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[OFFICIAL ROAD TO GOLD] 2012 USA Basketball

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by 713, Jul 12, 2012.

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How well will Team USA do?

  1. Bronze

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    1.5%

  2. Silver

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    8.4%

  3. Gold

    225 vote(s)
    82.1%

  4. No Medal

    22 vote(s)
    8.0%
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  1. VBG

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    #81 VBG, Jul 16, 2012
  2. itony

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    waiting....:grin:

    http://www.usabasketball.com/misc/12_mnt_exh_02_box.pdf
     
    #82 itony, Jul 16, 2012
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    Am I the only one who thinks this team could beat the dream team? It would be a great game, but I think this current team has what it takes, if they added say Dwight.
     
    #84 oelman44, Jul 17, 2012
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    Brazil 5 pt second quarter...gues team USA pissed off and locked down damn
     
    #85 eddiewinslow, Jul 17, 2012
  6. itony

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    Looks like they just updated it cause it wasn't on there earlier.
     
    #87 tehG l i d e, Jul 17, 2012
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    there is no doubt, we are the best basketball team in the world...
     
    #88 sonnyiztheone, Jul 17, 2012
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    #89 ballerboy001, Jul 17, 2012
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    Yep. I went to usabasketball earlier, lol.
     
    #90 ballerboy001, Jul 17, 2012
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    FIBA does not allow that kind of contact. Reaching and moving screens are fouls in international basketball. Now, I don't know how the officiating was in Team USA's game against Brazil. But what you described is illegal in international basketball as well.
     
    #92 FaBo, Jul 17, 2012
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    In Scola's first year with the Rockets, moving screens were a problem for him. FIBA is definitely more lax than the NBA in that regard. Same for reaching.
     
    #93 A_3PO, Jul 17, 2012
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    Spain neck to neck with Australia right now. It doesn't look like Team USA will have much competition this Olympics.
     
    #94 hooroo, Jul 17, 2012
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    Apparently we played great Britain today and whopped them...anybody watched the game?
     
    #95 713, Jul 19, 2012
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    I missed almost all of it but it was close for a bit but USA had some big runs at the end of the first and during the second to open it up.

    Apparently Durant wasnt dominating as easy as he did in the previous games (from what I heard, take it with a grain of salt)
     
    #96 The CDN Dream, Jul 19, 2012
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    damit, i thought the game was on at 7 pm :(

    USA basketball is basically like basketball p*rn
     
    #97 TexasTofu, Jul 19, 2012
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    Three point clinic by Melo and DWill. Pops and Deng played pretty well for GB, but the USA defense was just suffocating.

    I think it benefits a team more, under FIBA / Olympics rules, to be more aggressive on the perimeter, regarding defense.
     
    #98 Juxtaposed Jolt, Jul 19, 2012
  19. 713

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    what was the score? I imagine by 40+?
     
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    No, but the GB/England team has never been good. They might have had some fight in them if Ben Gordon hadn't snub them.
     
    #100 hooroo, Jul 19, 2012
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