Recent content by Unimane

Wouldn't proof be in the actual playing? I mean, if Rubio comes and sets the NBA on fire, then you may have a point. However, at this point, he's coming to the NBA because he was a lottery pick a few years ago when he was full of promise as a teenager starting for the Spanish national team...

It isn't that hard to pick out a team that is pretty solidly better than another team. Although, I guess I should be more "sensitive" and give teams like Tunisia their proper due by saying I don't know if they'll win against the USA.

I think you are seeing more issues than actually exist.

All in all, I think you waayyyyy overrate the European crowd experience in comparison to the US game. If you think that these USA players are going to experience something they've never seen before now, then you are seriously kidding yourself.

Just to make a point here. I believe all the USA players, or at least most of them, have played in FIBA events as younger players in the youth tournaments. This won't be the first time they've played under international rules. No, they don't normally play under these guidelines, but they won't...

There are so many things wrong in this post, I don't know where to begin. OK, here goes..... 1. The USA never considered pulling out of the WCs. I don't know where you heard this. I've certainly haven't heard anything remotely suggested about this. 2. Do you really think that these players...

Uhh, I hate to break it to you, but the Phoenicians didn't discover America, neither did Columbus nor the Chinese. Although, I'm sure the people already in America for tens of thousands of years would be amused at the different cultures fighting over credit.

Exactly who are the NBA owners not allowing to play for their national teams? The Gasol brothers? Rudy Fernandez? Manu Ginobili? Tony Parker? Sounds like a bunch of paranoid gibberish, to me. There's nothing to back your statements, other than the fact of a reactionary antipathy to anything...

There must be some cultural aspect going on here because there are a number of non-American posters talking about the "antics" of LeBron and I have no idea what they are talking about. "The single biggest punk and moron" is pretty strong, certainly not fitting what I've ever seen. If LeBron is...

With the rule changes, I'm not sure why an international player like Childress would be necessary. The rectangle lane, 3 point line, etc. are more in line with the NBA, so the game is more homogenized now. Childress wasn't one of the top 50 players in the NBA when he played, I don't know what...

I'm not sure if you are joking or not, but, if you think that LeBron is imitating throwing cocaine in the air, then that is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard. BTW, I hate to say it, but Kobe's better (right now).

Wow, thread revived after 2 years! Anyway, just to put the issue to rest, here is the website that documents when USA players take doping tests http://www.usada.org/what-we-do/testing-statistics/athlete-test-history.aspx I think there was a mix up in some of the issues surrounding NBA players...

I told you that you would like Lofton. I'm not surprised at all he's doing this well. He's probably the best contested shooter I've ever seen. Here's one of the best shots I've ever seen from Chris' junior year at Tennessee over Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant when he was at Texas...

Awesome, thanks guys. I told you all that he would be big in Turkey. Not a great athlete, just a great basketball player.

Hello guys. I wrote a couple of months ago about Chris Lofton, who now plays for Mersin in the Turkish League. It's a little difficult tracking down statistics from the States, so I was hoping someone here could fill me in on how Chris is doing. He played at Tennessee and is one of the favorite...