A few years ago I thought basketball would be to America what Football is to Europe or South America. The best shows up and smokes everybody else. The level of proficiency so high, reflected by nationalist pride that it elevates a game to an artform.
But....not in Basketball....not with the "dream team" - what a bunch of whining, self centered, money grabbing egomaniacs.
Larry Brown might be tagged as the first coach to actually lose an olympic gold since 92 because of the team he can't assemble.
Let's see....
Ray Allens wife is pregnant - he doesn't want to miss the birth (ok I might give him that- maybe)
McGrady - is getting married - apparently he couldn't get a hall for other than the 2 weeks during the olympics.lol.
Carter - hmmmm....soft, injury prone
Malone - old and injury prone
Kobe - ?might be turning big rocks into little rocks if convicted
Shaq- might be writing another book (check Shaq and the Beanstalk and Shaq and Jill - honest), making a rap CD or something.
But,
Brown does have some help - LeBron, Bibby, Marbury, Amare, Shawn Marion, Mr. Class - Duncan and ironically enough, Iverson.
Iverson? the same guy who was injured too this year - he stated he will play DESPITE nagging injuries.
In 2002 George Karl and Paul Pierce took the brunt of the media when they lost to Argentina, Yugoslavia and Spain in the Worlds, they ended up 6th. I hope this doesn't happen again.
But if it does....maybe it will be a good lesson.
Should the dream team fall flat, who's your pick for the gold?
But....not in Basketball....not with the "dream team" - what a bunch of whining, self centered, money grabbing egomaniacs.
Larry Brown might be tagged as the first coach to actually lose an olympic gold since 92 because of the team he can't assemble.
Let's see....
Ray Allens wife is pregnant - he doesn't want to miss the birth (ok I might give him that- maybe)
McGrady - is getting married - apparently he couldn't get a hall for other than the 2 weeks during the olympics.lol.
Carter - hmmmm....soft, injury prone
Malone - old and injury prone
Kobe - ?might be turning big rocks into little rocks if convicted
Shaq- might be writing another book (check Shaq and the Beanstalk and Shaq and Jill - honest), making a rap CD or something.
But,
Brown does have some help - LeBron, Bibby, Marbury, Amare, Shawn Marion, Mr. Class - Duncan and ironically enough, Iverson.
Iverson? the same guy who was injured too this year - he stated he will play DESPITE nagging injuries.
In 2002 George Karl and Paul Pierce took the brunt of the media when they lost to Argentina, Yugoslavia and Spain in the Worlds, they ended up 6th. I hope this doesn't happen again.
But if it does....maybe it will be a good lesson.
Should the dream team fall flat, who's your pick for the gold?