Well, I blame Larry Brown for not playing Lebron, Amare, Carmelo, and Okafor enough...and for playing Stephon Marbury at all. Fail.
He actually has a point, kind of. 2004 was the first summer Olympics since 9/11 and is THE global stage. With the way terrorism was at the time, guys were scared, and rightfully so. So they sent rookies, and Stephon Marbury to play http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/gersten200408230837.asp