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kikanga Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 3:22 am Post subject: |
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With a couple weeks of training. I think our current Lakers roster could win gold in handball. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better” |
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70sdude Star Player
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:38 am Post subject: |
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dcastillo wrote: | SuperboyReformed wrote: | Runway8 wrote: | We should have stopped sending professionals after 92'. We made our point. But we kept sending and sending, and each team was less dominant until the debacle in 2004. They should have just stopped after 92. We made our point and the idea that we are invincible if we send our pros would have lived on forever. But now, any team we send, other countries feel there is a chance. Our dominance and reputation tarnished by 2004. |
thanks a lot duncan. and lebron. |
Should have took Kobe shaq kg Ray Allen and Vince on that 2004 team |
Kobe ? Nah. I think he didn't participate due to the Team USA decision to omit him. It was the right call. The scandal surrounding hearings for the rape charge (mid-July) made him a pariah, essentially untouchable for the US team and Olympics that Summer. Until charges were dismissed in September, he was also rather preoccupied with getting his name cleared. |
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krisobe Star Player
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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2020 Gold.
DLO
JC
INGRAM
NANCE
RANDLE
4 years from now. |
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MJST Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Think about how the 04 team did...
then think about the fact they had a young Carmelo and LeBron....
Now understand we'd likely do worse..at this point.
4 years from now? Likely different story. |
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pio2u Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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70sdude wrote: | dcastillo wrote: | SuperboyReformed wrote: | Runway8 wrote: | We should have stopped sending professionals after 92'. We made our point. But we kept sending and sending, and each team was less dominant until the debacle in 2004. They should have just stopped after 92. We made our point and the idea that we are invincible if we send our pros would have lived on forever. But now, any team we send, other countries feel there is a chance. Our dominance and reputation tarnished by 2004. |
thanks a lot duncan. and lebron. |
Should have took Kobe shaq kg Ray Allen and Vince on that 2004 team |
Kobe ? Nah. I think he didn't participate due to the Team USA decision to omit him. It was the right call. The scandal surrounding hearings for the assault charge (mid-July) made him a pariah, essentially untouchable for the US team and Olympics that Summer. Until charges were dismissed in September, he was also rather preoccupied with getting his name cleared. |
Speaking of KOBE:
Kobe Bryant credited with reshaping culture of USA Basketball, helping lead team to 2008, 2012 gold medals
Quote: | USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo credits Bryant for playing “a very large part” in revamping the program’s culture after the 2004 squad settled for bronze at the Athens Games.
“His work ethic, approach and how he appreciates the game is infectious,” Team USA forward Kevin Durant said last month in Las Vegas. “He’s someone who loves to play so much. He’s competitive when he steps in between those lines. He wants perfection.” |
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bryant-725521-team-game.html |
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nash Star Player
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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First round exit |
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LakerLanny Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe a bronze, but honestly not sure I could even see that.
These international teams are used to playing together. Think about the combined National Team minutes for say Argentina with Ginobili, Nocioni, Scola, Delfino, etc. compared to our "dream team" who have like five minutes together. _________________ Love, Laker Lanny |
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kobeandgary Star Player
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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USA team has almost dropped three games already, we would have lost those games with out a doubt, so i doubt we would even get bronze unless some lucky match-ups fell into our favor. |
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Steve007 Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:07 am Post subject: |
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Right now? Hard to say because we haven't even seen this team play a game yet. I think they would struggle to finish in the top 4.
A year from now? Preseason plus a year of practice and an 82 game season would actually give us one major advantage over Team USA: Our Lakers team would be far more used to playing together, we would have a roster full of NBA players (unlike several of the international teams) and we would be really talented compared to the rest of the field (only USA would be more talented). We would have a bench full of NBA players instead of a bench with guys who haven't even shown they are good enough to be NBA scrubs.
And unlike Team USA we wouldn't just assume we would win every game so we would probably play with more heart. |
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Steve007 Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:11 am Post subject: |
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dcastillo wrote: | SuperboyReformed wrote: | Runway8 wrote: | We should have stopped sending professionals after 92'. We made our point. But we kept sending and sending, and each team was less dominant until the debacle in 2004. They should have just stopped after 92. We made our point and the idea that we are invincible if we send our pros would have lived on forever. But now, any team we send, other countries feel there is a chance. Our dominance and reputation tarnished by 2004. |
thanks a lot duncan. and lebron. |
Should have took Kobe shaq kg Ray Allen and Vince on that 2004 team |
Shaq and Kobe didn't even play in the 2000 Olympic team after winning 67 games and their first title. Wasn't Phil Jackson interested in coaching the team that year? I thought after Phil didn't become the coach that Shaq didn't want to play even after he had his best and only MVP season. Shaq was on the 96 team and wasn't happy with the amount of time he spent on the bench. |
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Steve007 Franchise Player
Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 13165
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:15 am Post subject: |
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NBA teams have lost to some of the teams in other leagues before. I forgot about that. Didn't the Lakers lose to a team in Spain once after the Lakers had just won a championship months earlier? It was just an exhibition but I still thought it was embarrassing. |
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