USA loses to Greece 101-96

[Loftin]

With the exception Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard, who were sensational, this whole team needs to stay in Japan and not come back to the US. What a ****ing disgrace. I can't believe they are actually playing in the Bronze medal game again.

Greece's best player is being invited to try out for the Houston Rockets after 2 years of them owning his rights. Why is a team whose best player is hoping to make the Rockets roster as the 3rd PG beating a team packed with NBA all-stars (including LeBron James and Dwayne Wade, easily the two best players in the game)?

LeBron and D-Wade were busy whining to the refs about stupid fouls they picked up, and couldn't resist going for spectacular dunks(Wade missed at least two dunks). Meanwhile, the rest of the team refused to play any defense. Also, we missed 14 free throws. FOURTEEN! I don't think I've ever seen so many wide open threes given to one team in one game, nor have I seen so many easy drives to the basket. We blew a 14-point lead and trailed by as many as 14 in the fourth quarter. There is never an excuse for a 28-point turnaround.

Like I said before, they can stay in Japan. LeBron, D-Wade, Shane Battier, Chris Paul, Chris Bosh, Kirk Hinrich...

[KCAggie]

The us has completely lost its dominance in sports. We may still have the best pure athletes, but we no longer have the best competitors or winners in sports. Name one sport other than football where it is a guarantee that we will win. I do not want to sound racist, but I hope for the next olympics, the US decides to field a team filled with a bunch of white boys who are better suited for international style basketball.

[Slotback]

We do not take international basketball seriously. It is a different animal compared to the domestic game. We have awesome individual talent, but it doesn't seem to mesh for international hoops.

Also the rest of the world has so vastly improved over the last 15-20 years while we have lost our way on the basic fundamentals. If you heard Mike and Mike this morning on ESPN radio they were talking about Team USA's inability to defend the pick and roll. Hasn't that play been around since about 1920 or so?

[bobcatfan06]

We do not take international basketball seriously. It is a different animal compared to the domestic game. We have awesome individual talent, but it doesn't seem to mesh for international hoops.

Also the rest of the world has so vastly improved over the last 15-20 years while we have lost our way on the basic fundamentals. If you heard Mike and Mike this morning on ESPN radio they were talking about Team USA's inability to defend the pick and roll. Hasn't that play been around since about 1920 or so?

3/4 of the team in the NBA can't defend the pick and roll. No surprise Team USA can't.

[The Massacre]

our guys don't play together as a team all year, most of the other countries' players do. it shows you how much of a difference that team unity makes.

[Loftin]

None of that should matter. Our talent is on a completely different level. No team should be within 40 points of team USA, ever.

If you look at all these other countries, I'd say there are only six players in the entire world who have the talent to play for team USA(Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobilli, Yao Ming, and Steve Nash). There is no excuse for this team to lose to a team with ZERO NBA players. None.