Team USA Basketball

[Lou_23]

3 steals in 7 minutes Iguodala in the first quarter

[76ciology]

Nice to see Iggy getting aggressive out there. Because of his aggressiveness, he's gotten a lot of swipes that has definitely disrupted Lithuania's passing lane.

[doctor him]

Honestly, this is how the US teams should be playing in international ball and Coach K had affirmed in my mind that he is a superior coach.

We may not have great shooters. We may not have great cohesion from years of playing together. We may not have great motivation to continually prove ourselves in international ball.

But we are the most athletic team in every bracket. We can and should play pressure defense every second of every game. We should be able to take any team we want out of their comfort zones.

People blame 2002 on the players like Iverson or Duncan or Marbury, but to me the blame for that belongs squarely with Larry Brown. If Coach K was there in 2002 running the show, we would've won then too.

[HartfordWhalers]

Championship game ongoing.

[HartfordWhalers]

The Kevin Durant show, coming to an arena near you March 9th.

[HartfordWhalers]

Stats!

http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=7377

Iggy highlights/lowlights/etc:

3/12 Drating
Lead the team in raw steals and steal %.

9th/12 Orating for team usa
12/12th for shots per touch at 21% (Compare Granger at 39%, and Gordon managed to not shoot 41% of the time he got the ball, with only 59% shooting)
20 of 34 leading the team in fg%, but then also was 9 of 19 for FT's and 2 of 7 for the shorter 3 pointers.
Highest turnover rate on team...

[SJSF]

Very interesting that Wade, KIng and Bosh couldn't win it together. Makes you go hmmmmmm.

[SJSF]

Stats!

http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=7377

Iggy highlights/lowlights/etc:

3/12 Drating
Lead the team in raw steals and steal %.

9th/12 Orating for team usa
12/12th for shots per touch at 21% (Compare Granger at 39%, and Gordon managed to not shoot 41% of the time he got the ball, with only 59% shooting)
20 of 34 leading the team in fg%, but then also was 9 of 19 for FT's and 2 of 7 for the shorter 3 pointers.
Highest turnover rate on team...

Again as i have always said. He can't shoot or dribble.