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X upsets USA???

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NorCal said:
My list of teams that have a legitimate shot of beating the U.S.: Spain, Greece, Turkey and Serbia. The good thing for us is that all of these teams are on the other side of the bracket. However, since one of these teams will probably be making the final, whoever that is will presumably be on a roll and will come into the final with a lot of confidence. Any issues in the preliminary rounds will have been long forgotten by then.
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I think Brazil and Argentina and Lithuania are dangerous matches, luckily we will only have to face one of them....
 
Justin in AZ said:
I think Brazil and Argentina and Lithuania are dangerous matches, luckily we will only have to face one of them....
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Yeah, I could see those teams giving us some trouble but IMO it would take a lot of things going wrong for us and a lot of things going right for them for it to be a close game. The other teams I mentioned, I don't think they would need as much chance involved to give us a close game.
 
NorCal said:
Any of the top teams could beat this U.S. team on a good day for them and a bad day for us. Brazil showed that with their three point bombs and athleticism.

My list of teams that have a legitimate shot of beating the U.S.: Spain, Greece, Turkey and Serbia. The good thing for us is that all of these teams are on the other side of the bracket. However, since one of these teams will probably be making the final, whoever that is will presumably be on a roll and will come into the final with a lot of confidence. Any issues in the preliminary rounds will have been long forgotten by then.
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I really don't think what Brazil did good to come up against USA was to bomb treys and their athleticism. What they did good actually was to slow the game down, dictating the tempo with their pg Huertas and playing pick and rolls flawlessly.

This USA team is beatable any day by playing basics of the basketball with this roster, and if my NT could achieve that, i will be on clouds, for sure.:)
 
Possible teams who can defeat Team USA.
1)Turkey
2)Lithuania
3)Argentina
4)Serbia
 
srbija to win WC, my prediction. and below word of encouragment in serbian.

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Many teams can upset them, USA still has 3 tough games, but they are favourites to win it all.
 
Spain can beat USA. In the friendly game, USA won but Scariolo did not show all his cards. Spain play the entire game man to man and they only loose by one. This time, Spain will come with everything and expect all kinds of zone defense.
 
cardenales said:
Spain can beat USA. In the friendly game, USA won but Scariolo did not show all his cards. Spain play the entire game man to man and they only loose by one. This time, Spain will come with everything and expect all kinds of zone defense.
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The friendly was also in Madrid and I'm sure the USA "didn't show all their cards", either. Why is that excuse always given here?
 
Unimane said:
The friendly was also in Madrid and I'm sure the USA "didn't show all their cards", either. Why is that excuse always given here?
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The reason is: In FIBA, any team but the USA. Could you imagine if this USA "B" Team wins the Gold, then it will show that we didn't need our best superstars in the WC.:eek: It will be a USA-Spain finals! USA wins by 6 points!:D
 
the truth is the usa can probably send their d team and win this tournament.
 
Hopefully that's the way the U.S. players think too. Hubris brings teams down.

:rolleyes:
 
Hepcat said:
Hopefully that's the way the U.S. players think too. Hubris brings teams down.

:rolleyes:
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Any country as successful as we are in this sport would feel the same. Are you telling me there's no hubris in Canadian hockey? Brazilian soccer?
 
L8DBACK said:
The reason is: In FIBA, any team but the USA. Could you imagine if this USA "B" Team wins the Gold, then it will show that we didn't need our best superstars in the WC.:eek: It will be a USA-Spain finals! USA wins by 6 points!:D
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I think this is best TEAM usa has sent on some big turnament since 1992. Lately USA was sending alot of "stars" who were trying to solo-win against other and you can see result of that aproach. In my oppinion i think biggest disadvantage of USA team is passion sometimes i think they care about their country as much as i care about George W. Bush's sex life
 
L8DBACK said:
The reason is: In FIBA, any team but the USA. Could you imagine if this USA "B" Team wins the Gold, then it will show that we didn't need our best superstars in the WC.:eek: It will be a USA-Spain finals! USA wins by 6 points!:D
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Your "B" team might win the gold, but your "A" team might lose as well. Those are not relative, you lost with better names in 2006, basketball is a more complex game,
thats more important how well you've become as a team, and this "B" team shown me more prospect than the superstars including "A" team before. This is not NBA area, this is international area, and worlds basketball level is getting closer day by day, so because of that, soon your players athletic abilities efficieny will reduce minimum, and that day you'll care much more to pick team players instead of picking the superstars..
 
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