<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>2006 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Training Schedule: Dates Events Site July 19-25 USA Team Training Las Vegas, NevadaJuly 31 - Aug. 3 USA Team Training Las Vegas, Nevada Aug. 3 (8 p.m. PDT) USA vs. Puerto Rico Las Vegas, Nevada Aug. 6 USA Team Training Guangzhou, China August 7-8 China Basketball Challenge Guangzhou, China Aug. 7 (8 p.m. local) USA vs. China Guangzhou, China Aug. 8 (8 p.m. local) USA vs. Brazil Guangzhou, China August 11-12 USA Team Training Seoul, Korea August 11-15 World Basketball Challenge 2006 Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, Korea Aug. 11 (6 p.m. local) Korea - Turkey Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, Korea Aug. 12 (2 p.m. local) Korea - Lithuania Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, Korea (4 p.m. local) Turkey - Italy Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, Korea Aug. 13 (2 p.m. local) USA vs. Lithuania Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, Korea (4 p.m. local) Korea - Italy Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, Korea Aug. 15 (3 p.m. local) USA vs. Korea Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, Korea Aug. 14, 16, 17 USA Team Training Seoul, Korea Aug. 19-Sept. 3 FIBA World Championship Japan August 19 (2:00 p.m.) USA - Puerto Rico Sapporo, Japan August 20 (7:30 p.m.) USA - China Sapporo, Japan August 22 (7:30 p.m.) USA - Slovenia Sapporo, Japan August 23 (7:30 p.m.) USA - Italy Sapporo, Japan August 24 (7:30 p.m.) USA - Senegal Sapporo, Japan August 26 or 27 Eighth Finals Saitama, Japan August 29 or 30 Quarterfinals Saitama, Japan Aug. 31 or Sep. 1 Semifinals Saitama, Japan September 2 or 3 Finals Saitama, Japan</div>I'm so excited, can't wait to see Lebron and Kobe in the same backcourt.
Coach K, or who ever picked this team is a joke. No AI I am boycotting lol that is just messed up not to have him on team USA.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Serge @ Jul 10 2006, 10:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Coach K, or who ever picked this team is a joke. No AI I am boycotting lol that is just messed up not to have him on team USA.</div>In two years do you really think that AI is still going to be playing well, or well enough to be on an Olympic squad? Stop being such a homer. :bat:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Serge @ Jul 10 2006, 11:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Coach K, or who ever picked this team is a joke. No AI I am boycotting lol that is just messed up not to have him on team USA.</div>That would be Jerry Colangelo. Amd I agree that not choosing AI was a terrible mistake. And I dont really wanna be a fan of the team. But I probably will. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>In two years do you really think that AI is still going to be playing well, or well enough to be on an Olympic squad? Stop being such a homer. bat.gif</div>And Bruce Bowen will?
Yes, the AI omission was downright ridiculous, and every single "reason" (excuse) that Colangelo and Coach K gave for Iverson's omission from the team was absolute bullsh**.That being said... it will be interesting to see what kind of team they actually go ahead and assemble, and of course it will be interesting to see whether all this actually pays off in the end. No excuses this time... they HAVE to get it done this time around.EDIT: Also, the word "homer" is tossed around WAY too loosely around here. This is not being a homer, especially when even those members of the media who are first in line to bash Iverson were disgusted with his omission from the team.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Jul 10 2006, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Who's on the roster? Have they decided which players will be on the roster yet or no?</div>Not yet. They have to have the tryouts.
Jerry knows how to put a team together and i trust his judgement. Having AI as the team leader last Olympics didn't really work out too well. There are plenty of good guards in the NBA. Did LeBron, Kobe and Wade make it because they'd all be better for the team than Iverson. Who did they choose over him? And this isn't about just putting a bunch of selfish players in there. How could having so many big scorers on one team work out?
