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Pierce is part of the player pool but hasn't attended training camp either year, so I doubt he's in consideration for the Olympics.
ArkadiosV2 said:Was Paul Pierce even in the candidates list in the first place? Because according to a Greek sports website he is not anymore...
Yeah, he won't be on the team.JGX said:Pierce is part of the player pool but hasn't attended training camp either year, so I doubt he's in consideration for the Olympics.
So, I guess that's it.Truth Is US Squad Has No Position for Pierce - May 26, 2008, Boston Globe, by Marc J. Spears
The highest-ranking USA Basketball official [Jerry Colangelo] said no new players are expected to be added to the pool of NBA stars from which the Olympic roster will be chosen. That basically made it official that Paul Pierce will not be a late addition and thus the Celtics won't have any player representation in the Olympics.
..."I'm pretty much off the list as far as USA Basketball," Pierce said. "But I'm going to try to go out and support them this summer during the time that they are out there. I want them to win the gold."
..."If you look at these teams overseas, they don't have 12 great players. But they have great chemistry and that's why they've been able to catch up."
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"I'm glad I didn't lose on the biggest stage, the Olympics," Pierce said. "People are going to forget about [the world championships]. But they aren't going to forget about the Olympics."
mvblair said:Pierce won't be considered because he wasn't on the team in the past two years, but according to the Salt Lake Tribune, Boozer is still a possibility. He didn't play in '06 because of an injury and didn't play in '07 because he was pregnant. Boozer said "I'm sure we'll both [Deron Williams] make it."
Boozer played in Athens (after cheating the Cavaliers). He played well in Athens, getting 6 1/2 points and 3 rebounds a game.
Phantim3dx said:he was pregnant? really matt?
I'm conflicted on this one. You're absolutely right that Boozer is a more balanced player, but Bosh is a lot better on offense. I'd kind of like to see both of them on the team and maybe push Chandler off the team...id take boozer over bosh
Yeah. You're right. Boozer will play much better without the ball than Bosh.we need mroe of role supporters; i thnik boozer can contribute in this category.
It would be nice to see them on the team together. And you know something? I think maybe Korver, also in Utah, might not be a bad choice. It's too late now, obviously, to add Korver, but in retrospect he would be a good choice.also add in d williams(if he is in the roster, and the chemistry would be much greater. although these two would never compare to malone and stockton. those 2 old foggies did contribute tot he chemistry of the teamusa in 1992.
You're right, but Chandler is also a very skinny, very weak center. He'll get hurt by some of the bigger, tougher centers in international play.Nikoo said:Chandler is a legit 7 footer
mvblair said:You're right, but Chandler is also a very skinny, very weak center. He'll get hurt by some of the bigger, tougher centers in international play.
Alex07 said:There's not enough Choices on the Power Forward and Center position..USA will be undersized.The tallest would be Dwight Howard at 6'11.I hope they could include guys like Bosh,Duncan or Even Kevin Garnett(just hoping)..I'd be very happy to see some young guys on the squad like Kevin Durant(Le Bron's reliever) and Greg Oden (if healthy)..But I guess they had made their choices already.
You're right that we need shooting. We need shooting an playmaking. As long as we're running "isolations" that get double-teamed we'll lose. But I agree with Alex that we need to have somebody with a little more beef inside. Unfortunately, I can't really think of any good Americans that fit that bill right now. Maybe Brad Miller if he's still healthy, but he's lost a lot of his game recently. I guess Boozer is about the biggest guy who can defend that we have now that I think about it...L8DBACK said:I think the outside shooting is a must fot the USA squad, knocking in those
3's! It was the outside shooting that help the USA team in the Tournament of Americas. I rather keep USA team intact from the last international competition with a few minor changes.
An excellent analysis, Matiz. This is a great way of stating the biggest differences between the two teams. The Dream Team had distinguishable players, but Team 2006-Team 2008 have the same skill set.Joško Poljak Fan said:Reggie/Jordan/Drexler, Olajuwon/Ewing/Robinson/Shaq/Barkley, Stockton/Johnson/Dumars or Pippen/Bird/Johnson/Mullin were all superstars in the league, but you could easily distinguish some of their specific things they could do on court, each of them had some different strenghts that made the whole team more variable...
right now give me Carmelo, Bryant, McGrady, LeBron... all 4 of them more of less offer you almost the same skill set. Which is uncomparable with the variety which Pippen/Bird/Johnson/Mullin could offer combined in the good old dream team age, each of them providing a whole lot different things to the table...
Well, not all of our players have that attitude. Yes, almost everyone from 2002 had this attitude, and it bled to 2004. Now though, I think most of these players realize that they cannot continue playing their same game and expect to win. I mean, they must realize that, right???Straight forward said:My question is- how many international competitions USA should lost that they would cut that supid "we are the kings of the world" attitude?