The Official USA vs Brazil Game Thread

Asianiac_24 · Post #421 » by **Asianiac_24** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:28 pm

Melo or even Kobe on this team would be great. At least they can play in the post, everyone on this team can't post up for ****

bullsnewdynasty · Post #422 » by **bullsnewdynasty** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:28 pm

ghuytro wrote:
dballislife wrote:wut is with these refs, u let all this rough stuff go but then u give all these ticky tacky shiet as well, dam

Hard to complain about not getting any calls:

USA - 23 FT's
Brazil - 8 FT's

That doesn't matter, those are clear fouls on Brazil, US players are too fast for them so there are obviously going to be more fouls against them.

Silverwulf · Post #423 » by **Silverwulf** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:29 pm

RP wrote:
Silverwulf wrote:
Throwback24 wrote:USA does not know how to play team ball

I don't understand why we keep saying this.
It's been the same since '92. And it probably will be for the foreseeable future.
They don't have the time (and some of them also don't have the ability) to learn a bunch of offensive sets.
We throw five guys out there and hope that their athleticism and talent is enough.

The question is - why do you keep saying this?
Non-USA teams, at least the top teams have the same thing, they have guys playing in different countries, many of them in the NBA, and they get together just as much as team USA does.

Keep saying it? Said it once ... you're not very bright are you.
Many of the other top teams play together ... and have for many years ... and play far more often than we do.
Don't be ridiculous.

Post #424 » by **infinite11285** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:30 pm

Infamous wrote:Do people still believe this is going to be a cakewalk for team USA?

Who said this would be a cakewalk?

Palmeirense · Post #425 » by **Palmeirense** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:30 pm

Damn, we almost beat you guys.

Huertas, Splitter and Marcus Vieira were great for us, he did a fantastic job defending durant late in the game.

Barbs was terrible though.

richboy · Post #426 » by **richboy** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:30 pm

The point play was horrible. Coach K maybe should have considered pulling Rose/Westbrook and going with a Billups/Gordon backcourt.

Barbosa ability to stay in front of Westbrook and Rose was a big key. They had been driving by most international players with ease.

Coach K seem afraid to make any changes in the 4th. That has to change. We were running on fumes by the end of the game.

D-31 · Post #427 » by **D-31** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:32 pm

Silverwulf wrote:Keep saying it? Said it once ... you're not very bright are you.
Many of the other top teams play together ... and have for many years ... and play far more often than we do.
Don't be ridiculous.

Players playing in Europe typically play half the minutes or less compared to similar NBA players.

nitric0 · Post #428 » by **nitric0** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:32 pm

Durant had 8 turnovers not 8 steals

blzrfan · Post #429 » by **blzrfan** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:34 pm

It would be nice if the USA team had a decent PG on the roster. It would help ball movement a lot.

phx#7 · Post #430 » by **phx#7** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:36 pm

blzrfan wrote:It would be nice if the USA team had a decent PG on the roster. It would help ball movement a lot.

Curry would work if he got PT.

Tai · Post #431 » by **Tai** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:36 pm

blzrfan wrote:It would be nice if the USA team had a decent PG on the roster. It would help ball movement a lot.

Yeah, sucks that Rondo withdrew.

Post #432 » by **Rerisen** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:37 pm

blzrfan wrote:It would be nice if the USA team had a decent PG on the roster. It would help ball movement a lot.

We had Paul, Kidd and Deron in 08 and the USA still played far more 1v1 than other FIBA teams. It's always going to be this way.

Silverwulf · Post #433 » by **Silverwulf** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:38 pm

D-31 wrote:
Silverwulf wrote:Keep saying it? Said it once ... you're not very bright are you.
Many of the other top teams play together ... and have for many years ... and play far more often than we do.
Don't be ridiculous.

Players playing in Europe typically play half the minutes or less compared to similar NBA players.

We're not talking about overall minutes ... we're talking about minutes played with one another.
We're talking about the chance to learn an offense with players that you've been playing with for many years.
Before this tournament, when had the US players played with one another? Probably not very often if ever.
All star games maybe?

Tai · Post #434 » by **Tai** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:38 pm

SweetTouch wrote:Just imagine is anderson varejao and nene were playing

ALL of these guys called, they want to give you a collective shut the **** up. :roll:

Sedale Threatt · Post #435 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:39 pm

I honestly don't think Rondo would have fixed anything in terms of our lack of execution. If this were Chris Paul or Deron Williams we were talking about, then yeah, I'd love to have them. But it's not as if Rondo's the second-coming of Steve Nash or anything. The fact of the matter is, you're playing with a bunch of go-to guys, and the ball is naturally going to get sticky when games get tight. What does he do to alleviate that?

SweetTouch · Post #436 » by **SweetTouch** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:39 pm

nitric0 wrote:Durant had 8 turnovers not 8 steals

lol serious? this one dude has posted over 10 times that durant has 8 steals :lol:

blzrfan · Post #437 » by **blzrfan** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:40 pm

Rerisen wrote:We had Paul, Kidd and Deron in 08 and the USA still played far more 1v1 than other FIBA teams. It's always going to be this way.

Paul, Kidd, and Deron weren't looking for their own shot. It was because the ball dominant players like Kobe, Wade, and Lebron had it most of the time. This team doesn't have a Kobe, Wade, and Lebron.

stan1981 · Post #438 » by **stan1981** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:41 pm

weak game for both teams. The amateur mistakes and bad shooting costed Brazil the game. Too much Durant ball for the USA, 8 turnovers - wtf ? :-?

dream_catcher_9 · Post #439 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:41 pm

SweetTouch wrote:
nitric0 wrote:Durant had 8 turnovers not 8 steals

lol serious? this one dude has posted over 10 times that durant has 8 steals

espn boxscore had Durant at 8 steals for a long time, until just recently.

febah07 · Post #440 » by **febah07** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:42 pm

nice win for the us-team...you have to win the ugly ones too