For whatever reason, we thought Team Canada would give Team USA some kind of run. Actually, we know what our reasons were: the Canadians have a legit NBA player on the roster (Sam Dalembert) plus a bunch of guys with major D-1/D-League experience (Olu Famutimi, Denham Brown, Levon Kendall, etc.), and after what we saw in the World Championships last year, the U.S. can’t be that much better this year, right? Foolish us. Steve Nash’s boys got beat by fiddy in another yawner that followed Team USA’s theme for this tournament: Michael Redd (19 pts) drops buckets from deep, Carmelo (25 pts) drops buckets from everywhere, Kobe digs into his guy defensively, LeBron looks down into the rim a couple times, J-Kidd runs the show without bothering to shoot, and the cleanup crew comes in to finish the piecing … Dalembert and his Herman Munster-speed post moves were a total non-factor. He put up five points, two rebounds and didn’t block a shot. Was it foul trouble? Nope. Sam had one whistled on him. He couldn’t even establish position inside against Dwight Howard, let alone score on him … One guy for Canada who didn’t look bad was Famutimi. The ex-Arkansas baller and current D-Leaguer put up 17 points and had a little Kobe-esque fadeaway going … What’s up with the announcers making excuses for Nash not playing? Maybe Nash is “getting up there in years and has to think about winning a championship,” like they said. But why has he been playing pickup soccer with pros and skateboarding through the streets of Manhattan all summer? … Can Bill Walton go one game without attacking the idea of Amare Stoudemire trying to add a three-pointer to his arsenal? … Big move for the Celtics, who picked up James Posey. He was about the best free agent small forward still out there. His defense and rebounding will be absolutely vital for Boston … Every day it seems we come across something that makes us all feel really old. Here’s a couple more: apparently Glen Rice and Shawn Kemp have sons who are up-and-coming in the high school hoop rankings. Glen’s kid, Glen Rice Jr., is a 6-3 junior guard at Walton H.S. in Georgia. And the Reign Man’s kid, Shawn Kemp Jr., is a 6-9 junior at Cherokee H.S. in Georgia who already wears size-19 sneakers. We were wondering if the two can play, so we asked Dunwoody (Ga.) High senior forward Chris Singleton, a consensus Top-50 talent nationally. Singleton told us Glen Jr. is “Kinda slick. He’s good. He puts the ball in the goal.” As far as Shawn Jr., Chris said, “I think he has pro potential. I just think he needs someone to stay on him and work him out.” … Did you catch Uruguay upsetting Puerto Rico in the FIBA tourney? PR blew a 19-point halftime lead, just falling apart down the stretch and getting beasted by Esteban Batista (34 pts, 15 rebs). Carlos Arroyo was hampered by foul trouble, Jose Juan Barea just didn’t make plays when he had to, and Peter John Ramos was 100 percent undeniably TERRIBLE. The dude is like 7-3 and the entire second half he did nothing except rebound a couple of made shots. Between turning the ball over, bobbling catches, not boxing out, getting scored on, not challenging anything defensively and one crucial offensive foul, P.J. probably lost the game for PR. If he’s lucky, no NBA scouts were watching that game … We’re out like the Dalembeast …