Author Topic: USA loses to Puerto Rico! (Read 1094 times)

Airhead · « **Reply #15 on:** August 16, 2004, 01:11:15 AM »

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Originally posted by SunKing
I think only the ego and the bling showed up, the team is still back in the states.

LOL the "Bling?" What kind of thinly vieled piece of racist innuendo is THAT???

Sometimes you just plain lose, Bubba- no matter how hard you try. Give Iverson, Duncan et. al. a break- basketball is an international game now, and there's lots of talent out there.

Dnil · « **Reply #16 on:** August 16, 2004, 01:13:50 AM »

so whiteys cant have any bling?

Gixer · « **Reply #17 on:** August 16, 2004, 04:24:56 AM »

LMAO Hilarious

~~...-Gixer~~

Nilsen · « **Reply #18 on:** August 16, 2004, 04:41:07 AM »

meanwhileone of Norways teams just beat one of the teams from Puerto Rico.....im beachvolley

to bad it was men, so the entertainment value was not what it could have been.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 16, 2004, 07:27:09 AM »

They should have sent the Pistons instead of that group of whiney primadonnas.

Thrawn · « **Reply #20 on:** August 16, 2004, 07:32:25 AM »

The US team is made up of Rooks?

Curval · « **Reply #21 on:** August 16, 2004, 07:58:45 AM »

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Originally posted by Airhead
- basketball is an international game now, and there's lots of talent out there.

Strange that the winners of the NBA championship are still called World Champions though isn't it?

Gunslinger · « **Reply #22 on:** August 16, 2004, 08:35:53 AM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
meanwhileone of Norways teams just beat one of the teams from Puerto Rico.....im beachvolley

to bad it was men, so the entertainment value was not what it could have been.

Nilsen · « **Reply #23 on:** August 16, 2004, 08:42:20 AM »

Canada vs USA is on now. Canada leads the first set slightly. (men)

-update- Canada won first set and is now leading te second with a good margin.

JBA · « **Reply #24 on:** August 16, 2004, 09:25:20 AM »

When the original picks said they wouldn't play, a decision had to be made. Picks the biggest names left or go with the best shooting team. Guess which one they did.

This is what happens when "marketing" wins out over sound coaching decisions.

Airhead · « **Reply #25 on:** August 16, 2004, 09:50:08 AM »

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Originally posted by Curval
Strange that the winners of the NBA championship are still called World Champions though isn't it?

No they aren't- they're called the NBA Champions.

The reigning world champs are the Yugoslavians- Vlade Divac, Peja Stykovic (sp) and a bunch of other NBA caliber players.

myelo · « **Reply #26 on:** August 16, 2004, 09:53:54 AM »

Yep, whoever put together the USA team was an idiot. Post players and guys who can drive to the basket one-on-one, but no shooters. It’s like having a football team with great running backs but no receivers, it makes you one dimensional. PR packed in a zone defense and USA didn’t have anyone who could make an outside shot to open up the middle. That’s the main difference between the international game and the NBA, which doesn’t allow zone defense.

Airhead · « **Reply #27 on:** August 16, 2004, 10:02:35 AM »

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Originally posted by myelo
That’s the main difference between the international game and the NBA, which doesn’t allow zone defense.

(buzzer sound) Wrong, myelo- zone defenses are now allowed in the NBA as of a couple of years ago.

Curval · « **Reply #28 on:** August 16, 2004, 10:03:19 AM »

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Originally posted by Airhead
No they aren't- they're called the NBA Champions.

The reigning world champs are the Yugoslavians- Vlade Divac, Peja Stykovic (sp) and a bunch of other NBA caliber players.

Better tell your sports casters that, because they constantly refer to the NBA Champion as World Champion.

I suppose my official Beanie Bear 2001 World Champion collectible is actually wrong?

I bought it here:

Beanie Bear

Airhead · « **Reply #29 on:** August 16, 2004, 10:12:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Curval
Better tell your sports casters that, because they constantly refer to the NBA Champion as World Champion.

I suppose my official Beanie Bear 2001 World Champion collectible is actually wrong?

I bought it here:

Beanie Bear

You buy Beanie Bears and wear pink shorts??

...And yes, your reference to the Lakers as being world champs is wrong- your Beanie Bear is a liar.