When AI is on a star studded team in any case he knows that he has to distribute the ball more. Its not the same case in Philadelphia.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheAnalyst @ Jul 10 2006, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>When AI is on a star studded team in any case he knows that he has to distribute the ball more. Its not the same case in Philadelphia.</div>Absolutely true<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Did LeBron, Kobe and Wade make it because they'd all be better for the team than Iverson. Who did they choose over him? And this isn't about just putting a bunch of selfish players in there. How could having so many big scorers on one team work out?</div>I'm going to just assume that you didn't watch the Olympics. Iversons game stepped up to a level I hadn't seen since his MVP season, in terms of including teammates and overall being an extremely effective and productive player.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ArizonaFan @ Jul 10 2006, 11:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Jerry knows how to put a team together and i trust his judgement. Having AI as the team leader last Olympics didn't really work out too well. There are plenty of good guards in the NBA. Did LeBron, Kobe and Wade make it because they'd all be better for the team than Iverson. Who did they choose over him? And this isn't about just putting a bunch of selfish players in there. How could having so many big scorers on one team work out?</div>If you watched the Olympics last time around, AI was the only player who represented the US in a positive manner, both on and off the court. AI wasn't the main reason the team lost last time around... the reason was the way the team was poorly constructed, and Larry Brown's misuse and downright refusal to utilize LeBron, Carmelo and Amare the proper way. Tim Duncan was harassed in the post, and was bitching to the referees, Marbury was too busy yelling at Brown, and Brown was too busy making public his distaste for the team simply because they "weren't given enough time to practice." Iverson carried himself in a manner that even those people that ridiculed and criticized his past actions were praising him. He was truly a model American during the Athens Olympics.Jerry Colangelo and Coach K gave many reasons as to why they did not include Iverson, but every reason they gave was utter bullsh**."We don't need so many scorers... we need playmakers." Alright, so they don't need scorers? That's why they included every one of the top 10 scorers in the NBA this past season aside from the #2 scorer... Allen Iverson. Oh, and guess what... Iverson had the highest assist numbers out of all of those players... I guess he isn't as good as a playmaker or point guard as the rest of those guys, right?"Iverson is getting up there in age." Alright, then why the hell is Bruce Bowen on the team?There were so many other reasons that they gave which were completely ridiculous because of the other players they had invited to the tryout. Everybody wouldn't have minded if Iverson was invited and then cut, but the fact that he was downright disrespected because he was not even invited to tryout for the team is a complete disgrace. Hell, even the rest of the players who were invited said they felt AI was disrespected and that he should have atleast been invited.
[quote name='Bowles' post='112169' date='Jul 10 2006, 11:20 PM']In two years do you really think that AI is still going to be playing well, or well enough to be on an Olympic squad? Stop being such a homer. :bat:[/quote]I think AI has 3 years left at the level he is at now, and about 2 more season after that with like 20 a game. :dribble: And homer? If I was a homer I be saying stuff like: Iverson is still the best player in the NBA, that he is better then Jordan bla bla bla all kinda bs. I don't say stuff that I don't think is true, and that have no shot at being true.And Bruce Bowen why was he invited then? Shaq has a open invitation did you for get about all that? So don't give me the age bs.[quote name='TheAnalyst' post='112171' date='Jul 10 2006, 11:21 PM']That would be Jerry Colangelo. Amd I agree that not choosing AI was a terrible mistake. And I dont really wanna be a fan of the team. But I probably will. And Bruce Bowen will?[/quote]I think coach K had a lot of say in picking the team anyway. Your exactly right what about Bruce Bowen, and Shaq has a open invite.[quote name='BigMo763' post='112182' date='Jul 10 2006, 11:30 PM']Yes, the AI omission was downright ridiculous, and every single "reason" (excuse) that Colangelo and Coach K gave for Iverson's omission from the team was absolute bullsh**.That being said... it will be interesting to see what kind of team they actually go ahead and assemble, and of course it will be interesting to see whether all this actually pays off in the end. No excuses this time... they HAVE to get it done this time around.EDIT: Also, the word "homer" is tossed around WAY too loosely around here. This is not being a homer, especially when even those members of the media who are first in line to bash Iverson were disgusted with his omission from the team.