International teams play a better brand of basketball than USA

[QUOTE=Yung D-Will]The new rules were the worst thing to happen to the Nba[/QUOTE]

I will say this.

Stern was the worst thing to ever happen to the NBA. Stern's new rules were the second worst thing to ever happen to it.

[QUOTE=plowking]Do you seriously make everything a black and white thing?[/QUOTE]

The board is full of racists, unfortunately.

[QUOTE=niko]The difference between us and the other teams in the tournament is two
1) The international game is different, and emphasizes shooting and spreading the floor. It's been a long time since american basketball emphasized shooting. That hurts. We don't play that style. If we were having an NBA rules tournament we'd cruise.
[b]2) We throw together our team on a whim. These European teams have guys who have come up playing together on national teams for years upon years. if you don't think that's a big deal you clearly never played any ball that was even remotely semi-competitive.[/b]

That's all.[/QUOTE]

This is pretty much a myth and yet you keep stating it over and over. Nice job.

[QUOTE=Go Getter]Exactly. So if someone likes fundamental ball better than the way the brothers play ball that's their right which was my original point.[/QUOTE]


You are a freaking moron.

[QUOTE=mayo'sgrizz]international teams do NOT play better brand of ball. they play like this bc when they play team usa its the only way they can stay close by slowing the game down and running 26 screens and pick an rolls per possession. france and lithuania have not had a guard who can handle the ball and team usa has taken advantage of tht and made them pay. the US team has not peaked yet in the tourny they will be ok. idk maybe its just me but i have yet to be "worried" bout any of these teams. but they will have to play better tonight when they play spain bc they hav much more firepower.[/QUOTE]

Hey genius.....France and Lithuania played the games without a point guard. Do you understand that? No point guards on either team.

[QUOTE=TROLL_HUNTER]My god, the level of iliteracy , political-correctness and stupidity in this forum is off the charts. How can you possibly deny the genetical difference between races??? COME ON GUYS! are you dumb or what?? so basically white american players dont like basketball and thats why they are mostly black , right? so basically blacks dont like swimming and thats why ALL the swimmers are white, right ? so blacks dont like ciclying and thats why all the cyclists are white.... GENS is the difference-maker. each race has different characteristics and the strength , size and athleticism is something natural in blacks. Arguing this is beyond stupid. its like saying the earth is squared.


what is just funny is that when it comes to discuss obvious and blatant facts related to races and genders some people freak out and dont even think about whats been discussed. the point of Zenmaster is more than appropriate and the idea has been clearly laid out. so based on this, "gens equality" that some of you preach, asians and norther europeans are the same height and strength, right? ofcourse, there are always exceptions (like Yao) but the general rule is objectively undeniable[/QUOTE]

Hey you stupid a-hole if you are arguing that RACIST comments being made by Zen and Go Getter here are acceptable, like "blacks are genetically superior athletes to whites" and you are claiming this is just a fact...........

how would you like it if someone started a thread here titled........


International Teams are Smarter than Team USA Because Whites Are Smarter Than Blacks".........

EVERY study that has EVER been done shows that whites have a higher IQ than blacks do. So Mr. genius, would such a topic be allowed here? Would it be accepted here? Would the mods openly accept it here?

Why don't you grow the hell up.

[QUOTE=Lakas Fan Yo]This is pretty much a myth and yet you keep stating it over and over. Nice job.[/QUOTE]

How so? The international teams have a much greater continuity of rosters for most countries than the US. How many teams have almost universal turnover from olympics to WC like the US did? We threw together a team. It's not an excuse, you lose and you lose. But tell me how many other teams were thrown together for this like ours was?

and i didnt repeat shit OVER AND OVER, thats you. I posted on this maybe twice total. I could give a flying shit about the WC, i guarantee im not posting anything over and over about it.

[QUOTE=Lakas Fan Yo]Your racism is a bit much.....even for this forum.[/QUOTE]

You don't know what racism is.

[QUOTE=niko]I guess the players you look up to in the euroleauge count as non serious basketball fans.[/QUOTE]

LMFAO.............

