Team USA just lost to Nigeria in a pre-Olympics exhibition game.
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Booker, Middleton and Holiday will join the team after NBA finals are over. I don't know how much that will help them win games.
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Opinion: US men's basketball team looking far from gold medal favorite in Olympic tune-up games
As Team USA men's basketball fell to 0-2 in its Olympic tune-up, its gold medal coronation is starting to look more like a comeuppance.
obviously not as good, but when you take away foundational players, teams suffer. If you look at their roster, there are some good players, but I'd say the Spurs performance post TD is an indictment of their GM, not GP. You look over their championship rosters and not only did they have great stars, but they had great role players. Post TD, there are really neither. Maybe some of their starters would make good role players, but... How are the Patriots faring post Brady? Bulls post MJ? You don't recover from losing a transcendent star overnight and the Spurs haven't begun to replace him with talent that would sniff a championship with any Coach. Plus, he's been there 25+ years now, which is an eternity. Might be time for a new Coach and a fresh message. If I were ownership, I think I'd be wondering how GP would do in the front office as GM.
I cannot remember the year, but wasn't there a tournament held in Indianapolis where the U.S. team played pretty bad back in the mid 2000's? Finished third maybe? At least that was not the Olympic stage. This team is on a road to some major embarrassment if they don't get things figured out.
Can't ever take away Gene Keady's 1991 Pan Am bronze medal.
Booker and Middleton will help a lot. Current squad missing the #1 ingredient for the international game: shooting.Booker, Middleton and Holiday will join the team after NBA finals are over. I don't know how much that will help them win games.
Opinion: US men's basketball team looking far from gold medal favorite in Olympic tune-up games
As Team USA men's basketball fell to 0-2 in its Olympic tune-up, its gold medal coronation is starting to look more like a comeuppance.
Wow, didn't think Durant could lead a whore to bed. Congrats to Pop and the team.Was Tim Duncan on the Olympic team this year?
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I watched most of the game last night. To me it was boring play on the most part. I yelled at players who jacked shots up because when they moved the ball the open shots were money. Draymond Green made a real good pass in the first half to Jrue Holiday for an easy layup. I enjoyed that.
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