalty, partriotism, drive or discipline. The fact that they "weren't disappointed" in their play was disrepectful to the millions of people who pay their salaries. The" screw it I'm gettin' paid anyway so who cares" attitude should get them banned from the Oly's. Iverson is black trash. No racist remark intended. Those "white folk" who backed out of playing at the last minute are white trash.

 

[DFINEST]

CONGRATS TO THE WOMEN'S TEAM! At least one "dream team" is bringing home the gold. Lisa Leslie could take any of those guys!!

THE WOMEN played were fundamentally sound and
played with effort, focus and discipline ( LIKE the 1992 men's DREAM TEAM)

 

[MaxMirkin]

Their attitudes aren't entirely to blame. (Though to be sure, with the exception of Duncan, they're a bunch of a-holes.) They didn't have anyone who could nail a fucking jump shot. They had one big man who was constantly in foul trouble. They didn't have the talent! You can blame them all you want, but the real fault lies with all those jackasses that rejected their invites. I still believe they would have walked away with gold if Shaq & co. showed up. At the very least things would have been very different if they had a few legit outside shooters. (No, Marbury doesn't count.)

 

[moon]

btw why invite the best players? They should be forced to play just like USSR.