How many times has it been proven in this forum that the NBA is hardly even shown on TV in Europe. It's hard as hell to see it even if you wanted to. Wake the hell up. You criticized the guys in here that are racist (and I applaud you for that)....yet you yourself are such a huge xenophobe and that is not much better.

What is even worse is that you accuse and label others as xenophobes, when they are not. IMHO, your way of thinking is even more dangerous than the racist way of thinking.

[QUOTE=ZenMaster]lol what? "Every kid gets told", how do you even come up with this stuff...?[/QUOTE]

I will just take it for a fact that your IQ is around 80 and leave it at that.

[QUOTE=niko]How so? The international teams have a much greater continuity of rosters for most countries than the US. How many teams have almost universal turnover from olympics to WC like the US did? We threw together a team. It's not an excuse, you lose and you lose. But tell me how many other teams were thrown together for this like ours was?

and i didnt repeat shit OVER AND OVER, thats you. I posted on this maybe twice total. I could give a flying shit about the WC, i guarantee im not posting anything over and over about it.[/QUOTE]

Look, if you refuse to even make the attempt to find out facts then what is the point in discussing with you?

[QUOTE=ZenMaster]You don't know what racism is.[/QUOTE]

I know that you are an idiot.

[QUOTE=Lakas Fan Yo]LMFAO.............

How many times has it been proven in this forum that the NBA is hardly even shown on TV in Europe. It's hard as hell to see it even if you wanted to. Wake the hell up. You criticized the guys in here that are racist (and I applaud you for that)....yet you yourself are such a huge xenophobe and that is not much better.

What is even worse is that you accuse and label others as xenophobes, when they are not. IMHO, your way of thinking is even more dangerous than the racist way of thinking.[/QUOTE]

Dude, go **** yourself. Liking or not liking european basketball is not the litmus test for racism. And again, you are generalizing against me like i post 7,000 things against you. I do not. That is not me. Do not get so pissy with me because you lose track of who you are arguing against.

I've seen many interviews with players from europe when asked about the nba, who praise it to high heaven. THAT was my point.

And again, don't call me racist - you don't know me dude. I'm somewhat dark skinned (i', puerto rican), and my child is mixed spanish/asian. I grew up all around black and spanish people almost 100% (in sunset park) and i spent pretty much all my college years traveling hear and there. and for some reason, when people disrespect my sports team (or country) i've NEVER ever even thought "racist!" as a retort. But perhaps i'm not a ****ing retard like you.

You know, i've always been polite with you pretty much, i actually try to listen to what you say, and yet you always call me a name because you are arguing with other people. SO i'm done with you - you are a dumb ****ing retarded e-tough who claims racism anytime you'd need to spend more than ten seconds crafting an argument.

And seriously a big **** YOU to the board and the mods who let you call people racist over and over and never do anything. I'm sorry, that's not right.

[QUOTE=niko]Dude, go **** yourself. Liking or not liking european basketball is not the litmus test for racism. And again, you are generalizing against me like i post 7,000 things against you. I do not. That is not me. Do not get so pissy with me because you lose track of who you are arguing against.

I've seen many interviews with players from europe when asked about the nba, who praise it to high heaven. THAT was my point.

And again, don't call me racist - you don't know me dude. I'm somewhat dark skinned (i', puerto rican), and my child is mixed spanish/asian. I grew up all around black and spanish people almost 100% (in sunset park) and i spent pretty much all my college years traveling hear and there. and for some reason, when people disrespect my sports team (or country) i've NEVER ever even thought "racist!" as a retort. But perhaps i'm not a ****ing retard like you.

You know, i've always been polite with you pretty much, i actually try to listen to what you say, and yet you always call me a name because you are arguing with other people. SO i'm done with you - you are a dumb ****ing retarded e-tough who claims racism anytime you'd need to spend more than ten seconds crafting an argument.

And seriously a big **** YOU to the board and the mods who let you call people racist over and over and never do anything. I'm sorry, that's not right.[/QUOTE]

If you cannot separate NBA marketing from reality, then I have no need to argue this with you. Maybe you are just too stupid to form any thoughts of your own.

[QUOTE=Lakas Fan Yo]I know that you are an idiot.[/QUOTE]

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