Cousins should never play for usa ever again

[thetrinity]

Guy has no clue how to play international ball.

Worst player they used by far.

[pavyracer]

He doesn't even know how to play NBA style.

[Chi_archie]

I say we go back to only playing college guys

who cares if we don't win

[Bostongambler]

Maybe we should together a SBR team for the Olympics. I'm 8"4" so I can play center.

[pavyracer]

Maybe we should together a SBR team for the Olympics. I'm 8"4" so I can play center.

Your head would be hitting the basket net. This is basketball interference.

[Bostongambler]

Your head would be hitting the basket net. This is basketball interference.

I'll play on my knees. Won't be as quick though.

[tony_come]

Maybe we should together a SBR team for the Olympics. I'm 8"4" so I can play center.

8'4" is tall.

[packerd_00]

The NBA players shouldn't be playing for Team USA period,its a cake walk everytime they compete. When was their last real competitive game.

[lakerboy]

What a garbage squad.

[stealthyburrito]

The NBA players shouldn't be playing for Team USA period,its a cake walk everytime they compete. When was their last real competitive game.

They've had 4 wins by 6 pts or less

[CWD]

love it or leave it

sbr is vagina capital of internet now

[Bostongambler]

8'4" is tall.

Plus my doctor says I'm not done growing. I should be about "10' 7" when I'm done. I should be able to dunk by then.

[packerd_00]

They've had 4 wins by 6 pts or less

Are they trying that hard though,lets be frank Stealthy,they cant be giving their full effort. Most of those squads have a couple NBA stars and the rest of the rosters are filled with players that wouldn't get a sniff of an NBA roster.

[jjgold]

It seems we were not prepared as well going in

[CappinTerp]

I could be a PF on the hoops team!!.....AKA= Tyrone Shoelaces...I can grab a Quarter from the top of the backboard and leave 15 cents change !!................

[Mac4Lyfe]

Are they trying that hard though,lets be frank Stealthy,they cant be giving their full effort. Most of those squads have a couple NBA stars and the rest of the rosters are filled with players that wouldn't get a sniff of an NBA roster.

You obviously have not watched Olympic basketball much. Most of these teams are loaded with guys that played in the NBA. These teams would dominate our college kids. Many of these teams have played together for the last decade and you think a one and done college kid can compete with grown ass men? USA has been struggling because they do not know how to move the ball around.

[packerd_00]

You obviously have not watched Olympic basketball much. Most of these teams are loaded with guys that played in the NBA. These teams would dominate our college kids. Many of these teams have played together for the last decade and you think a one and done college kid can compete with grown ass men? USA has been struggling because they do not know how to move the ball around.

Well judging by most of the rosters no they aren't loaded with NBA players,Serbia for example the team facing the US in the final has one sole player in the NBA,and the rest play in Europe.Whats wrong with having American players that play over seas,theirs more then enough to pick from.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

team usa should beat these teams by 20 to 30 every game. like packerd said, i don't think they're giving 100%. we'll see how they play in the finals. who are we kidding? serbia doesn't have that much talent, they're playing way over their heads. i saw parts of serbia vs aussies today and it was more like aussies sucking huge dick than serbia being good.

[packerd_00]

They should be running Serbia out of the gym,the talent comparison isn't even funny.

[SBRMAN23]

yea serbia played their best gm against the Ausies wont see that again

[Mac4Lyfe]

Well judging by most of the rosters no they aren't loaded with NBA players,Serbia for example the team facing the US in the final has one sole player in the NBA,and the rest play in Europe.Whats wrong with having American players that play over seas,theirs more then enough to pick from.

Our best players are having problems with these other countries. No way in hell will our College players compete against these teams. Our college players were already getting their asses kicked against these national teams.

The United States leads all national teams with 12 NBA players on its roster. Spain has the second-most (seven), followed by Australia, Brazil and France (five). Do you really think a college team is going to compete against Spain or Australia? Don't just look at how many guys are currently on NBA rosters. Many go back to their homes for various reasons, where they can make more money often in those countries.

