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Watching footage from the 08, getting myself pumped....what a difference a couple of years makes...
Wade is still 'flash', Kobe looking spry, LeBron less tannish but still a freak, Melo with the quick step/bully ball
Good stuffLast edited by The 24th Letter; 07-09-2012, 11:06 PM.Comment
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I believe Wade will be Flash again next year, he just had knee surgery. Well, hopefully that'll refresh him...Comment
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- Michael Lee is out in Las Vegas to check on John Wall's progress with the Team USA Select Team, and he reports that things are a bit of a struggle for the Wizards' point guard. Wall admitted that he had some trouble with the pressure defense being applied to him during scrimmages, and observers note that Wall "has encountered some initial problems getting the team into sets and still needs to improve his jump shot." But he has improved since the first day and seems to be taking this seriously. [Wizards Insider]
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Does anyone here get the feeling that the US can drop a game here? Like they're overconfident a little?Comment
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I don't think anyone really can say for sure. International play is always unpredictable until the competition begins. With guys being put together in a whirlwind, in every country, it seems like it's too hard to even gauge anyone's teams.
Tomorrow they play the D.R., so that'll give us something to digest
I don't think they'll have any problems personally, outside of Spain, judging from 2008, 2010 and the fact that most of these guys have all played together now in international play, under the same coaches.Comment
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I'm not sold on the US' outside shooting.
It's just the whole comparisons to the Dream Team is rubbing me the wrong way.
The game against DR should be a dunkfest. I'm not sure if it will be a good game to gauge them.Comment
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There's only a few teams probably that can be a true gauge.
Spain will play the US in an exhibition, I wonder if both teams will take it seriously.
I'm not surely sold on their outside shooting and rebounding to a lesser extent but being honest with myself, those things aren't enough to even begin to doubt their chances at gold.
As far as the 1992 comparisons and commentary, they're probably just trolling more than anything. I don't expect that attitude to transform into anything negative when it comes to the actual games. Nor do I expect them to take the competition lightly
Coach K will not let that happen. LBJ will not let that happen. KD will not let that happen. CP3 will not let that happen... they have several no nonsense people on the team at every position and a no nonsense coach. They have never showed me anything to believe they'd take things lightly, neither in 2008 nor in 2010.Comment
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Yeah I think whole '92 thing was just Kobe having fun with the question l, I think these guys have been here and know what's at stake...Comment
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Are you guys getting a chance to watch the practices live on NBATV?
It's pretty awesome.. lol
As an aside, just remembering playing at this summer camp going into 9th grade... I was pretty competitive, and every summer at the same camp we would divide into 4-6 teams and have a big tournament to end the camp... somehow we ended up with this "little" 6th grader on my team... I was like, wtf why do we have to get this kid?..... as really it was only a camp for 8th-12th graders
Well it's weird watching Kevin Love now on the same team as LBJ, KD and Kobe... LMAOComment
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Blake Griffin twisted his knee, going back to LA for an MRI, according to Woj.Too Old To Game Club
Urban Meyer is lol.Comment
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