Is anyone else getting pissed off

[Dallasin2K3]

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Air Force plays much more cohesively than even the Pistons (who obviously are the best at in the NBA, however that isnt saying much)

plus, you arent going to find anybody who would have more pride than them.......

Air Force may be a team, but they would get destroyed in the Olympics. Any college team would. International teams are no longer pushovers. Some of the best players in the NBA (Ginobli, Nash, Nowitzki, Parker, Gasol, etc.) are from other countries.

I think taking as much as ONE college player (even if it was J.J. Redick and even then only for an occasional three point shot and free throw shooting situations) would be a bad call. A whole team would just get obliterated... no offense to Air Force or anything, that's just the way it is.

[EWRMETS]

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The Pistons are a team. You're not going to win any Olympics with a mish-mash of stars. It has to be a cohesive group that either:

A) Knows how to play as a team
B) Can and will learn how to play as a team

That's not true. The reason why the last team sucked was because it wasn't picked right and the best players did not want to play.

[PdiddyPop]

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We don't need the All Stars sent over there. Just pick a team that works well, and feeds off each other together. Then we will be fine. I have a lot of faith in K, and Jerry C in putting this together.

[Vince]

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That's not true. The reason why the last team sucked was because it wasn't picked right and the best players did not want to play.

Again, gotta agree with my fellow G-Men fan. People need to realize that the last olympics for the States was a team filled with mediocre stars(Marbury) and Larry Brown refused to play the young guys.

You bring in Brand, Amare, Kobe, Bosh, Howard, Wade, Lebron, Redd and that will debunk this myth about not fielding a team full of stars.

[billmatic]

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I do think it is important to have a team that plays well together and has all the different elements (shooters, rebounders, defenders, etc., and not just scorers), but this does not mean you cannot send stars. Ray Allen, Elton Brand, Ben Wallace are all stars, and are all players that would be perfect for the team, and are all the kinds of players that were missing last time.

[elprez98]

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Stop crying about who should be playing in the games, ya'll. These guys are professionals, and like most of us, relish their time off to spend with loved ones and just to unwind. Plus, I don't think most of us understand the physical toll professional sports exerts on the human body.

Stop hatin' from the gotdamn sidelines and passing judgement on someone else's choices to do with THEIR life. The bottom line is as good as international ball has gotten, until the US decides to have a National Team not a quasi-team put together on the fly, they will continue to have stiff competition regardless of who they have on their team.

I also disagree that a team of college players would get smashed in the Olympics. I think this because they are more apt to play a team game. By the way, why the hell, does everyone say just send the Pistons? Oh, I forgot,because they play team ball. The talent of US ballers is still above the world, we just watch too much And1 on ESPN.

What is also amusing if ANY of these PROFESSIONALS ( I don't know why they started letting pros get in it anyway) gets injured playing or even practicing for the Olympics, most of ya'll will jump the fence and next we'll have a thread....

Is any other NBA fan pissed....because my favorite player, JKidd, AI and Tim Duncan got injured in the Olympics???

I think its selfish to complain about a choice someone else makes about their own life, just because we would do something different(or at least we say we would) if we were in their shoes. Not your life, therefore not your decision to judge. Just cheer on whoever does choose to go, and call it a mf day.

[mutumbo888]

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Stop crying about who should be playing in the games, ya'll. These guys are professionals, and like most of us, relish their time off to spend with loved ones and just to unwind. Plus, I don't think most of us understand the physical toll professional sports exerts on the human body.

Stop hatin' from the gotdamn sidelines and passing judgement on someone else's choices to do with THEIR life. The bottom line is as good as international ball has gotten, until the US decides to have a National Team not a quasi-team put together on the fly, they will continue to have stiff competition regardless of who they have on their team.

I also disagree that a team of college players would get smashed in the Olympics. I think this because they are more apt to play a team game. By the way, why the hell, does everyone say just send the Pistons? Oh, I forgot,because they play team ball. The talent of US ballers is still above the world, we just watch too much And1 on ESPN.

What is also amusing if ANY of these PROFESSIONALS ( I don't know why they started letting pros get in it anyway) gets injured playing or even practicing for the Olympics, most of ya'll will jump the fence and next we'll have a thread....

Is any other NBA fan pissed....because my favorite player, JKidd, AI and Tim Duncan got injured in the Olympics???

I think its selfish to complain about a choice someone else makes about their own life, just because we would do something different(or at least we say we would) if we were in their shoes. Not your life, therefore not your decision to judge. Just cheer on whoever does choose to go, and call it a mf day.

hey stop hatin on 'hatin' coo

like i posted b4:

If you truly believe that, are you telling me if ALL the stars chose not to go and instead we sent

PG Kevin Ollie
SG Bernard Robinson
SF Qyntel Woods
PF Mark Madsen
C Michael Bradley

You'd be fine with us losing by 20 every game?

"oh well, it's their choice."




but after seeing the 23 selections I think we will be alright

6 of the 12 I wanted (Billups, Kobe, Lebron, B. Bowen, A. Stoudamire, D. Wade) hopefully will be their for 2008.

[Playmakers]

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The players not going are lazy because they refuse to take an extra mile to represent the pride of the NBA. They all gave this reason about families, mistresses, ring and whatever reason and whatever excuse they could pull off thier tail where in reality they just wanted to stay at home sleep, party and whatever this rich dudes do. Unlike the best players in past 2 era.

Howard declines invitation
Because of prior commitments in his hometown, Josh Howard told USA Basketball officials he was declining an invitation to try out for the team, eliminating his chance of representing the U.S. in the 2008 Olympics.
Howard hosts a basketball camp in Winston-Salem, N.C., for two consecutive weekends in August, during the same time USA Basketball members will be playing the World Championships in Japan. One of


I don't see anything wrong with this excuse.....

[mutumbo888]

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The fact that you care so much about it that you actually get pissed off, scares me a little bit.

USA loses again, now do you care?

[Sarah]

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Howard declines invitation
Because of prior commitments in his hometown, Josh Howard told USA Basketball officials he was declining an invitation to try out for the team, eliminating his chance of representing the U.S. in the 2008 Olympics.
Howard hosts a basketball camp in Winston-Salem, N.C., for two consecutive weekends in August, during the same time USA Basketball members will be playing the World Championships in Japan. One of


I don't see anything wrong with this excuse.....

Jordan, Barkley, Malone and etc could have done that too as an excuse not to join the Dream Team, but they choose to set aside those things they could do anytime after the Olympics. Besides, Olympics doesn't happen every year anyway.

[Sarah]

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USA loses again, now do you care?

I am getting used to it now.

[X*Cell]

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I honestly only care about the Spurs... USA could lose all day... I really don't care. Go Spurs Go!!!

[nc0ffey]

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USA loses again, now do you care?

Not really...should we? If so, why?

[mutumbo888]

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Not really...should we? If so, why?

Hmm I don't know...maybe cuz it's your country?

[nc0ffey]

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Yea...its my country...playing basketball...it doesnt affect me whether they win or lose. Actually, since they lost I have noticed gas prices dropping...maybe I should start caring! Oh...my...God!

Seriously though, its not like they are fighting for our country in a war, they are just playing basketball. The only thing that would be different today had they won would be that we would be able to tell people "Our country has the best basketball players in the world"...whether thats true or not....It doesnt bother me not to be able to say that...no sweat off my back at all.