coach K has got to be one of the most hard headed coaches ever...ibaka is murdering us..ibaka
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coach K has got to be one of the most hard headed coaches ever...ibaka is murdering us..ibaka
lol, all this with the best defender in the nation sitting on the bench. At some point everyone is going to have to get over age, prestige, etc. and do what it takes to win. They were stupid not to have AD on the team in the first place, and they are stupid not to have him in. I have no doubt he can play with Ibaka offensively.
score update?
And I won't even say he needs to play just Davis. This team has what? Three bigs?
Tyson Chandler starts the game but is on the bench within a few minutes, and is only averaging 14.5 minutes per. Love 11.8 minutes. Davis 11.5 minutes.
It's unacceptable.
It's funny to see travels actually being called
at one point lebron was guarding the gasol brothers..come on now? Lebron is a great defender, but battle size with size
23-21 Spain
Davis well rested
Coach k, one of the greatest coaches of all time, who is 52-1 with the US team, is not the downfall of the team or anything like that, these are friendlies. yea I think we are lacking in bigs and the bigs pt, but hey I think they'll be fine
i have a feeling that we will get into foul trouble with these refs and davis will have to come in
Wow! Chandler with 3 fouls!
Why won't the announcers even MENTION Davis when talking about USA's bigs? Wow.
Chandler in foul trouble, that's surprising....
Badly need to let Davis earn their trust in this one
Looks like we'll see Lebron at 5 for most of this game.
Because regardless of his potential or how good he is now, he is a 19year old (or did he turn 20 recently?) college player who has never played a minute of professional basketball on a team with a couple of future hall of famers and the rest are all proven Allstars. But yea I think he should be getting a little more recognition, it's pretty annoying
wtf was that
Melo beasting
U would think they would give him a chance in a meaningless game
Hoping for a blowout I guess, even foul trouble for chandler and love won't get him in
that was an awesome play by lebron to hit melo for the three....
and god deron williams is huge
Ibaka is good for at least 3 or 4 goaltends per game. :hihi:
The lack of size for the USA isn't going to matter because the guards for every other team just aren't quick enough or good enough to handle the pressure that the USA team provides. Speed and skill are better than size every time.
Ibaka all over the back. :idoh:
if the usa team gets in transaction its over...they force a ton of to's and that has been the difference. they have the ability to turn it on instantly. If you want to beat them you have to slow the game down.
Also if Team USA is unbalanced then doesn't it also stand to reason that Spain is unbalanced towards size?
I look at deficiencies and exploits, you're looking at the scoreboard. Good for you.
has davis got in?
Not rain on your argument but it literally the same thin that everyone has been talking about, Spain has better bigs but USA has a quicker and more athletic team, is the pressure from USA enough to stop the bigs from eatablishing themselves in the post or will usa's perimeter game come out on top, it's the typical argument that espn has been covering, the only answer will be in the olympics
Yes but all that "balance" is in the front court, they have no one on the wing or at the guard positions that can compete with any of the Team USA guards, hence unbalanced.
Also i'm looking at results, not what you determine to be deficiencies. Team USAs lack of size allows them to play multiple guys at multiple positions and use their athleticism to wear down the other teams. Doesn't seem like a deficiency, more like a strategy.
I kinda typed that put wrong but you get my point
USA needs length to keep a hand in Gasol's face. He just faces up his defender, puts the ball up high and put it in.
no tyson to start the half lebron at center
bad call for lebrons third
James with 3 fouls now.