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i dont know and dont really care. atleast the spurs have something to show instead of a bronze. hopefully team usa can stay consistent and not bow down to lesser talent around the world.
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i dont know and dont really care. atleast the spurs have something to show instead of a bronze. hopefully team usa can stay consistent and not bow down to lesser talent around the world.
Dwight Howard, Michael Redd, Jason Kidd, Lebron and Kobe? Spurs would get killed!
They wouldn't if they had Scola.
we could be lost
Spurs would trash them with team play.
Spurs would lose. But, it would be closer than any other team in the NBA.
I think it would be a hard-fought affair.
USA would obviously have an advantage in talent, but you can only put 5 guys on the floor at a time. And they wouldn't be able to keep up this showtime pace against a team trained to defend NBA players.
Spurs would have the advantage in cohesiveness and, more than likely, team defense. And having three of the best players from their respective countries doesn't hurt either.
I think the Spurs would have a chance to win a game.
USA would win a seven game series. But it would be fun to watch.
spurs would sweep
too many chiefs... not enough indians.
I don't know about that. I like Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Amare Stoudemire, and Dwight Howard with Carmelo Anthony as the 6th man off the bench over the Spurs team.
If the Spurs would play at their FULL potential....
I mean FUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLL potential. Lock down defense, set the pace, ALL of our 3 pt shooters just going off and hitting everything..
It would be a close loss.
I think the idea of team play is being a little underestimated here.
But even saying that, the Spurs wouldn't be able to guard everyone. USA is running basically a 3-3-3-4-4 set right now, and every player has speed and hops. They're insane. And they're going to annihilate everyone on their way to a le.
However, I think the Spurs would absolutely decimate a lot of the teams that the US is playing these days. I mean.... the Spurs knocked a team off featuring Barbosa as the 4 or 5th best player in six games. What would they do to a team which had him as the #1 guy?
If USA is playing unselfishly, the Spurs would get their clocks cleaned.
at first i thought this was a dumb thread to start, but it did may me think seriously about it.
i think if they are playing by fiba rules, then team usa would blow us out. but if it was a nba playoff series, i could see us winning at least 2 games.
Spurs would win it, book it.
That's a pretty good question, actually.
I'd probably go with the Spurs. If you think about it, this Team USA could conceivably lose to the Argentina NT ... and the Spurs are better than the Argentina NT.
The great thing about basketball is chemistry and experience can usually beat a collection of talent. However, if as talented as this USA roster is, it might trump that line of thought.
If the two teams played a seven game series, I'd think the series was go six or seven with either team having a decent shot.
Team USA would crush the Spurs.
Depends on how much practice Team USA got together....
Keep in mind, having Jason Kidd with a bunch of all stars is a whole of a lot different than having AI and Marbury with a bunch of all stars.
I'd go so far to say that if the 04 Team USA had Michael Redd....they'd have probably won the gold.
That team had no outside shooting and no pass first point guards.
Are the Spurs better than Argentina, Spain and Greece? These teams are not as talented as the Spurs but are probably on par in terms of team chemistry. I'd say the Spurs are better than these teams and will probably beat Team USA once or twice out of a 6 games.
If we could put David next to Timmy again, then I would say the Spurs, hands down. I don't know if Elson, or Fabs can contain Dwight Howard. Really, that's the only mismatch I see. It's only 40 minutes, which is pretty good for us. We don't start blowin' leads until about 6-7 minute mark in the 4th period, which would be about 41-42 minutes. You could essentially have a 7 man rotation. It would be interesting. DAVID STERN, MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I would Pay-Per-View to see this.
Exactly. If you take 12 players and have them practice together for two weeks, I don't think that they could beat a team like the Spurs that has played together for years.
Now if Team USA played together for a year, they'd beat the Spurs. If they played together for as long as the Spurs have played together, they'd crush the Spurs.
But if right now this Team USA walked off the court and played the Spurs with the Spurs playing their best, it'd be a very interesting seven-game series.
True.
Jason Kidd is the difference between this team and other losing versions of Team USA. Kidd can keep everyone involved and is a big enough defender that the FIBA rules of more physical play allowed on guards doesn't bother him.
Although the media likes to talk up Kobe, Kidd is the real engine that makes that team work. Take out Kidd and you'd have a lot of the same problems. Kidd, next to Magic, might be the most perfect player ever to run a team of stars.
I agree completely.
Kidd is the difference maker.
LMAO it would be a blowout cause Michael Redd would shoot over the Spurs and kill them with 3 ptrs. If not Redd than Kobe is a given on any night to go off for over 50 pts. Add Lebron with another potential scorer to go off and you're already toast from three different positions. Howard nullfies Duncan on the inside. Stoudamire adds more depth and then you have Billups coming off the bench? hah..Spurs or any other NBA team would be toast.
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