What if USA basketball sent the Cs to represent in China?

[wigglestrue]

In a vacuum, this Celtics team would probably perform as well as the '92 Dream Team, they would certainly blow out every opponent. But it's too hard to motivate young American NBA players for the Olympics.

[Cyclical]

Whoever thinks they wouldn't take the gold is seriously delusional. Club teams are, for the most part, better than national teams. They play and practice together a lot more often. There are at least a dozen teams (probably more) in the NBA that would beat any national team out there.

[theman]

Yeah, as said... What about the Spain national basketball team?



Euro Basketball 2007 roster

4 Pau Gasol F
5 Rudy Fernandez G
6 Carlos Cabezas G
7 Juan Carlos Navarro G
8 Jos

[BadWolf]

The attitude like this usually gets team USA beaten. Sure, teams are usually better then national squads, same is true for european teams. It's much more obvious in soccer, then basket, as there's no NBA and all top players play in europe's best teams, but still.

Celtics have a few things in their favour, offcourse. Defense, solid allaround shooting, solid 3 point shooting, chemistry.

[campybatman]

Spain 2007 versus Boston Celtics 2007-2008 in a seven-game series would be worthy of PPV. The marque match ups are there. What you've is two rosters that feature good comradery, chemistry and passion. There are capable shooters on both sides but team defense would be the difference here.

[jfs1000d]

I have long been a proponent of sending the NCAA champion team. One of the reasons the U.S.A has not been winning lately is because other national teams play together a long time where the U.S. throws a team together at the last minute.

BTW - I don't see " Calderon, Navarro, Fernandez, Garbajosa, Gasol." being any better than Foye, McCants, Snyder, Gomes, Jefferson.

The NCAA champion finishes with Angola. They get killed by 30 plus points. Are you that arrogant?

KG, Pierce and Ray are among the top 30 players in the world. That's why we are a threat. But, we could lose to spain, Argentina, France just as easily.


Last year's Florida team wouldn't come in 40 points of Argentina.

[Cyclical]

Spain 2007 versus Boston Celtics 2007-2008 in a seven-game series would be worthy of PPV. The marque match ups are there. What you've is two rosters that feature good comradery, chemistry and passion. There are capable shooters on both sides but team defense would be the difference here.

Honestly I personally don't see it as being that close. I'd say Celts take it 4-1. One game to get adjusted to International rules... The Celtics are much deeper and they play much better defense. Their starting 5 are better; the bench is better. Spain would be no match.

[wigglestrue]

Honestly I personally don't see it as being that close. I'd say Celts take it 4-1. One game to get adjusted to International rules... The Celtics are much deeper and they play much better defense. Their starting 5 are better; the bench is better. Spain would be no match.

Not only would the Celtics sweep Spain...
They would win every game by 30+ points.

[Tenbomber]

IMO ....It would be like the "Globetrotters" facing a whole host of "Washington General's" teams....

It would be a joke to send any good professional NBA team to face Olympic competition.....

Heck even the Knicks would make the final round...

[Rocky5000]

Ray Allen would probably average 40 a game with the shorter 3 point line. Rondo would just abuse the competition for layup after layup.