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Post by xgunitguy on Aug 18, 2004 17:51:31 GMT -4
practice makes perfect
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Post by DRE on Aug 18, 2004 19:48:16 GMT -4
This Just In:They won. And complaining doesnt help I think that's the first smart thing I've EVER heard from someone (other than me) concerning the 04 U.S. basketball team. They didn't play great, and Jefferson needs to be benched, Amare, Duncan, Odom, Iverson, Wade needs to play 35 out of 40 mpg. But damn they won quit fuckin complaining, a win's a win, who cares how much they won by. Would you really be that interested if you KNEW they was gon win by 40 every night? So they had a bad game, they still won, that's all that matters. Oh by the way, they'll DESTROY Australia. -Dre
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Post by neverenoughbball on Aug 18, 2004 21:34:36 GMT -4
I think that's the first smart thing I've EVER heard from someone (other than me) concerning the 04 U.S. basketball team. They didn't play great, and Jefferson needs to be benched, Amare, Duncan, Odom, Iverson, Wade needs to play 35 out of 40 mpg. But d**n they won quit f**kin complaining, a win's a win, who cares how much they won by. Would you really be that interested if you KNEW they was gon win by 40 every night? So they had a bad game, they still won, that's all that matters. Oh by the way, they'll DESTROY Australia. -Dre thanks , i agree , a win is the same "W" every time.
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Post by Boyd on Aug 18, 2004 21:35:50 GMT -4
Oh by the way, they'll DESTROY Australia. -Dre Australia has NO chance!!!!
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Post by xgunitguy on Aug 18, 2004 21:59:12 GMT -4
yea they do puerto Rico had no chance and Bam USA lost
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Post by neverenoughbball on Aug 18, 2004 22:02:11 GMT -4
yea they do puerto Rico had no chance and Bam USA lost u guys didnt hear a word me and dre just said
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Post by xgunitguy on Aug 18, 2004 22:05:32 GMT -4
huh? what do you mean?? u said AUS have noe chance but neither did Puerto Rico
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Post by DRE on Aug 18, 2004 22:11:06 GMT -4
huh? what do you mean?? u said AUS have noe chance but neither did Puerto Rico See now that ISN'T a very intelligent thing to say, (BTW I never said AUS had no chance, just that they'll lose) but if Puerto Rico had no chance, they wouldn't have beaten them, so therefore, they had a chance. -Dre
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Post by xgunitguy on Aug 18, 2004 22:25:59 GMT -4
they had a 1 in (alot) chance of winning
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Post by DSP2489 on Aug 18, 2004 23:13:08 GMT -4
I think that's the first smart thing I've EVER heard from someone (other than me) concerning the 04 U.S. basketball team. They didn't play great, and Jefferson needs to be benched, Amare, Duncan, Odom, Iverson, Wade needs to play 35 out of 40 mpg. But d**n they won quit f**kin complaining, a win's a win, who cares how much they won by. Would you really be that interested if you KNEW they was gon win by 40 every night? So they had a bad game, they still won, that's all that matters. Oh by the way, they'll DESTROY Australia. -Dre the thing is they did win..... but thats not what really matters..... the thing is the way they won it but with all their talent they should win every game as fans(hopefully) we would want our teams to win i mean cmon the NBA is suppose to be the best in the world so a international team with one (Puerto Rico) or no (Greece) NBA players should win without ease also another thing that annoys a lot of us fans is that it seems they are taking it for granted and saying stuff like it was a wake-up call (loss to Italy) then the next game they barely edged them out(hmmm happened with both Germany and Greece) so if it was a wake up call that means they must be trying their hardest( hahaahaha). Also fans dont want to see a dynasty fall....... i mean ive seen a lot of lakers fan saying they will win the title this year since the offseason moves upgraded the lineup well i leave you with this....... i saw this on realgm.com it is interesting We’re not sending over our best NBA players by any stretch. 2004 USA Olympic team Ordinal value of efficiency ranking (2003-2004 season) Iverson 37 Marbury 22 Lebron 31 Wade 64 Odom 20 Rjeff 30 Melo 49 Marion 10 Duncan 2 Boozer 11 Amare 23 1992 USA Olympic Team Ordinal value of efficiency ranking (1991-1992 season) Admiral 1 MJ 2 Mailman 3 Ewing 5 Barkley 6 Drexler 11 Bird 12 Pip 13 Stockton 14 Mullin 15 Magic didn’t play in 1991-1992 but was #7 in 1991-1990 They were the elite players in the NBA at the time we sent them over there. Let’s look at today’s ordinal equivalent of the 1992 dream team based on 2003-2004 efficiency Garnett 1 Duncan 2 Brand 3 Shaq 4 (dirk was 5) TMAC 6 Boozer 11 Jermaine Oneal 12 Zach Randolph 13 Ray Allen 14 Sam Cassell 15 I’ll have Kobe replace Magic’s spot (Kobe was #9 this last season) That’s a much, much better team than the one we are sending over there. For fun… here’s the ordinal equivalent of the 2004 Team USA based on 1991-1992 efficiency Grant Long 37 Horace Grant 22 (Detlef was 23) Shawn Kemp 31 Isiah Thomas 64 (looks like it was not that much of a snub) Kevin Johnson 20 M Williams 30 Sedale Threatt 49 Kevin Willis 10 MJ 2 Clyde Drexler 11 Jeff Hornacek 23 Not a “dream team” either.
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Post by Boyd on Aug 18, 2004 23:15:17 GMT -4
Man, thats alot of research. But I gotta give it to you. Good work Bro!!! Looks good, and proves the point, that we are not sending the best players to the Olympics..
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Post by DRE on Aug 18, 2004 23:17:05 GMT -4
By the way, everyone gettin all mad cause Puerto Rico has 1 NBA player, NOT TRUE!! They have 3: Carlos Arroyo, Daniel Santiago, Peter John Ramos. ot that it makes a difference but everyone I've ever seen talk about it say they have 1 NBA player and that's wrong, just bothers me lol.
-Dre
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Post by DSP2489 on Aug 18, 2004 23:21:00 GMT -4
Man, thats alot of research. But I gotta give it to you. Good work Bro!!! Looks good, and proves the point, that we are not sending the best players to the Olympics.. btw..... it really wasnt me like i said someone posted it on realgm.com yea i know it was the best argument i have seen
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Post by DSP2489 on Aug 18, 2004 23:23:02 GMT -4
By the way, everyone gettin all mad cause Puerto Rico has 1 NBA player, NOT TRUE!! They have 3: Carlos Arroyo, Daniel Santiago, Peter John Ramos. ot that it makes a difference but everyone I've ever seen talk about it say they have 1 NBA player and that's wrong, just bothers me lol. -Dre yea your right but santiago doesnt play a lot and john peter ramos hasnt even played an NBA game or even training camp so he has no NBA experience at all... so carlos arroyo is the last player standing.......
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Post by DRE on Aug 18, 2004 23:24:08 GMT -4
yea your right but santiago doesnt play a lot and john peter ramos hasnt even played an NBA game or even training camp so he has no NBA experience at all... so carlos arroyo is the last player standing....... But I'm still right, and that's what counts lol -Dre
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