As of Today who are your 12 that make the 2012 Olympic team

panthermark · Post #81 » by **panthermark** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 6:21 pm

Rose, CP3
Wade, Kobe
LBJ, KD, Melo
Bosh, Grif
Howard, Love, LMA

It would really come down to Melo or Grif or LMA vs a 3rd PG (D-Will)

Post #82 » by **HartfordWhalers** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 6:32 pm

Forget 12, who makes the first 18?
Per: http://espn.go.com/olympics/basketball/ ... january-18

18 of 21 Will be drawn from:

Olympics:
6 Lebron Raymone JAMES
7 Deron Michael WILLIAMS
9 Dwyane Tyrone WADE
10 Kobe Bean BRYANT
11 Dwight David HOWARD
12 Chris BOSH
13 Christopher Emmanuel PAUL
15 Carmelo Kyam ANTHONY

Worlds:
4 Chauncey Ray BILLUPS
5 Kevin Wayne DURANT
6 Derrick ROSE
7 Russel WESTBROOK
8 Rudy GAY
9 Andre IGUODALA
10 Danny GRANGER
11 Stephen CURRY
12 Eric GORDON
13 Kevin Wesley LOVE
14 Lamar Joseph ODOM
15 Tyson Cleotis CHANDLER

Kia Dunking:
00 Blake Griffin

I'm thinking Bllups, Odom and Granger(?) are the 3 first cuts. Anyone have a better prediction?

Post #83 » by **Heat11114** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 6:36 pm

I'd be very surprised if Bosh doesn't make it. Almost everything that he gets bagged on about in the NBA makes him an ideal fit for international play. He's also five times the team defender a guy like Blake Griffin is. Probably the most underrated aspect of his game.

EGarrett · Post #84 » by **EGarrett** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 7:19 pm

C Dwight Howard
PF Blake Griffin
SF Lebron James
SG Kobe Bryant
PG Chris Paul

C Tyson Chandler
PF Kevin Love
SF Carmelo Anthony
SG Dwyane Wade
PG Deron Williams

SG Ray Allen (he has always been super-cold-blooded in All-Star Games and the like and we need a few pure shooters)
PF Chris Bosh

Alternates...Amare Stoudemire, Lamarcus Aldridge...whoever I'm forgetting.

Judrix · Post #85 » by **Judrix** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 7:20 pm

EGarrett wrote:C Dwight Howard
PF Blake Griffin
SF Lebron James
SG Kobe Bryant
PG Chris Paul

C Tyson Chandler
PF Kevin Love
SF Carmelo Anthony
SG Dwyane Wade
PG Deron Williams

SG Ray Allen (he has always been super-cold-blooded in All-Star Games and the like and we need a few pure shooters)
PF Chris Bosh

Alternates...Amare Stoudemire, Lamarcus Aldridge...whoever I'm forgetting.

um...a guy named Derrick Rose?

peja_the_legend · Post #86 » by **peja_the_legend** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 7:25 pm

Judrix wrote:
um...a guy named Derrick Rose?

I have Rose in my possible squad,but he wasn't there in 2008 and was basically a non factor in 2010.As good as he is in Nba he hasn't shown much in international game,it's not an outrageous thought to imagine USA team without him.

Judrix · Post #87 » by **Judrix** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 7:27 pm

peja_the_legend wrote:
Judrix wrote:
um...a guy named Derrick Rose?

I have Rose in my possible squad,but he wasn't there in 2008 and was basically a non factor in 2010.As good as he is in Nba he hasn't shown much in international game,it's not an outrageous thought to imagine USA team without him.

yet Blake is a lock?

edit: nvm responding to wrong guy.

@peja: was his first exposure to international ball, was being too passive and trying to give everyone the ball. I think if he played like his normal self, coupled with his improved court vision and shooting he would be much more effective.

DaeDae · Post #88 » by **DaeDae** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 7:30 pm

LOL@ people thinking Rose is not starting.

TruSkool · Post #89 » by **TruSkool** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 8:03 pm

PG-
Derrick Rose
Chris Paul

SG-
Kobe Bryant
Dwayne Wade
Ray Allen

SF-
Lebron James
Kevin Durant
Carmelo Anthony

PF-
Kevin Love
Amare Stoudemire

C-
Dwight Howard
Andrew Bynum

ADoaN17 · Post #90 » by **ADoaN17** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 8:14 pm

I rather have Kyle lowry than DWill 8-)

K1NG · Post #91 » by **K1NG** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 8:25 pm

jeffjtk1234 wrote:PG: CP3, Rose, Williams
SG: Wade, Kobe
SF: LeBron, Durant
PF: Melo, Bosh, LMA
C: Howard, Love

mg · Post #92 » by mg » Sat Jan 7, 2012 8:27 pm

I'm probably in the minority but I enjoyed Team USA basketball better when it was the young kids playing and not the professionals. It just seemed more simple and pure.

