Comments on: Team USA needs help in the paint

By: Aussiedestroya

Aussiedestroya — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:19:22 +0000

I’m curious to know from an Americano’s perspective just how much desire the US players have to win the gold. With the redeem team there was no issue here, but all the other nations put international ball ahead of their NBA or European teams. Talent and Athleticism is surely with Team USA, but if the desire to win is not there I think a team with solid big men familiar with international rules (eg Brazil) will take the gold. Thoughts?

By: ab_40

ab_40 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:06:23 +0000

horford plays for dominican republic. blake griffin isn’t allowed there just like amar’e his first nba season is more important same for oden and bynum. Al Jefferson wasn’t selected in the first place.

By: brainstrike

brainstrike — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:42:43 +0000

What are they thinking assembling this group?? 5 POINT GUARDS!!! are they kahn guy or what?? why dont you add blakegriifin, al jeff, or even horford…

By: TEAM USA 2010

TEAM USA 2010 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:57:05 +0000

before y’all write US off. we got a month of work to do and still haven’t even played game 1 yet. sure we don’t have a post scoring threat but i think we have to play chandler the way CP3 did. pick n roll all day. but in saturdays game the guards definitely ignored the roll. i think chandler could’ve dropped 20+ had that not happened. as long as we bring legit bigs ie mcgee lopez love chandler and we get production outta them we’re good. they all have different skill sets. LOVE is 6’10″ gets a lot of off. rebs. & could shoot 3s. McGee in much needed. if he learns quickly he’ll be ok same thing goes for the rest of team. Brazil will give us a pretty good run but by the time we meet them the cold water that got thrown in our faces in Spain & Greece would have worn off. somebody commented that this team took an exhibition game approach to sat. nights game. and i agree wallace & odom and billups were the ones i saw. guys believe me there’s nothing coach k & USAB would like more than to win the WC. you could call this a redeem team as well since we lost the last WC in Japan

By: Foom DIzzle

Foom DIzzle — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:13:15 +0000

@ This_Will_Hurt

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Kevin-Love-1062/

Kevin Love is listed at a generous 6’10″. He is not even 6’8″. Tyson Chandler is a legitimate 7’1″. 5 inches. No Joke.

By: This_Will_Hurt

This_Will_Hurt — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:42:24 +0000

Apparently FDizzle thinks TChandler is 7’3”

USA will be fine…KD got thiss

By: BiGShoTBoB

BiGShoTBoB — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:02:07 +0000

What about Al Jefferson how come he didn’t get an invite…seems like he’s just what they need.

By: Pareja

Pareja — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:35:40 +0000

@Foom

man, there are bunch of players that deserve it more than Love in the L! but I compared impact of love and tyson in the international game. Ahtleticism is something that won’t be missing to team usa. like ALWAYS: shooting is what they need. Just look at any tournament… And man! Chandler is NOT better rebounder despite his athleticism! check the stats… love is not all star and guy for normal usa roster, but he is slightly underrated.
You’re talkin about tyson’s defensive presence? but what about offensive presence…? I don’t know about you but I want usa big man that can score a basket. And you are sayin that chandler is better than lopez?! Thats too easy to even make an additional statement. I hope we agree at last in this: usa roster shouldn’t have chandler nor love.

By: Foom DIzzle

Foom DIzzle — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:00:35 +0000

@ Pareja

I’m pretty sure Tyson Chandler is all sorts of better than Love on the Defensive end which is what Team USA needs. You think this team is devoid of players being able to hit a 15ft jumper? C’mon man. Not only is Chandler a better rebounder, shot-blocker, and better overall defender, he has a good 5 inches on Kevin Love. What is it that a combination that Lopez and McGee possess that a Chandler doesn’t? You answered your own question. While Tyson only takes up a single roster spot, those two take up two. First off, McGee is a bubble guy and will only make this team if all the bigs decide to back out or simply injure themselves, so now you ask yourself what does Tyson Chandler bring that the Love doesn’t have?

1) Size
2) Athleticism
3) Defensive Presence (rebounding and shot-blocking)
All of which, Team USA is currently in short supply of. Love possesses none of the above. If being able to hit a 15 foot jumper is the only criterion that a player has to meet to be able to play on Team USA and having “smarts”, I can list a crapload of players that are more deserving of a spot than Kevin Love because they also possess other skills. How about an Al Jefferson? A Josh Smith? A Mike Miller? Carl Landry? Paul Millsap?

There are definitely other players more deserving than Kevin Love out there.

By: b

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:11:06 +0000

jeff green getting a chance over david lee, millsap, and landry is crazy. he plays solid D but is not on the overall level of those other guys, internationally or otherwise. maybe they just brought him along to keep durant happy.