This is a short list of guys that were drafted in the NBA...

Australia
Cameron Bairstow with the Chicago Bulls, Aron Baynes with theDetroit Pistons, Matthew Dellavedova with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dante Exum and Joe Ingles with the Utah Jazz, Andrew Bogut of the Golden State Warriors and Patty Mills of the San Antonio Spurs. Exum didn't play, neither did Ben Simmons

Brazil
Anderson Varejão, Tiago Splitter, Leandro Barbosa,Nenê, Marcelinho Huertas, Alex Garcia, and Marquinhos Vieira.

Serbia
Bogdan Bogdanović, Nemanja Nedović, Nikola Jokić, Milan Mačvan all were drafted in the NBA. Serbia's team is made up of older more experienced guys that have all played together as a team.


NBA players in the Olympics, by country:

- four
- five
- five
- three
- five
- three
- one
- one
- seven
- 12

[MoneyLineDawg]

Every country can pick whoever they want...Or it should atleast all be on the same level (All countries pick 21 year olds and younger for example, not just the US)

Not the US's fault they dominate....Other countries should get better.

Pau Gasol would destroy college kids

[The Giant]

There is a reason this guy has never made the playoffs.

NO BRAINS.

[CWD]

-14
182

usa/over E Z

[pavyracer]

The problem with US current squad is the players only went to college 1 year as freshmen. None graduated. Never played in tourney style games like March Madness to get experience. Luck fundamentals of moving the ball around and switching on defense. Lazy work ethic.

[packerd_00]

Our best players are having problems with these other countries. No way in hell will our College players compete against these teams. Our college players were already getting their asses kicked against these national teams.

The United States leads all national teams with 12 NBA players on its roster. Spain has the second-most (seven), followed by Australia, Brazil and France (five). Do you really think a college team is going to compete against Spain or Australia? Don't just look at how many guys are currently on NBA rosters. Many go back to their homes for various reasons, where they can make more money often in those countries.

This is a short list of guys that were drafted in the NBA...

Australia
Cameron Bairstow with the Chicago Bulls, Aron Baynes with theDetroit Pistons, Matthew Dellavedova with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dante Exum and Joe Ingles with the Utah Jazz, Andrew Bogut of the Golden State Warriors and Patty Mills of the San Antonio Spurs. Exum didn't play, neither did Ben Simmons

Brazil
Anderson Varejão, Tiago Splitter, Leandro Barbosa,Nenê, Marcelinho Huertas, Alex Garcia, and Marquinhos Vieira.

Serbia
Bogdan Bogdanović, Nemanja Nedović, Nikola Jokić, Milan Mačvan all were drafted in the NBA. Serbia's team is made up of older more experienced guys that have all played together as a team.


NBA players in the Olympics, by country:

- four
- five
- five
- three
- five
- three
- one
- one
- seven
- 12

Look Mac,outside of the Gasol brothers who does Spain have in the NBA that is even noteworthy,whoever said the US should use College player,thats the thing you always seem put words in my mouth every time we debate. All I said was using NBA super stars on the US roster is childs play,theirs plenty of NBA talent from the States that isn't all star calibre but is still very capable of representing the USA.

[packerd_00]

By the way,most of those NBA players you listed are marginal players,the US is using NBA Supers Stars,its like comparing apples to oranges.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Look Mac,outside of the Gasol brothers who does Spain have in the NBA that is even noteworthy,whoever said the US should use College player,thats the thing you always seem put words in my mouth every time we debate. All I said was using NBA super stars on the US roster is childs play,theirs plenty of NBA talent from the States that isn't all star calibre but is still very capable of representing the USA.

I really don't think so. We are fielding our best players and we are STRUGGLING against several countries. We beat Spain by 6 points, France by 3 points, and Serbia by just 3 points as well. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth. I'm saying that the US is not blowing the doors off of teams like the Dream Team did. These games are certainly not childs play. Coach K looks like he's had multiple ulcers and diarrhea watching these guys play. These guys do not know how to play international ball effectively. You put guys that aren't high level and we're going to lose.