I'd rather watch college kids or young under the radar NBA players than LeBron, Melo, Wade, Kobe etc. Already been there done that. Give the young kids a chance to represent the country. I don't need to see the large posses or stars colluding to form superteams during the Olympics.

Sinant · Post #93 » by **Sinant** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 8:40 pm

I just don't see why you wouldn't start LeBron and Durant at both forward spots.

Who guards that? The two best scorers in the game with at least one mismatch if not two.

sisibilio · Post #94 » by **sisibilio** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 9:03 pm

mg wrote:I'm probably in the minority but I enjoyed Team USA basketball better when it was the young kids playing and not the professionals. It just seemed more simple and pure.

I'd rather watch college kids or young under the radar NBA players than LeBron, Melo, Wade, Kobe etc. Already been there done that. Give the young kids a chance to represent the country. I don't need to see the large posses or stars colluding to form superteams during the Olympics.

Will you stay think the same when they're blown out by the likes of Serbia or Greece in the early stages?
The game has changed a lot since the 80's, a team composed by college kids wouldn't be competitive.

ninjabelly · Post #95 » by **ninjabelly** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 9:08 pm

Sinant wrote:I just don't see why you wouldn't start LeBron and Durant at both forward spots.

Who guards that? The two best scorers in the game with at least one mismatch if not two.

how will durant/bron gaurd the PF spot?

Seccci · Post #96 » by **Seccci** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 9:34 pm

I´m not american so don´t give a .... about USA squad, but if i have to choose starting squad, i start the most athletic, long/tall line up i can put up there, so they can bully all those inferior teams and run fastbreaks till they are bored of it, if the team that has lebron+wade has a huge lead, those fekkin beasts are just having fun out there, lob/ally-oops behind the back and all that stuff- i think every fan of bbal will like to watch that as well.

ROSE
Wade
Durant
Lebron
Dwight

great athleticism, great lenght/wingspan, playmaking,rebounding, durant as PF on offense to stretch the floor, great all-world defense, all world fastbreak,unstoppable 1v1, enough playmaking to bust the zone if disciplined, enough 3pt shooting with durant+rose,
if its not enough you bring that from the bench. same as Cp3´s playmaking, this is 2012 not 2008 cp3, that guy hasn´t been in NBA for 3 years now. you bring KLove, Melo, Iggy, Kobe and Cp3 from the bench.

Sedale Threatt · Post #97 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 9:40 pm

mg wrote:I'm probably in the minority but I enjoyed Team USA basketball better when it was the young kids playing and not the professionals. It just seemed more simple and pure.

I'd rather watch college kids or young under the radar NBA players than LeBron, Melo, Wade, Kobe etc. Already been there done that. Give the young kids a chance to represent the country. I don't need to see the large posses or stars colluding to form superteams during the Olympics.

I wouldn't have a problem with this if we'd be even remotely competitive. But those days are long gone. The notions of amateurism regarding the Olympics are fairly quaint anymore, outside of the fringe sports nobody really cares about.

Everybody else uses their pros, so it seems only fair to use ours. One of the biggest things I enjoy about international ball is getting to root for players like LeBron and Durant that I otherwise root against. And on the same team, together? Can't get enough.

I especially like watching these guys blow away all those snobbish notions that we play some sub-standard brand of ball while the rest of the world has mastered our game. That **** needed to be put to bed in the worst way.

NYK StateOfMind · Post #98 » by **NYK StateOfMind** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 9:47 pm

PG: Chris Paul
PG: Derrick Rose
PG: Deron Williams
PG: Russell Westbrook

2G: Kobe Bryant
2G: Dwyane Wade
2G: Ray Allen
2G: Monta Ellis

SF: LeBron James
SF: Carmelo Anthony
SF: Kevin Durant
SF: Danny Granger

PF: Amare Stoudemire
PF: Blake Griffin
PF: Chris Bosh
PF: Kevin Love

C: Dwight Howard
C: Andrew Bynum

Those, in my eyes, should be the 18 players who are candidates for the Olympic team.

CP3, Rose, Williams, Bryant, Wade, LeBron, Melo, Durant, Amare, Griffin, Bosh and Howard should be the 12 players who make the final roster. I'd love to have both Ray Allen for his sharp shooting and Kevin Love for his ability to feast on the boards, but those are my 12 I'm sticking with.

I never thought I'd be able to say this, but this team is loaded and could dominate just as much as the DREAM TEAM!

_venom_ · Post #99 » by **_venom_** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 9:56 pm

PG Paul/Rose/Williams
SG Bryant/Wade
SF James/Durant
PF Anthony/Love
C Howard/Bosh/Aldridge

Basically replacing Kidd, Prince, Boozer and Redd with Rose, Durant, Love, and Aldridge from the 08 team

boobie-for-3 · Post #100 » by **boobie-for-3** » Sat Jan 7, 2012 10:06 pm

Why would anybody start Rose when having the best NBA players at the other positions to chose from?

CP3 is way better as a pure playmaker and you really dont need Rose´ scoring if you have Wade,Lebron,Durant at 2,3 and 4

I dont get why Rose should start ...