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What's wrong with Team USA?

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This team is supposed to be the REDEEM TEAM yet they have yet to really assert their dominance. At times they look unstoppable. At others it looks like an All Star game with grown men acting like fools doing spinning dunks and handling the ball like school children.

Why have they not made a statement? Why did they not hold Angola to 20pts? Why did they not just stomp a hole in Greece? Where is the statement game? If they really do want to REDEEM themselves and put the US back on top of international hoops why not simply play the entire game hard? why not dominate every facet of the game? It is hard for the US fans to have confidence in these players but a true statement game would really help their efforts in erasing peoples doubts, fears and indifference. thoughts?

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theyre fine

to the guy above me...

ya replace melo with an unproven rookie and kobe with a guy who is scared to go inside the 3 point line.(ray allen)

yaa thatll work
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why not dominate every facet of the game? It is hard for the US fans to have confidence in these players but a true statement game would really help their efforts in erasing peoples doubts, fears and indifference. thoughts?

Well they don't get paid to go to the olympics and play. The NBA pays them millions to stay healthy when they get back so they can play for their team.

I think the team is doing great. Im waiting to play Argentina though.

The rest of the world as caught up to us in basketball so its not that easy
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I'm not sure but I do agree with you.  Annalists are saying that Greece tried to play like the US did in 2006 to play with them but it backfired on them and that they should have just played Greece basketball.  I do not know what everyone else is talking about, that was not a "STATEMENT" game.  If they can beat Spain by 20+ points that WILL be a "STATEMENT" game.


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You must not be watching the same TEAM USA I am. I have full confidence in these guys ability to win the gold. Secondly a win is a win, it does not matter if you win by 50 or 1, at the end of the day all you want is the W. Further look at the international game today, they start playing younger overseas like we do, several teams have 1 or 2 NBA players on their squads, this is not 1992, 1996, or even 2000 where all we had to do was show up.
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Other than the games against Angola and Australia, the US has dominated, blowing out both Lithuania and Greece, who they have lost to in the past.
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U are overreacting a bit....

but i will have to agree with some of the things u said ....uh for 3 min they play great defense and then for like a min or so they leave guy open and stuff other than they are playing how they suppose to.
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What's wrong with Team USA?

They are a pack of arrogant egotistical tossers.  Take your gold medal and go home.

I wish another team would step onto the Basketball court and punch them out.  Bring back the biff

I hate them.
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they will make a statement WHEN they win the gold
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I agree with you to a certain extenet, obviously they are no 1992 Dream Team. However, there really has only been 3 games..i mean we might be able to still do some damage. But in my opinion the world is just catching up to us man. I think the world has really developed the skills and agility to compete against us. Also i beleive we have a really good squad but we still dont have...THE BEST..you get what i mean..like..the best that can compete against the world...i dont know...but i do agree with you man.
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Competition is 10X better than it was back in the 90's. International teams are better and a lot have NBa players on their team as well. They should of played better against angola. But a 20 point win over greece is equivalent to a 40 point win back in the 90's.
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Wasn't Greece supposed to be a close game? It's okay to have fun.
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they just beat Greece by more than 20 pts. a team that has beaten them before. this isnt 1992, other countries are VERY GOOD at basketball. They wont "stomp" Spain this saturday either.

if this USA team wins gold, it will be deserved. if they dont win gold, it doesnt mean there was anything wrong with them
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Dude, they are 3-0, they just embarrased their first competition in Greece.  They outshot them ,they out hustled them, they outplayed them and won by 23 points.

And in international play, there is something called mercy, where a tema wont just start all their best guys every single minute and win by 50.

Have you even watched any of these games?  They are on USA.  I would recommond it.

US will win Gold.  Thumbs up for gold!!!!!!
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I'm pretty sure they haven't played a close game. They have dominated every asset of the game, except for 3 point shooting. You are forgetting that these are also the best players from other countries. They are not playing "Billy" from next door. When you beat greece (top 3 teams in the tournament) by nearly 30....Thats a statement. You can see the sparkle. USA has transition and fast break offense that is nearly unstoppable. There defense is amazing. I love it when Kobe, Lebron, Paul, and Wade are on the floor at the same time. Their defense is so amazing and their offense...well, it speaks for itself.
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You must be a Knicks fan lol.....................
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I thought that today's game against Greece was in fact a "statement game".

In this day, USA basketball isn't going to do what the dream team did to teams.  The world has narrowed the talent gap.

Remember when Charles Barkley said, "I don't know a whole lot about Angola, but they're in trouble."

haha

that was funny
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i think they are just having a good time out there. when they face a real challenge like spain or argentina, they will straiten up and start to dominate. they wont mess around or take any risks. they will just play fundamental basketball.
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This "Redeem Team" talk has got to stop. Enough with always having to have a nickname. They are fine. They just blew out Greece and are going to win the Gold. Everytime they have a hiccup, people get excited. Relax, nobody, including Spain or Lithuania, is close to us.
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well, other than all the band wagons flocking to wade, the team needs too get rid of melo and kobe. and replace them with beasley and ray allen
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I don't think they need to go hard every game. If they go hard every game, they have a risk of injury. they play every other day so if they go hard every game, they will be tired by the time they get to the Gold medal game.

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Dunking the ball makes a player a fool.Basketball is also entertainment and those dunks haven't been blocked or missed yet.Shoould Team USA go for a bunch of soft *** layups and get their shots blocked.Thats a stupid comment.A win is a win and no team in the Olympics is going to beat Team USA.Going undefeated in a tournament being played by retarded European rules after they all played an eighty two game NBA season is impressive enough.
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