[packerd_00]

I really don't think so. We are fielding our best players and we are STRUGGLING against several countries. We beat Spain by 6 points, France by 3 points, and Serbia by just 3 points as well. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth. I'm saying that the US is not blowing the doors off of teams like the Dream Team did. These games are certainly not childs play. Coach K looks like he's had multiple ulcers and diarrhea watching these guys play. These guys do not know how to play international ball effectively. You put guys that aren't high level and we're going to lose.

Well then their is a huge problem,if a team consisting of Durant,Thompson,Irving,DeRozan etc,can just manage to scrape by teams with mostly International Club players,their should be no way in hell that happens. You can slice anyway youd like to,not having had the luxury of playing together,well that was the case with the Dream Team,and we saw what happended their. I don't think these guys are giving it their all,they would have gelled by know.

[Mac4Lyfe]

By the way,most of those NBA players you listed are marginal players,the US is using NBA Supers Stars,its like comparing apples to oranges.

US has a lot of RAW, YOUNG superstars that do not understand team play. They are winning on talent alone but these games are very close against older more polished international teams. You put marginal US players against teams that have played with each other for decades and we're going to get embarrassed.

[BuckyOne]

Talent in the NBA is spread out among 30 teams. Let's ask the question - How many NBA teams could win a medal? need some kind of virtual reality thing on whether this year's champion would beat this Olympic team with Olympic rules?

[packerd_00]

US has a lot of RAW, YOUNG superstars that do not understand team play. They are winning on talent alone but these games are very close against older more polished international teams. You put marginal US players against teams that have played with each other for decades and we're going to get embarrassed.

Talent should win out in the end,if you look at the NBA,it is the one Sport where if you have one or two really good players you can pretty much dominate in the rare instances,like Golden State.

Durant,Derozan and Thompson have been in the game long enough,they aren't raw any longer,two of them have played in the NBA Finals. Derozan has been in the league for a long time.

Your gonna tell me they cant get some half way decent American players from the NBA that can compete with the rest,or former NBA guys that went overseas and know the International game inside and out.

[packerd_00]

Talent in the NBA is spread out among 30 teams. Let's ask the question - How many NBA teams could win a medal? need some kind of virtual reality thing on whether this year's champion would beat this Olympic team with Olympic rules?

Do you think alot of these NBA stars want to play in the Olympics when they could be enjoying the summer back home,I don't. A lot of them refused the invite to play

[Mac4Lyfe]

Well then their is a huge problem,if a team consisting of Durant,Thompson,Irving,DeRozan etc,can just manage to scrape by teams with mostly International Club players,their should be no way in hell that happens. You can slice anyway youd like to,not having had the luxury of playing together,well that was the case with the Dream Team,and we saw what happended their. I don't think these guys are giving it their all,they would have gelled by know.

It is a Huge Problem. International play is much different than the NBA. It's much more like college bball with stupid 5 foul out rule, charges, short 3 point line, etc. NBA players are almost at a disadvantage because they are use to NBA rules. The games are not wide open like in the NBA, so teams can slow tempo, pack in the paint and dare you to shoot. We don't help ourselves with our 1 on 1 hero ball either.

The Olympics is about the best against the best. Other countries want to play against our best.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Do you think alot of these NBA stars want to play in the Olympics when they could be enjoying the summer back home,I don't. A lot of them refused the invite to play

That's a tough one. I think they all want to represent their country (hell Deandre said a Gold would be more than an NBA title, idiot) but then you're putting more wear and tear on your body going into the basketball season as well. Overall, I have to think that most guys want to play because they love the game. I'm sitting on a couch right now with a severe ankle sprain from getting rolled up in a pickup game yesterday. I can barely walk but I can't wait to get back on the court.