If anyone just saw the ending to the Russia vs Brazil game... WOW
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If anyone just saw the ending to the Russia vs Brazil game... WOW
Nice play drawn up there for the win. Amazing
Wonder wtf the refs are on about
Saw this posted on another hornets site...thought you guys would enjoy..
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2...lowout-tunisia
QUOTES...
... and with Davis providing a promising counter to the hiccups with his success carrying out at least one element of Tuesday's game plan.
"I was just having a ball," Davis said after flushing home memorable alley-oop feeds from both Chris Paul and Kevin Durant.
If it seems as though everyone on Team USA want to lob it to the kid, it's because they all do. Dream Team 12th man Christian Laettner stopped by practice this week and told ESPN.com that, contrary to legend, "all of [the original Dream Teamers] were pretty good to me after the first practice." The reverance from Davis from all his new mentors, however, seems boundless.
LeBron James contends that the 7-footer already "reminds me of Marcus Camby." Kobe Bryant proclaimed after Sunday's win over France that he has taken Davis "under my wing" and that "everywhere I go, he goes."
Deron Williams, meanwhile, has been raving about Davis' athleticism, energy level and the ground he covers defensively -- "Those things you can't teach," D-Will says -- since Team USA got to Europe. He has seen enough to refer to him, even at this stage of Davis' development, as a certain "franchise player."
"You can tell," D-Will says.
"And he doesn't even really know how to play the game yet. Once he figures out that, he definitely can be a scary player."
Davis also had an unforseen lobbyist working on his behalf Monday, on the eve of the Tunisia game, trying to get him more minutes. That would be Laettner himself, who went to the workout in his role as an Olympic reporter for Fox Sports, but with the side hope of convincing his old Duke coach to give Davis some run.
Not that he was prepared to make any outright demands.
"I'm going to ask him about it," Laettner said with a laugh.
"But I do think [Davis] needs to play a little bit in these next two games. I think Coach K's gotta get him in there a little bit because they can't play small-ball all the time and the kid is a terrific player. He's really long and really gets above the rim."
Yet even Laettner, after the role he was thrust into as the only collegian on a squad with 11 Hall of Famers, finds himself wondering about the size of the leap Davis is making now after just one season of college ball.
At age 19, too.
"He's a whole lot younger than I was," Laettner said. "So I'm sure he's even a little more culture-shocked and basketball-shocked than I was."
Maybe so, but it's sure hard to tell. Davis has grabbed every chance he's been given since shaking the ankle injury in early July that threatened to knock him out of the Olympics, throwing down five dunks in particular on the Tunisians in his ongoing bid to convince his first pro coach -- strange as that sounds -- that he can be trusted if foul trouble (or other forces) derail Tyson Chandler and/or Love.
"They told me from the beginning, it's not going to be on me to win a gold medal," Davis said. "Just to be on the bench with these 11 other guys is a great opportunity. [But] when I get my time, I'm going to go out there and play hard."
"When he's in there," Krzyzewski said of Davis, "our guys are obviously looking for him."
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Already posted somewhere
things are almost going too well for us.... its scary
Love it though
New Orleans Pelicans-Seattle Seahawks-Atlanta Braves-Anaheim Ducks
RIP HunnyB
This fits HunnyB/FlyGirl so well- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyzTiSEfM00
Anyone think he gets more minutes tonight? I'm just hoping for second half action.
Wherehappens.
Well, for international play, Kobe uses #10 because it's the same number that the 'playmaker' wears in soccer, and him growing up in Italy he is a huge soccer fan. He's said that before, somewhere. I'm positive of it. The 24 thing is definitely his way of trying to 1-up jordan though.Originally Posted by CP3forMVP
should see davis in this game..plus aminu!!!
Aminu not looking good.
James to Durant...what a pass!
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Love how Davis is always right in the thick of timeout huddles.
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13-0 after first few mins, hopefully we see Davis soon.
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Strong move Aminu.
Oh Lebron, you didn't need to kill the poor guys.
Kobe is just toying with defenders...
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Run that floor, Aminu!
Aminu with the jam!
"Davis is gonna be the best Basketball Player Ever. ......Please quote me." -Silverfoxx
Kobe: I'll take that, thanks.
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Diogu has 11 of Nigeria's 15 points.
oh my..........
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When we come out with this much fire, it ain't even close to fair.
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3's are falling for USA right now.
blowout city
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