USA Olympic Basketball Team

[ASUG8]

Barkley and Jordan were 29.

How old were Bird and Magic?

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[Gil Dobie]

How old was Chistine Laettner in 1992?

It will be difficult to judge this team against the 1992 team until most of these guys have a longer career. Most of the 1992 is in the Hall of Fame, how many of the 2012 team will be in the future, how many championships etc. Russell Westbrook is probably the best athlete, he could be an all-time great by the time he's done.

[DJH]

He might be right. The Dream Team was old, and several of them were way past their primes.

Barkley and Jordan were 29, Magic was 32 and Robinson was 26. Hardly old.

Magic was an OLD 32, and was already out of the NBA at that point. Slow, and heavy. Bird was done as well.

Who's going to guard guys like Durant and Westbrook? Cripes, that's not even counting guys like Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose who are injured.

[DJH]

How old was Chistine Laettner in 1992?

It will be difficult to judge this team against the 1992 team until most of these guys have a longer career. Most of the 1992 is in the Hall of Fame, how many of the 2012 team will be in the future, how many championships etc. Russell Westbrook is probably the best athlete, he could be an all-time great by the time he's done.

I think the whole '92 team is in the HOF except for Leattner, and he was one of the best college players ever.

We will obviously have to wait and see but most of this year's team is well on their way to being HOF'ers as well.

[Ibanez]

Barkley and Jordan were 29, Magic was 32 and Robinson was 26. Hardly old.

Magic was an OLD 32, and was already out of the NBA at that point. Slow, and heavy. Bird was done as well.

Who's going to guard guys like Durant and Westbrook? Cripes, that's not even counting guys like Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose who are injured.

Is there a young 32?


Ha. Good one.

[Gil Dobie]

Magic was an OLD 32, and was already out of the NBA at that point. Slow, and heavy. Bird was done as well.

Who's going to guard guys like Durant and Westbrook? Cripes, that's not even counting guys like Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose who are injured.

Is there a young 32?


Ha. Good one.

Chris Young

[Grizalltheway]

Magic was an OLD 32, and was already out of the NBA at that point. Slow, and heavy. Bird was done as well.

Who's going to guard guys like Durant and Westbrook? Cripes, that's not even counting guys like Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose who are injured.

Is there a young 32?


Ha. Good one.

Yes. Jamie Moyer pitched until he was 50, FFS.

[DJH]

Looks like its going to be Anthony Davis in place of Blake Griffin who injured his knee on Wednesday. Good tradeoff, IMO, with the lack of size we have.

[DJH]

Team USA coasting to a W over Calipari's Dominican team tonight, btw...

[rkwittem]

Kevin Love >> Blake Griffin. Not even close. Better shooter, better rebounder, better scorer, better FT shooter, better defender.

Blake is a better dunker, that's it.

There is not a chance in hell that Love is a better defender than Griffin. I mean they both suck, which is why their teams have to make switches when they play teams that have good scoring PFs. Love gets roasted when actually has to guard a halfways decent offensive player.

I predict Kevin Love wins zero DPOY and won't make a single all-defensive 1st team ever.

[Gil Dobie]

Spain is on the menu today, 3:30 cst. Should be a good barometer of how the team stands.

[DJH]

How annoying is it that all these good international teams keep talking shit saying stuff like "they aren't going to show their best stuff" when playing the US in these exhibition games? Yeah, right. Like they all wouldn't just give their left nut to beat Team USA, give me a break. Man up, take your loss, and quit making excuses like the little European bitches that you are.

[Gil Dobie]

USA is up by 17 in the 3rd!

[DJH]

Spain getting worked right now.

[EPJr]

Olympic Basketball Pool Play

WOMEN
Group A
ANG
CHN
CRO
CZE
TUR
USA

WOMEN
Group B
AUS
BRA
CAN
FRA
GBR
RUS



MEN
Group A
ARG
FRA
TUN
USA
NGR
LTU

MEN
Group B
AUS
BRA
CHN
ESP
GBR
RUS

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[EPJr]

Preliminary Round
Olympic Park, Basketball Arena

Sunday, July 29
9:00 a.m. Nigeria - Tunisia
11:15 a.m. Brazil - Australia
2:30 p.m. USA – France
4:45 p.m. Spain - China
8:00 p.m. Russia - Great Britain
10:15 p.m. Argentina – Lithuania

Tuesday, July 31
9:00 a.m. China – Russia
11:15 a.m. Australia - Spain
2:30 p.m. Lithuania – Nigeria
4:45 p.m. Great Britain - Brazil
8:00 p.m. France - Argentina
10:15 p.m. Tunisia - USA

Thursday, August 2
9:00 a.m. France – Lithuania
11:15 a.m. Australia - China
2:30 p.m. Argentina - Tunisia
4:45 p.m. Brazil – Russia
8:00 p.m. Spain – Great Britain
10:15 p.m. USA - Nigeria

Saturday, August 4
9:00 a.m. Tunisia - France
11:15 a.m. Russia - Spain
2:30 p.m. Lithuania - USA
4:45 p.m. China - Brazil
8:00 p.m. Great Britain - Australia
10:15 p.m. Nigeria - Argentina

Monday, August 6
9:00 a.m. Australia – Russia
11:15 a.m. Tunisia – Lithuania
2:30 p.m. France – Nigeria
4:45 p.m. Great Britain - China
8:00 p.m. Spain - Brazil
10:15 p.m Argentina - USA

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