   Greece:101 USA:95
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  They got 6 more? Huh?   ;  Six is a nice number. So is 95. 101.. not so muchWhat's this about ?   ;  I wasn't sure what this was about at first (not a big basketball fan), so I googled it.I'm not sure of all of the details of the game, but it sounds like Greece came back from a deficit, and won against an American team that had some NBA players on it.Anyway, I just read about it on Yahoo sports, that's awesome! Congratulations Greece!   ;Quote:...and won against an American team that had some NBA players on it...All players are from NBA.Quote:Congratulations Greece!Thanks!   ;  If you watched the last olympics you would clearly see that the USA team is a freaking joke right now.  They don't even practice and their attitude sucks. I guess no one cares enough to try to make them play as a cohesive unit.5 NBA stars != A good basketball team   ;Quote:Original post by ChurchSkizIf you watched the last olympics you would clearly see that the USA team is a freaking joke right now.  They don't even practice and their attitude sucks. I guess no one cares enough to try to make them play as a cohesive unit.5 NBA stars != A good basketball teamWell, hasn't always been this way? Even the original '92 Dream Team played pretty much like that, but in this case we weren't talking about just "NBA stars", they were a bunch of basketball Gods that could eat anyone for breakfast. I heard that this year is the first time USA had an actual program for Team USA, Mike Krzyzewski had them training for 6 solid weeks(IIRC), tried to teach them how basketball is played in the rest of the world, how to play like a team, how to deal with zone defense, but they still count mainly on their super-human athletic abilities as individuals and free play, and not organization and team play. I say super-human because, in this particular game, any other normal team playing the same way would be pulverized, but they only lost by 6, just going by their unreal personal talent,speed and strength.   ;  I see the problem: we had Wade and Lebron James together on a team. It must have been weird having someone else on their team score...*Sorry, I'm not a big fan of either player after the playoffs this year.   ;Quote:Original post by mikemanQuote:...and won against an American team that had some NBA players on it...All players are from NBA.I don't know much about basketball, I would suspect that many of the greek players play in the NBA too, right? I mean, apparently they're very good. :);Quote:Original post by WanMasterQuote:Original post by mikemanQuote:...and won against an American team that had some NBA players on it...All players are from NBA.I don't know much about basketball, I would suspect that many of the greek players play in the NBA too, right? I mean, apparently they're very good. :)No, only one(Spanoulis-22 pt today) is going to play for the Houston Rockets next year.   