Team USA - what a DISGRACE!!!

[johnny]

Originally posted by Downunda: quote: Originally posted by johnny: Cause if they were playing the other teams would be blown off the court.

s'a bit presumptuous ain't it mate? Both Argentina and Yugoslavia played with skill and determination, who's to say that they wouldn't have won? [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]I say that mate, you just watch next time. They won't make a mistake like this again.

[Downunda]

Originally posted by Davros: Chickens......Hatch.......Count

Hey, I'm not saying we're gonna win some shiny things Just for us to have made it this far is good enough for me [img]smile.gif[/img]

@Unca Johnny: I realize that the odds are stacked towards the US team but the way you said it sounded like the rest of the teams suck, and I was pointing out that this wasn't the case [img]graemlins/blueblink.gif[/img]

[Donut]

If it's going to upset the Aussies then I'm cheering the Enzedders!

[Link]

I never really interested myself in basketball, but I do like to watch it. Especially Rodman (although he quit, didn't he?) cos he was always in a fight [img]smile.gif[/img] And the Dutch commentator (called Mart Smeets) is too cool commentating basketball

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Donut: If it's going to upset the Aussies then I'm cheering the Enzedders!

Schadenfreude at work. How are merry old England faring in the cricket...I hear it's been the Sachin and Sourav Show lately, old son. Headlingley must be a bad word in the English language after what OZ and then India did there, eh. :p

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by johnny: I don't know exactly which guys played this tournament, but i'm sure there was no T-Mac, Vince Carter, C Webb, Kobe Bryant, etc.

Damn right there weren't, and the tourney was poorer for them not being there. I remember back in 1992 you had All-Stars and Hall of Famers like Jordan, Bird, Magic, Malone, Stockton, Barkley, Robinson, Ewing, etc all lining up to play and represent their country. Chris Mullin was injured for most of the regular season but busted his ass to get fit and play. Where are the guys you mentioned earlier? Playing Nintendo and counting their $$$, do doubt. [img]graemlins/showoff.gif[/img]

Cause if they were playing the other teams would be blown off the court.

Uh-huh...if you say so, Johnny. I seem to remember people saying the same about THIS team just before the tournament. This team had guys like Ben Wallace, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, it had Michael Finley, Paul Pierce, Andre Miller, Reggie Miller, Antonio Davis...they were not your el-cheapo NBA players. At least they decided to turn up and play for their country, eh? Team USA were so confident they only bothered to get together to practice two weeks before the start of the tournament. Can anyone spell A-R-R-O-G-A-N-C-E?

[ 09-06-2002, 09:13 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]

[Donut]

Originally posted by Memnoch: quote: Originally posted by Donut: If it's going to upset the Aussies then I'm cheering the Enzedders!

Schadenfreude at work. How are merry old England faring in the cricket...I hear it's been the Sachin and Sourav Show lately, old son. Headlingley must be a bad word in the English language after what OZ and then India did there, eh. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]You need to keep up old bean! 413-5, Michael Vaughn 195. Only the fifth person in the history of cricket to score four test centuries in a summer.

And he's coming to a ground near you SOON!

Headingly? Wasn't that where Botham... - no it couldn't be!

[Larry_OHF]

I am glad to see the loss, because when somebody gets so prideful as to think they are unbeatable...then their pride and arrogance is their worst enemy. It takes a humbling experience like this to teach us that we are not the best, just because basketball is more popular here than in other countries where futbol is the dominant sport.

[skywalker]

Originally posted by Larry_OHF: I am glad to see the loss, because when somebody gets so prideful as to think they are unbeatable...then their pride and arrogance is their worst enemy. It takes a humbling experience like this to teach us that we are not the best, just because basketball is more popular here than in other countries where futbol is the dominant sport.

Hmmm, this sounds a lot like our current foreign policy!

Mark

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Donut: quote: Originally posted by Memnoch: quote: Originally posted by Donut: If it's going to upset the Aussies then I'm cheering the Enzedders!

Schadenfreude at work. How are merry old England faring in the cricket...I hear it's been the Sachin and Sourav Show lately, old son. Headlingley must be a bad word in the English language after what OZ and then India did there, eh. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]You need to keep up old bean! 413-5, Michael Vaughn 195. Only the fifth person in the history of cricket to score four test centuries in a summer.

And he's coming to a ground near you SOON!

Headingly? Wasn't that where Botham... - no it couldn't be! [/QUOTE]Damn! I was so hoping India would stuff you up...in the spirit of schadenfreude and all...