<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Maybe we finally get the point after watching our star-studded Olympic team get drubbed in Athens on the heels of the glamorous Los Angeles Lakers being dismantled in the playoffs by the blue-collar Pistons. So we've gathered a few scouts from around the NBA to help us put together a list of players who, in the words of Pistons and Team USA coach Larry Brown, play basketball the "right" way. Instead of vertical leaps and wind sprints, we used such categories as court sense, chemistry, coachability, fundamentals and work ethic."</div> <div align="center">Link </div> Any thoughts on this?
I think it's about time they do something like this. They no longer dominate without playing team ball, so this had to be done IMO
It's about time. This year and the 2000 olympics even though they won the gold medal was all about highlights.They chose the team that would make the most money not the team that would win the most games. I would like to see players like RIP Hamilton, and Ron Artest play in the olympics. I think this year was the worst selection processs imaginable. I look forward to 2008 in Bejing.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dimch:</div><div class="quote_post">Ummm...why was my post edited?</div> Crap, I missed it. It was probably edited because you need to pay to see the article.
Chauncey Billups wouldnt be a bad choice for point guard, not an ego freak, probably play for his country, and VC will probably play cuz this year he got married and stuff, you know the story
they need to pick a good "team" instead of just a bunch of one-on-one street ballers. It will defintiely be interesting to see how the dream team will react to this disappointment at Athens in 2008 at Bejing.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Zippo:</div><div class="quote_post">they need to pick a good "team" instead of just a bunch of one-on-one street ballers. It will defintiely be interesting to see how the dream team will react to this disappointment at Athens in 2008 at Bejing.</div> For starters, EVERY player in the NBA started off being a "one-on-one street baller". For seconds, NOONE on that team played one on one basketball. IMO if they would have been a little bit more selfish they would have faired a lot better. Larry Brown deserved a LOT of credit for the losses with his ridiculous substitutions, and his built in excusses for losses before the games where even played.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Industry:</div><div class="quote_post">For starters, EVERY player in the NBA started off being a "one-on-one street baller". For seconds, NOONE on that team played one on one basketball. IMO if they would have been a little bit more selfish they would have faired a lot better. Larry Brown deserved a LOT of credit for the losses with his ridiculous substitutions, and his built in excusses for losses before the games where even played.</div> very untrue, many players have made their presence known in the basketball world with passing, defencive help and court awareness. but in a sense i agree that the only way to be recognized is to hog and show what you can do.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Industry:</div><div class="quote_post">For starters, EVERY player in the NBA started off being a "one-on-one street baller". For seconds, NOONE on that team played one on one basketball. IMO if they would have been a little bit more selfish they would have faired a lot better. Larry Brown deserved a LOT of credit for the losses with his ridiculous substitutions, and his built in excusses for losses before the games where even played.</div> Larry Brown is a good coach. But he needs time to get players to really buy into his system, and that was the problem. If he had 6 months to get his team ready, they would have been unstoppable in the Olympics and playing "the right way." But he only had a few weeks, and there was no way he was going to be able to make them play effectively as a team. But that's the only way he knows how to coach, and so they had a hard time.
