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US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
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Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
This has actually really pissed me off, but it's not really surprising. The US side haven't won the World title since 1994 and placed sixth at the last one. Greece are current European champions and play almost exclusively as a team together.
The key difference in the international game is the lack of illegal defenses. NBA ball doesn't allow a the much tighter zone defense prevalent in international ball. That makes outside shooting more important. For some reason, the US team has always sucked at outside shooting (there are plenty of good US shooters, they just don't make the team because the coaches are idiots). The US' performance last night from three point range was unbelievably bad last night, Greece was absolutely deadly. QED. Having said all of that, the big reason for all of this is that the rest of the world has simply caught up to the US in basketball. That's clearly been the case for the past several years. Having said that, if the US fielded the NBA champion team rather than the collection of stars they currently use, bolstered outside shooting and practiced zone defense, I still think they'd win. |
Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
fu king girls game anyway! 'Please sir I'm 7'10" can I play netball instead of a proper game?'
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Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
It's official!
The US is shit at every sport now, then. There is not 1 game, which they invented, where a player stays on for the duration of the game either. What a joke! Jim. |
Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by Thydney
fu king girls game anyway! 'Please sir I'm 7'10" can I play netball instead of a proper game?'
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Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by Thydney
fu king girls game anyway! 'Please sir I'm 7'10" can I play netball instead of a proper game?'
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Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by Scouse Express
It's official!
The US is shit at every sport now, then. There is not 1 game, which they invented, where a player stays on for the duration of the game either. What a joke! Jim. |
Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by paddingtongreen
Bullshit, you should play some street ball some time and then tell us it's for cissies. Netball was never like this.
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Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
The Chicago White Sox did win the Baseball World Series.......oh wait.
NFL - World Champions Baseball - World Series It's all marketing Bullshit! The only foreign team that plays in either of those two sports is the Toronto Blue Jays. Hey, if they want to go on lying to themselves......so be it! Jim. |
Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
The Chicago White Sox did win the Baseball World Series.......oh wait.
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Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
There was the Baseball World Classic...
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Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Won by Japan.
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Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by Scouse Express
It's official!
The US is shit at every sport now, then. |
Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by Hiro11
I can think of a few sports we're still pretty damned good at. Unlike the absolute suckage that is British sport at this moment.
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Re: US loses to Greece - at Basketball!!!
Originally Posted by Hiro11
I can think of a few sports we're still pretty damned good at. Unlike the absolute suckage that is British sport at this moment.
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