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Carmelo Anthony tried to join USA Basketball this summer, but was turned down by its czar, Jerry Colangelo.
Melo’s participation “would’ve been more of a distraction,” according to Colangelo.
Wigginstime wrote:This year is the first time in 13 years the US national team has lost. Last time was when they took the bronze in the 2006 FIBA world cup. To be honest - they might have benefited from some leadership.
Duke4life831 wrote:Wigginstime wrote:This year is the first time in 13 years the US national team has lost. Last time was when they took the bronze in the 2006 FIBA world cup. To be honest - they might have benefited from some leadership.
Did they already start playing and loose already?
Duke4life831 wrote:Wigginstime wrote:This year is the first time in 13 years the US national team has lost. Last time was when they took the bronze in the 2006 FIBA world cup. To be honest - they might have benefited from some leadership.
Did they already start playing and loose already?
kulaz3000 wrote:Yeah, I'm confused by this post as well. They haven't even played any friendly games yet to lose.
I do however think they will lose, and not get gold though they will likely medal. It's not even the lack of talent I'm worried about, it's the lack of size and shooting. Some of the international teams are going to really bully this roster physically and even the good scorers on this team are streaky shooters at best.
Mirotic12 wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:Wigginstime wrote:This year is the first time in 13 years the US national team has lost. Last time was when they took the bronze in the 2006 FIBA world cup. To be honest - they might have benefited from some leadership.
Did they already start playing and loose already?
They already lost twice at the FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Even if US media is trying not to count it, because it was with G-League players, it still officially counts as two losses in official tournament games (not friendlies) by senior USA men's team.
XxIronChainzxX wrote:I'm not sure this needed to be an ALL-CAPS topic. I do honestly feel bad for Melo at this point.Mirotic12 wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:
Did they already start playing and loose already?
They already lost twice at the FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Even if US media is trying not to count it, because it was with G-League players, it still officially counts as two losses in official tournament games (not friendlies) by senior USA men's team.
No one cares. The players going to play are so far down the list we'd need to double up on alphabet letters. It would be one thing if we were talking about the Olympics when NBA superstars show up.
Mirotic12 wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:Wigginstime wrote:This year is the first time in 13 years the US national team has lost. Last time was when they took the bronze in the 2006 FIBA world cup. To be honest - they might have benefited from some leadership.
Did they already start playing and loose already?
They already lost twice at the FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Even if US media is trying not to count it, because it was with G-League players, it still officially counts as two losses in official tournament games (not friendlies) by senior USA men's team.
I know US media is still pretending they haven't lost since 2006, but officially that's not true. They lost twice just recently.
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Mirotic12 wrote:kulaz3000 wrote:Yeah, I'm confused by this post as well. They haven't even played any friendly games yet to lose.
I do however think they will lose, and not get gold though they will likely medal. It's not even the lack of talent I'm worried about, it's the lack of size and shooting. Some of the international teams are going to really bully this roster physically and even the good scorers on this team are streaky shooters at best.
They lost to Mexico and Argentina in the World Cup qualifiers. Those are official games, and count officially as losses.
kulaz3000 wrote:Mirotic12 wrote:kulaz3000 wrote:Yeah, I'm confused by this post as well. They haven't even played any friendly games yet to lose.
I do however think they will lose, and not get gold though they will likely medal. It's not even the lack of talent I'm worried about, it's the lack of size and shooting. Some of the international teams are going to really bully this roster physically and even the good scorers on this team are streaky shooters at best.
They lost to Mexico and Argentina in the World Cup qualifiers. Those are official games, and count officially as losses.
You mean the team that had no NBA players on it?
Mirotic12 wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:Wigginstime wrote:This year is the first time in 13 years the US national team has lost. Last time was when they took the bronze in the 2006 FIBA world cup. To be honest - they might have benefited from some leadership.
Did they already start playing and loose already?
They already lost twice at the FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Even if US media is trying not to count it, because it was with G-League players, it still officially counts as two losses in official tournament games (not friendlies) by senior USA men's team.
I know US media is still pretending they haven't lost since 2006, but officially that's not true. They lost twice just recently.
XxIronChainzxX wrote:I'm not sure this needed to be an ALL-CAPS topic. I do honestly feel bad for Melo at this point.Mirotic12 wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:
Did they already start playing and loose already?
They already lost twice at the FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Even if US media is trying not to count it, because it was with G-League players, it still officially counts as two losses in official tournament games (not friendlies) by senior USA men's team.
No one cares. The players going to play are so far down the list we'd need to double up on alphabet letters. It would be one thing if we were talking about the Olympics when NBA superstars show up.
Mirotic12 wrote:XxIronChainzxX wrote:I'm not sure this needed to be an ALL-CAPS topic. I do honestly feel bad for Melo at this point.Mirotic12 wrote:
They already lost twice at the FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Even if US media is trying not to count it, because it was with G-League players, it still officially counts as two losses in official tournament games (not friendlies) by senior USA men's team.
No one cares. The players going to play are so far down the list we'd need to double up on alphabet letters. It would be one thing if we were talking about the Olympics when NBA superstars show up.
That's totally irrelevant to the issue. USA lost 2 games at the qualifiers. There is no difference between senior USA men's team. The team with G-League players counts the same as the 1992 Dream Team.
So to claim USA hasn't lost since 2006 isn't factually correct. You could only claim that a USA team made solely of NBA players hasn't lost since 2006. Two different things.
