USA vs Brazil

USA wins 90-86
Pardon me whilst I vomit. And this is our latest "Dream Team"?

USA Hockey: 1-4 in Olympics
USA Soccer: fails to get out of prelims
USA Baseball: Flops like a flounder in World Championships
USA Basketball ????

They blew out the first two teams by 45+ pts. But as I watch them play, I have fealing they wont be that good. No chemistry, no defense.

I'll not even count the blowout over China. China without Yao is about like beating Libya.

Yao would have made the game closer, but we still would have beat them by double digits.

mello got hurt was out the second half and brazil made their run without him
brazil has a few playas

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Yao would have made the game closer, but we still would have beat them by double digits.

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Yao couldnt have done anythign against SHaq oh wait we dont have SHaq....he couldnt have done anythign against Tim Duncan wait DUncan aint on the team. He couldnt have done anything against Alonzo Mourning wait dang he aint our center either. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

duncan would have been ok but i think they got a decent international style team if they can continue to improve
no larry brown has to help

Has anyone here ever had a dream of a "Team USA" in American football?

I know, I know -- before anyone says anything, I know that hardly any countries would even want to participate, or even know how to play the sport for that matter, but it'd still be awesome.

There will be only one "Dream Team". That was the 1st Dream Team.

But you also got to think that there alot NBA players that play for their respective countries. So maybe the rest of the world caught up to the USA in basketball (Look at the world baseball championship awhile back). Also there is to many me's and not enough team(USA).

^^^ bingo...

not so much caught up as they are "catching" up...Brazil can play a little bit and the loss of Melo does hurt this squad...coach K is asking the big boys to play within a system and you won't see the benefits of that until later on in the process...imagine summer camps when you see a lot of upsets and the teams are about equal...but it's never that way in the season

I agree there was only 1 Dream Team. Hopefully Coach K will put the best players on the floor for his system and not just the biggest names. I think when he gets a good rotation during games utilizing players like Hinrich and Bowen we will be competitive against everyone. We may not win the championship but we should be very strong in the Olympics.

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USA wins 90-86
Pardon me whilst I vomit. And this is our latest "Dream Team"?

USA Hockey: 1-4 in Olympics
USA Soccer: fails to get out of prelims
USA Baseball: Flops like a flounder in World Championships
USA Basketball ????

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American sports aren't about "team"...they are about "individuals"...that's why we suck when we play TEAMS from around the world...

I have to disagree about this U.S. basketball team being built on individuals. I watched the first two games, and they looked amazing. They beat Puerto Rico by 44 points, and Peurto Rico is ranked 11th in FIBA Rankings. They struggled with Brazil the other night, but that was their 3rd game since the previous Thursday. In that span of time, they also traveled from Vegas, to San Fran to Hong Kong, to China, that would take a lot out of any team. Coach K, is a good coach, and he has the team hungry to win. They are playing around a system. Someone on here said they didn't play defense, when in all acutality they have been forcing an average of 20 some turn overs a game and have been converting those into at least 30 fast break points. The other night they strugged in the first quarters against china and peurto rico, but slaughtered them in the 2,3, and 4th quarters. In the Peurto Rico game they went on a 31 to 4 run, and that run was started by defense. So in defense of the team... give them a break... they are growing as a team and mark my words, will win the world championships with a undefeated record, and will cruise to another olympic gold medal.