Hopper
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Well, VJ, are ya suggestin, then, that the USA would have won more convincingly if they'd just sent a good NBA team (like the Jazz, mebbe) over there, instead of all-NBA players?
Some Things to Consider-- becoming the 04 Pistons
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Well, VJ, are ya suggestin, then, that the USA would have won more convincingly if they'd just sent a good NBA team (like the Jazz, mebbe) over there, instead of all-NBA players?
I am not suggesting anything. I am just saying that I would'nt use anything that happens in the Olympics to draw conclusions in the NBA. Two totally different setups. The players, the coach, the setting, the preparation time, the opponents, just about everything is different.
Hopper
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Well, that's fine, but none of my posts really had anything to do with the NBA. It had to do with the Olympics, specifically, the game against Spain, ya know?
I'm still kinda hopin for an answer to my question, which was: How could Spain come so close to beatin a USA team which had vastly superior individual talent?
But purely from a hypothetical point of view, it would be interesting to debate/discuss what would be the outcome if we send the eventual NBA champions every time to the Olympics. What if a completely 2010 Lakers squad would have played in the Olympics? But then again Gasol has to suit up for the USA, not Spain. It gets a little too far-fetched to even imagine.
and the point that you were trying to make, was? Because, this is a thread about building a successful NBA team.
And looks like you did mention something about the Heat.
Hopper
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I'm axxin a question, not makin a point.
and obviously you had something in mind, that drove you to ask that question? I wanted to know what that was.It seemed semi-rhetorical to me, not like an actual question.
And what relevance does that have to this thread about the Pistons.
Hopper
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Well, VJ, I never had you figured for that kinda nit-pickin stickler. Is it that you just don't want to discuss it, or that you will only do so if I start a brand-new thread?
Huh, first I need to know what was the point in you posting it here in this thread. Without understanding the relevance or atleast the intention behind you posing that question, what will I "discuss"? Makes it a little difficult, isnt it?Are you trying to say that just like how the Olympics team with all stars had problems dominating, likewise teams like the Heat with 3 big stars would have the same issues?
Hopper
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Well, it's possible I spoze. They all went over there sayin how dedicated and devoted they were to bringin home the gold (kinda like James, Wade, and Bosh are doin now), but, who knows, mebbe by the time the gold medal game came around they had just lost interest. Any other ideas?
Hopper
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I done tole ya...I aint sayin nuthin. Just axxin a question. Rich said it was a question of good coachin, depth, and chemistry, as I recall. He seemed to conclude that the USA wasn't lackin in depth or good coachin, and said it musta come down to chemistry. I then axxed him how mere "chemisty," even if presumed to be a LOT better for Spain, than the USA, could come that close to beatin vastly superior talent. I don't think he ever responded, but you did.