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The olympic basketball team was selected for the Beijing olympics in 2008. I heard some guy at work ranting that Allen Iverson was not selected. What are peoples opinions on this team? I don't know much about basketball.
Who knows maybe Morrison and Redick could be on the team by 2008.
I'm the same way. I remember the last Olympics when US played Germany. I think it was a qualifier, don't really remember. I'm half-German, so of course I was rooting for the Germans to beat the Americans. Well, US won that one, as I recall by a half-court shot or whatever. I have the memory of an 90 year-old apparently.guest301 said:I have mixed feelings on that KG2422... The last couple of Olympics and World championships I have rooted for the Lithuanians, Italians, and Argentina to beat whatever version of the "dream team" that goes over there.
Oh, we can't have that. Two stinking white players.There also were questionable invitees like Luke Ridnour and Mike Miller...
guest301 said:Maybe Dirk shouldn't have said that but realistically if Shaq was there, it probably wouldn't have been close especially if he would have gotten away with as much physicality as he does in the NBA.
guest301 said:Didn't Shaq play on previous Olympic and/or world championship USA teams. I don't seem to remember him being ineffective or fouling out in those games. Now it's true if refs go strictly by the rules, He would foul out of every game. But he is too much of a star worldwide to get that kind of enforcement from the refs. I agree that he wouldn't help much now.