Comments on: Jose Calderon Thinks Spain Would Have Won Under FIBA Rules

By: Cedric

Cedric — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:11:46 +0000

first of all I thought NBA officiating was horrendous untill I saw some FIBA officiating. I blind donkey can ref better than FIBA refs

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:38:08 +0000

He’s good, but rather likes pouting. Great showing of sportsmanship.

By: josh

josh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:47:58 +0000

because black people get away with murder all the time

By: karan

karan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:49:16 +0000

josh: “he was right. all the blacks on team uSA were cussing all game long and getting bs calls…”
now why does colour have to be mentioned as part of the team usa’s whining? this is just fueling the fire to the racist/ignorant stereotype that the spanish now have.

By: Phileus

Phileus — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:00 +0000

Hahaha, if you have someone like josh from post #60 supporting you, I think you have to realize that your opinion is wrong.

By: josh

josh — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:51:53 +0000

he was right. all the blacks on team uSA were cussing all game long and getting bs calls. Lebron sure sucked when he couldn’t bowl guys over and get the call. It’s clear that Spain was more skilled. This just proves Lebron isn’t even close to a top 5 player.

Plus you had the bogus Carmelo 3 free throws when he got blocked vs Argentina.

By: Jeronimo

Jeronimo — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:00:13 +0000

To all Calderon haters: Y’all would love to have him in your team, and you know it, so stop it.

Moving on to what he said, something got a bit lost in translation, methinks: he means that the refs just didn’t call violations (mainly travelling, the way I see it) made by US players in situations where, under the FIBA rules that are meant to be applied at the Olympics, they should be called.

I think the man has a point there. Now, to say that Spain would have won if the refs had been stricter, that might be a bit too much.

By: Ansonious

Ansonious — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:40:03 +0000

@ dime office I’m wondering if any of these people who are listing themselves as Ricky Rubio, David Stern, etc… Are they the actual people or just some losers having imaginary conversations with each other? No disrespect I’m a fan too.

By: Coop

Coop — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:55:36 +0000

the sad thing is some guys on here have chosen to make this a race issue when needless to say race is irrelevant here, unlike the spainish team picture thing that has been referenced. grow up.

By: GEE...Make my funk the p-funk

GEE...Make my funk the p-funk — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:25:05 +0000

Spain lost!