[/quote]Yea they were really bad with coming up with a excuse as to why AI was not invited to join team USA.Also exactly right there were very few media people who agreed about AI not being invited to join team USA. I think they did a poll on espn I don't remember the results for sure, but I think it was like 70-89 % who said that AI should have been invited to team USA.I can't stand coach K. His team lost what like 2 reguler season games right after AI was not invited. I was like karma *ss hole. :yahoo: LOL[quote name='ArizonaFan' post='112217' date='Jul 11 2006, 12:11 AM']Jerry knows how to put a team together and i trust his judgement. Having AI as the team leader last Olympics didn't really work out too well. There are plenty of good guards in the NBA. Did LeBron, Kobe and Wade make it because they'd all be better for the team than Iverson. Who did they choose over him? And this isn't about just putting a bunch of selfish players in there. How could having so many big scorers on one team work out?[/quote]It was not AI's fault they did not do good last time. They choose Luke Ridnour, or w/e his name is to try out over AI. That whole team should have just said were done right after that. :HAHAHA:[quote name='TheAnalyst' post='112228' date='Jul 11 2006, 12:41 AM']When AI is on a star studded team in any case he knows that he has to distribute the ball more. Its not the same case in Philadelphia.[/quote]Exactly when AI is with players who are good, and he can trust he has no problems with passing like the all star games for example. In Philly he can't trust his teammates, because they suck, scared to dribble, scared to shoot I mean just awful.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMo763 @ Jul 11 2006, 03:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If you watched the Olympics last time around, AI was the only player who represented the US in a positive manner, both on and off the court. AI wasn't the main reason the team lost last time around... the reason was the way the team was poorly constructed, and Larry Brown's misuse and downright refusal to utilize LeBron, Carmelo and Amare the proper way. Tim Duncan was harassed in the post, and was bitching to the referees, Marbury was too busy yelling at Brown, and Brown was too busy making public his distaste for the team simply because they "weren't given enough time to practice." Iverson carried himself in a manner that even those people that ridiculed and criticized his past actions were praising him. He was truly a model American during the Athens Olympics.Jerry Colangelo and Coach K gave many reasons as to why they did not include Iverson, but every reason they gave was utter bullsh**."We don't need so many scorers... we need playmakers." Alright, so they don't need scorers? That's why they included every one of the top 10 scorers in the NBA this past season aside from the #2 scorer... Allen Iverson. Oh, and guess what... Iverson had the highest assist numbers out of all of those players... I guess he isn't as good as a playmaker or point guard as the rest of those guys, right?"Iverson is getting up there in age." Alright, then why the hell is Bruce Bowen on the team?There were so many other reasons that they gave which were completely ridiculous because of the other players they had invited to the tryout. Everybody wouldn't have minded if Iverson was invited and then cut, but the fact that he was downright disrespected because he was not even invited to tryout for the team is a complete disgrace. Hell, even the rest of the players who were invited said they felt AI was disrespected and that he should have atleast been invited.</div>Nice Post!!! :happy0144: I mean what one of those players average more then 30 points a game, and more then 7 assists per game? Exactly None!!! :yahoo: Shaq spoke up, AI's teammates spoke up, and a few others did. I think Kobe should have spoke up since he is the main part of that team. When Kobe had his problems before AI spoke up, and supported him. But guess it's to much to ask for Kobe to do the same when I thought they were friends. I also think if instead of inviteing Kobe they invited Iverson then Shaq would have said yes to be on team USA. I think Shaq said no, because of Kobe. And even if they invited AI with Kobe still Shaq might have decided to come join team USA. And I am not saying AI should have been invited over Kobe at all. I like Kobe great player they both should have been a lock for team USA not just Kobe. But w/e Kobe is my 2nd fav player I will support him even though I think he should have spoke up about it. Might have helped AI a little who knows.
