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Originally posted by wellard:
First the USA baseball team fails to qualify then the USA basketball team gets beat by Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico had beaten the United States "Dream Team" basketballers 92-73 in one of the biggest shocks in the history of the Olympic Games.
NBA superstars Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and LeBron James were humiliated by a team they had beaten 96-71 just over two weeks ago in Florida.
Both sides are in Australia's group in the men's basketball competition.
It was the first defeat in 25 games for the United States since NBA talent including Michael Jordan began playing for them in Olympic competition at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
from the ABC (aus)
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That's just disgraceful. How much are these snapperheads getting paid - to miss 15ft jump shots??
Looks like the Dream Team can't score unless they dunk the ball. Showboating and hangtime have really made basic TEAM basketball skills go to waste - like passing to open teammates, defending as a TEAM, and hitting open jumpshots. They seriously looked like muppets out there, getting manhandled by a minnow.
What's even more disgraceful is the amount of no shows - there should be nothing more important than representing your country. Obviously not for a few of these multimillionaires, eh. You've got to at least give credit to these fellas for turning up.
Then again, the OZ aren't doing much better - but at least all our blokes fronted up
[ 08-16-2004, 06:53 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]