Thoughts on Team USA after seeing them beat China on Aug.10

[It's A VC3!!!]

LeBron Rocked!

[jason816]

<-- ISH poster from Hong Kong, CHINA.

just finished watching the game between China and USA...
the result turned out as expected...

I believe the Chinese team could have done much better..

Chinese National Team
1, the coach is an idiot.

2, the PGs made too many silly plays. dribbling for 20 secs and then decide to drive to the hoop all by themselves... throwing bad pass, bad shots...

3, Yao only touched the ball down low for couple of times... his teammates could not give him the ball.

4, Sun Yue should be the ball handler from the very beginning of the game.. he protects the ball well, able to drive and dish...

5, Wang Zhizhi didn't play enuf mins.


next game vs Spain... i still think they can compete with the top teams in the world....

GO CHINA!

[Da KO King]

Team USA needs to improve the technique of it's defenders when they "show" on ball screens. They keep having guys play the ball horizontal instead of vertical and teams like Greece and Spain will make it rain on them like Fat Joe and Lil Wayne.

The ball pressure on defense was sub par. They got away with it because China has some of the weakest ball handlers in the tournament. Against the elite national teams that won't cut it.

Zone offense needs work. Every time China went zone the USA response was feed LeBron James on a flash cut to the high post and then just stand around in in a 1-3-1 and wait for China to make a mistake. No one cut to the short corner or moved around at all. Not going to cut it against stronger teams.

[Allstar24]

What a blowout. But good for team USA, this was a pretty decent start.

Best player of the game was probably Wade (as much as it pains me to say that) but he was near perfect. Jason Kidd was useless. 0 pts 0 assists 1 reb... What's the point of having him as our starting PG?

[Junny]

Hey Jason816, your 2nd point is way too long. I can sum it up in 3 words: PG was shyt.

[Jimmy2k8]

Kobe should be benched for his own good..

[jamal99]

sad but true...

[jamal99]

The game would've been much closer if the FIBA refs called the numerous traveling calls on James and Wade. I guess even in international ball they're giving an extra step to the Americans. Pathetic.

true...

[steve]

true...

Maybe, but they miss it with every team. Spain does it, Argentina practically lives by it.

[Valliant13]

I LOVE IT...

The USA players play as if nothing can stop them just the way they look the way the fake their opponents its great to watch.

They also look so professional

They are way to more superior to China its kidna funny

Given recent history, playing with arrogance is not a good thing, it make you underestimate your opponent. Playing with Confidence is fine, but team USA has real weaknesses that they better be aware of.

And yes, they are much better than China, which probably won't even make out of the preliminary round. Not a huge achievement.

[Godfather]

I LOVE IT...

The USA players play as if nothing can stop them just the way they look the way the fake their opponents its great to watch.

They also look so professional

They are way to more superior to China its kidna funny

How does that make them arrogant...?

[Lebron23]

Maybe, but they miss it with every team. Spain does it, Argentina practically lives by it.

Manu always travel in the NBA , and in the FIBA Competition.

[xxxSuperStar]

The USA coaching staff remains thoroughly unimpressive and ignorant because:

1) No balance

2) J-Kidd shouldn't be "grandfathered" in as a starter, even international teams just know to play off him

3) Chris Bosh, with his outside shot and passing ability, is the best big and should be the starting center. Howard should come off the bench as energy and defensive specialist.

4) Poor recognition or willingness to change to combat other teams strategies.

[Godfather]

Kobe should be benched for his own good..

Off one bad shooting game in which his team still put up a blowout win? Fault Kobe when the team loses not when they win. LeBron and Wade on the other hand were absolutley amazing. Did you guys know Wade didn't miss a single shot? That is 7/7 from the field and 5/5 from the FT line.

[Trax416]

Start Chris Bosh at Power Foward.

1. He has shot 100 percent in four games now.

2. He played only 13 minutes last night, and was the leading rebounder. He shot 100 percent from the field, and scored only four less points then Dwight, who played 20 minutes.

3. Melo, once again, played like ****.

4. Having Chris Bosh start at PF, will let him help Dwight rebound, and allow Team USA to have arguably the fastest and most mobile PF in the Olympics. We all know he can score, and he has been nothing but consistent these Olympics.