Rondo is cut from Team USA.

cool007 · Post #31 » by **cool007** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:12 pm

Genjuro wrote:This means the number of this season's all-stars in the team is cut to three (Durant, Billups, Rose). Compare it with other US Teams:

1992: 11 (gold)
1994: 7 (gold)
1996: 12 (gold)
2000: 7 (gold)
2002: 4 (sixth)
2004: 2 (bronze)
2006: 5 (bronze)
2008: 9 (gold)

It's a bit of trivia stuff, but it has some meaning.

Maybe this will be the first time NBA send 3 All-stars and they win GOLD for Team USA???

I think they definitely will.

panthermark · Post #32 » by **panthermark** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:18 pm

I thought it would be Westbrook....

Oh well....

Go USA!!!

High0ctane21 · Post #33 » by **High0ctane21** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:18 pm

I'm a Bulls/Lakers fan and really dislike the Celtics, but IMO this isn't a smart move. I'm not a big Rondo fan, but whenever the ball is in his hands, I have a feeling that he is going to make the right play. He's a great passer, good defender, and just a smart player. Despite having a few good games, I would have cut either Westbrook or Gordon. (Not Granger, we need all the tall players we can get)

I wonder if Rondo really does/did have family matters he wanted to attend to. Or is it so it wouldn't look like he got cut, instead he left by his own merit.

Tai · Post #34 » by **Tai** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:20 pm

cool007 wrote:
UGA Hayes wrote:I think he was probably cut. I think you could have put pretty good money that whoever was the last cut was going to have some kind of injury, issue come up. No way a player just leaves right before the competition starts after already devoting that much time to it.

It's called saving face. Just today the article came out on how Rondo was so disappointed that he got DNP-CD the last game and was saying that he is probably getting cut and then the announcement comes that Rondo is cut and then they save their face by saying Rondo has to attend his family.

It's not like we are 5 year olds and don't understand what's going on.

To be fair, Rondo did have to leave the team for a day or two to go to a family member's funeral (I wanna say his Uncle?).

Who knows, something else may have come up. I know you don't want to come off as insensitive, but either way, **** happens as they say.

Game Show · Post #35 » by **Game Show** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:27 pm

Genjuro wrote:1992: 11 (gold)
1994: 7 (gold)
1996: 12 (gold)
2000: 7 (gold)
2002: 4 (sixth)
2004: 2 (bronze)
2006: 5 (bronze)
2008: 9 (gold)

Was there no tournament in 1998? Or did we not send a team, and if so, why?

BarneyGumble · Post #36 » by **BarneyGumble** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:28 pm

Where are all the "Rondo is best PG in the NBA" homers? The best PG in the league doesn't get cut from national teams....

Mumbles · Post #37 » by **Mumbles** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:34 pm

Game Show wrote:
Genjuro wrote:1992: 11 (gold)
1994: 7 (gold)
1996: 12 (gold)
2000: 7 (gold)
2002: 4 (sixth)
2004: 2 (bronze)
2006: 5 (bronze)
2008: 9 (gold)

Was there no tournament in 1998? Or did we not send a team, and if so, why?

No NBA team because of the lockout. So instead we sent a team comprised of former NCAA players who were playing in U.S minor leagues & overseas (major underdog nameless type squad). That team actually performed admirably and showed a lot of heart. Won the bronze i believe.

mikhailjordan · Post #38 » by **mikhailjordan** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:36 pm

Thank god this move was made... Rondo would have been a beast defensively (his defense consists primarily of gambling for steals with his ridiculous reach, but in FIBA competition against inferior ball-handlers Rondo's lack of discipline would go unnoticed) but his inability to hit an outside shot on a team that already has question marks from the perimeter would have been a disaster...

kobe808lak · Post #39 » by **kobe808lak** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:37 pm

DWill_daShizzle wrote:Where are all the "Rondo is best PG in the NBA" homers? The best PG in the league doesn't get cut from national teams....

While I don't think he is the best PG in the NBA, international (fiba) ball is not the nba so his game doesn't translate well to the international style of play. Doesn't take anything away from his level of play in the NBA.

da.vid · Post #40 » by **da.vid** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:37 pm

wow coach k is a moron
wtf does k even stand for? moron?

saritasbora · Post #41 » by **saritasbora** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:37 pm

LoL poor rondo. boston's big 3 was not there to save him.

Mumbles · Post #42 » by **Mumbles** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:38 pm

mikhailjordan wrote:Thank god this move was made... Rondo would have been a beast defensively (his defense consists primarily of gambling for steals with his ridiculous reach, but in FIBA competition against inferior ball-handlers Rondo's lack of discipline would go unnoticed) but his inability to hit an outside shot on a team that already has question marks from the perimeter would have been a disaster...

Did USA really have major questions as far as perimeter shooting? Not anymore than previous years imo..Rondo had the best court vision on the squad.

da.vid · Post #43 » by **da.vid** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:39 pm

DWill_daShizzle wrote:Where are all the "Rondo is best PG in the NBA" homers? The best PG in the league doesn't get cut from national teams....

are you illiterate? he didnt get cut, he withdrew
:roll:

Not Bias · Post #44 » by **Not Bias** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:42 pm

da.vid wrote:
DWill_daShizzle wrote:Where are all the "Rondo is best PG in the NBA" homers? The best PG in the league doesn't get cut from national teams....

are you illiterate? he didnt get cut, he withdrew

he knew he was going to be cut so he withdrew.

saritasbora · Post #45 » by **saritasbora** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:44 pm

da.vid wrote:
DWill_daShizzle wrote:Where are all the "Rondo is best PG in the NBA" homers? The best PG in the league doesn't get cut from national teams....

are you illiterate? he didnt get cut, he withdrew

so if he withdrew why did you called coach k moron in your previous post care to explain?

kobe808lak · Post #46 » by **kobe808lak** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:44 pm

saritasbora wrote:
da.vid wrote:
DWill_daShizzle wrote:Where are all the "Rondo is best PG in the NBA" homers? The best PG in the league doesn't get cut from national teams....

are you illiterate? he didnt get cut, he withdrew

so if he withdrew why did you called coach k moron in your previous post care to explain?

Bout to ask the same thing lol

TheDeadDodo · Post #47 » by **TheDeadDodo** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:45 pm

Mumbles wrote:Did USA really have major questions as far as perimeter shooting? Not anymore than previous years imo..Rondo had the best court vision on the squad.

Well, aside from the '08 Olympic team, which was decently stocked with jumpshooters, most of those past teams over this past decade have lost in international competition, so there's something to be said for keeping shooters on the team. That said, I assumed Kevin Love or Danny Granger would've been the ones to go.

-Illmatic- · Post #48 » by **-Illmatic-** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:47 pm

da.vid wrote:wow coach k is a moron
wtf does k even stand for? moron?

da.vid wrote:
DWill_daShizzle wrote:Where are all the "Rondo is best PG in the NBA" homers? The best PG in the league doesn't get cut from national teams....

are you illiterate? he didnt get cut, he withdrew

That doesn't make much sense....

Tai · Post #49 » by **Tai** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:49 pm

Wiretap is saying that Rondo withdrew above where I'm posting this message and people are still saying he got cut?

ITT, many people self-fulfilling how they feel about Rondo. We get it. REALLY, we do. But Rondo did withdraw.

panthermark · Post #50 » by **panthermark** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:49 pm

Who the heck asks what the "k" stands for in "Coach K"?????