In a best of 7, who would win? I would assume the USA TEAM would have a team consist of superstars: PG: j-kidd/Billups/Arenas SG: Kobe/D-Wade/Tmac SF: Lebron/Melo/Shawn Marion PF: Tim Duncan/KG/Elton Brand C: Dwight Howard/Amare/Shaquille Oneal TEAM WORLD PG: Nash/Parker/Arroyo SG: Ginobili/Kevin Martin/Ben Gorden SF: Deng/AK47/Nocioni PF: Dirk/Nene/Splitter C: Yao/Gasol/Dalembert
Are Kevin Martin and Ben Gordon foreign? I think I heard Gordon was born in England, but nothing of the sort for Martin.
How could you forget Yi Jianlian But anyways, I'd have to go with TEAM USA, they way they are playing right now it seems as if no one can beat them. With their fast break, run and gun type game none of the International teams can stop them. TEAM WORLD would give them some trouble in the inside but I just dont see USA losing.
I think it's too hard to say and a decision would be based on bias. This would probably be one of the coolest games ever!
<div class="quote_poster">Jumpman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Tim Duncan is from the Virgin Islands.</div> He's a US Citizen, he played for Team USA before, but vowed to never play under FIBA rules again because he didn't like how they officiated the games. He wasn't getting the superstar treatment and couldn't handle the physical aspect allowed under the FIBA environment.
<div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">He's a US Citizen, he played for Team USA before, but vowed to never play under FIBA rules again because he didn't like how they officiated the games. He wasn't getting the superstar treatment and couldn't handle the physical aspect allowed under the FIBA environment.</div> No WAY! Are you kidding me? WHAT A WUSS! LMAO
<div class="quote_poster">Montaman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Are Kevin Martin and Ben Gordon foreign? I think I heard Gordon was born in England, but nothing of the sort for Martin.</div> LOL I got mix up Kevin Martin with another Kings player. My bad, Kevin is a US citizen. Gordon is a British citizen. Team USA would win, too much fire power and too good defensively at all position. You could argue the top 4 players currently are USA, Kobe, Duncan, LeBron, Wade
<div class="quote_poster">kobe4life Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">In a best of 7, who would win? I would assume the USA TEAM would have a team consist of superstars: PG: j-kidd/Billups/Arenas SG: Kobe/D-Wade/Tmac SF: Lebron/Melo/Shawn Marion PF: Tim Duncan/KG/Elton Brand C: Dwight Howard/Amare/Shaquille Oneal TEAM WORLD PG: Nash/Parker/Arroyo SG: Ginobili/Kevin Martin/Ben Gorden SF: Deng/AK47/Nocioni PF: Dirk/Nene/Splitter C: Yao/Gasol/Dalembert</div> You can put a better Team World lineup than the one you listed. It'll be close, but the best Team USA lineup will still beat the best Team World lineup.
Tim Duncan should be on the World Team. That alters the picture of which team is better. He was quoted, if I remember correctly, as saying he would've played for the Virgin Islands national basketball team, but at the time he joined the US olympic squad (in 1996), the Virgin Islands didn't have a national team, I think. Moreover, in 2003, when the US played against the Virgin Islands for an olympic qualifying tournament, he sat out that game because he felt it was betraying where he came from. So a frontline of Dirk, Duncan, and Yao would be pretty damn formidable in terms of defense, size, and rebounding. Not to mention FG%. That would make the world team stronger at the positions of PG, PF, and C. With Kobe and Lebron, the US would be better at the SG and SF positions.
<div class="quote_poster">dallasdude Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You can put a better Team World lineup than the one you listed. It'll be close, but the best Team USA lineup will still beat the best Team World lineup.</div> I don't know who else you would really want to add on the World Team. He pretty much listed everyone. The only players I can think of that you can make an argument for are Okur and Barbosa.
It all depends on whose coaching the team. If Larry Brown was coaching Team USA it wouldn't pick them to beat a team from Anarctica. Team USA is always going to have more talented players than the rest of the world. It is just whether or not they are going to be committed to guarding the top motion offenses of international ball. This team is similar to teams that lost in the '02 and '06 World Championships in that we don't have a reliable inside scoring threat. We really didn't have one in '04 either considering that Tim Duncan was in foul trouble damn near every game in the Olympics. As great as this team is playing this summer you have to take into consideration who we are playing and where we are playing at. The crowd has been a pro USA crowd throughout the tournament and obviously the teams that we are playing are not the cream of the crop at the international level. Beijing is going to be a hell of a lot more difficult than the Tournament of Americas and I wouldn't assume that just because we have been dominant in this tournament that it will automatically translate to the Olympics. Spain and Argentina are more than capable of beating us in a single elimination tournament. Greece plays as well as of a team as anyone and Italy and Serbia have some excellent young talent. We have lost to Serbia/Montenegro, Italy (in exhibition), Puerto Rico, Lithuania, Greece, and Argentina twice while also winning close games against the likes of Brazil and Germany in exhibition competition. There is no doubt that this team is still vulnerable and there still needs to be some adjustments to be made (such as more movement and interior scoring in our offense, and being able to play an effective zone defense) in order for us to bring back the gold. As long as we have Carmelo scoring will not be a problem for us. I'm not as convinced as everyone else that we are hands down better the rest of the world.
It depends on which system the game would be played under. Under FIBA rules, I'd put my money on the World team (there are quite a few players you guys forgot). Otherwise, I think the Americans' superior talent would push them over the top.
Calderon>>>Arroyo and put Bargnani there instead of Splitter Anyways, yeah, a lot depends on the coaching. Who's going to coach team World? If they were to compete with FIBA rules, I'd say USA because of their pure talent and they'd have a recognizable coach to coach them whether its Coach K, Pop, McMillan or whoever.
