Best Nation In Basketball

[alfredhitchcock2]

USA parin

[Lomachenko]

Yeah, USA pa nga rin. They invented the sport eh so they're supposed to be the best in it.

[orionquest]

how about the 1992, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008 USA basketball teams. They were just assembled in 2 to 3 months but they won the championship If they had any failures in the past it happened on the 1998 (no nba players), 2002, 2004,2006 teams.

 

yes sir youre right and thanks for the clarification.

[orionquest]

Yeah, USA pa nga rin. They invented the sport eh so they're supposed to be the best in it.

 

sir sa pagkaka alam ko si james naismith na nakaimbento ng larong basketball ay isang canadian ngunit naimbento niya ito sa amerika nung nagtrabaho siya sa ymca sa springfield massachusetts.

[RED2018]

The type of defense the Americans are playing in the World championships is the very reason why they dominate the opposition. It's not their dunks or their other highlight plays, but it's their all out defense. With the US team realizing that they are one of the smallest teams here, they utilized their athleticism and executed the Blitzkrieg almost to its perfection.

 

The very weapon deemed questionable in the American game is the very weapon other teams launch with the nonchalance of a beach bum. It's almost comical. Whoever said the three-point shot is a low-percentage shot is clearly ignored in these games. Serbia shot 50% from three-point country in their stunning KO win over Spain. By the way, Serbia used a three to win by three over the Spaniards. Lithuania, during their conquest of Argentina in the quarterfinals, started 8-for-8 from three-point distance. Linas Kleiza and company eventually cooled off to finish at a still impressive 12 out of 24.

 

Against Russia, Team USA didn't need impeccable three-point shooting to win. If players follow Coach K's game plan, they won’t need it in their next two games. Team officials never claimed to assemble the best outside shooting unit in USA Basketball history. While I marvel at how Lithuanian and Serbian shooters made long jumpers like lay-ups even at most crucial times, USA's defensive mindset is just as astounding. Eric Gordon (51% 3pts) and Kevin Durant (44% 3pts) have been lethal from rainbow country. Yet I'm willing to overlook that in favor of highlighting the Americans' defense.

 

Russell Westrbook, Derrick Rose and Andre Iguodala have combined for 31 steals. They hound players like one-man double-teams. Granted that USA Basketball sent its Team B to Istanbul, the team's combo guards, however, have exhibited Grade A pressure defense. It's the kind of defense that wo'’t allow Delininkaitis and Kleiza to fire perfectly-arched three-point attempts. It's the kind of defense that disrupts the kind of ball movement that leads to the kind of dramatic 22-footers that win games.

 

I suspect the three other teams in the FIBA Final Four care less about causing Team USA's spectacular downfall and more about winning the championship. Turkey has home-court advantage over Serbia, a team enjoying life without Darko Milicic. Lithuania will try to stop Durant the way they stopped Scola. I still expect Lithuania to launch 3-pointers as if the Americans aren't there. I expect Team USA, however, to play in-your-jersey defense so everyone else will take notice.

[webslinger]

ayos yung young core ng usa biro mo nanalo sila i never expect them dis far....

[RED2018]

ayos yung young core ng usa biro mo nanalo sila i never expect them dis far....

 

 

Nahihirapan na nga si Coach K na timplahin ang US team composition for the Olympics...

 

Will the players come most from Team B (Durant n Co.)reinforced by some from Team A (Kobe n Co.), or the other way around?

[hellyeah1]

USA pa rin!

[dencio]

Will the players come most from Team B (Durant n Co.)reinforced by some from Team A (Kobe n Co.), or the other way around?

 

The early prognostications are that Durant, Iguodala and Westbrook from this team will join Howard, Bosh, James, Anthony, Bryant, Wade, Paul and D-Will in 2012. Last slot left open for a shooter.

[webslinger]

isa pa yung si eric gordon d ko akalain shooter pala???? or d lng nakikita kasi kapalitan ni davis sa pg sa clippers.....

 

nagpakita ina guy at durant mukhang my message ito kina james, wade and kobe he he he....

[Ramramboy]

USA then followed closely by Spain.

[crackerbolt]

back to usa again.

[xtreme188]

USA syempre..

[crackerbolt]

we'll see what nation will win in the olympics.

[downloading]

LETUVA, just look at the population of this country, very small and yet they produces a lot of good players.