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Piss-poor officiating. That's my damn excuse.

Doesn't look good at all.

Piss poor defense, passing, and shooting. Those are my facts.

What a disgrace that team is. How else can you describe losing by 19 to noted powerhouse puerto rico? And now add to their impressive streak they are going to lose to Argentina. Does Argentina even have a player in the NBA?

Those fat cats should go soak in their hot tubs in their 25k a week suites on the Queen Mary 2, content with the knowledge they are an embarrassment.

You can literally hear the whole world rejoicing right now. Anarchy!

Looks like we'll be playing Italy for Bronze.

Time to start draining the 3s!

i hope their egos can handle this loss :)

Ginobili plays in SA, two more are coming this next season i think

They don't care about the losses. They have th bling and the cars and homes to go back to. Gotta prepare for MTV Cribs now.

I honestly haven't watched a single game.

Has the officiating been as bad as stated?

I"m sure winning is every bit as important as the $

shame on them if their mindset are indeed geared that way. i hope they get injured and retire early.

Na, we just suck.

It's been bad but not enough to cost a game.

Now that's not nice. :winkwink:

Karma can be a bitch.

the game is over :thumbsup

they already lost?

Yup. They should just go home and give Italy the bronze.

Game over. USA loses. ARG 89 USA 81

This makes me wonder. If they win Bronze tomorrow, will they even display their medals in their homes?

Pathetic...they gave up in the end. At least with 40 seconds left foul and hope they miss some foul shots. It was only 8 points and 40 seconds left. They Gave Up!

sorry if i go beyond my temper, it's just really hard to take the loss despite the fact that the US has dominated the game of basketball than any country has. i guess im not the only one disgusted how these players get the job done.

they lost?

Does the USA have players like that?

I think thats the problem - you get these big-name players that are used to being the center of attention for their team and they do not know how to work WITH others, jsut know how to have others work for them.

The bad officiating only makes matters worse. But we (US) would still lose with good refs. So yea, the officiating is horrible, but so is the team. :mad:

ever heard of the pistons

81:89 Final result.
Argentina won!

dam i wanted to see the americans win, when they have their moments they are fun to watch,

my starting 5 if everyone would have came would have been:

Shaq
Kidd
Kobe
Mcrady
Garnett

that right there is a dream team, no one could ever touch this group of 5.

versus
Allen Iverson
Tim Duncan
Lebron James
Stephon Marbury
Lamar Odom
et al.

Coached by Larry Brown

Pathetic....

overpaid primadonnas can't compete with athletes who have heart, drive, and passion

So bring them to the games, it would be very interesting to see. But I bet they will not go to the next olympic games again because they are not so sure that they are able to win gold.

Remember Sydney?
As i remember there was kidd and garnett and Lithuania was so close to the sensation...

the olympics suck and so does the us basketball team

Hey you guys got Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamente, Jose Parica and Alex Pagulayan, Santos Sambajon---plus Manalo, Orcullo and Lining for your bench. Thats a dream team of your own.

Ginobili (San Antonio)
Nocioni (Chicago Bulls)
Carlos Delfino (Detroit pistons)

This pretty much sums it all up...

http://www.nationalreview.com/commen...0408230837.asp

I know we had some good players like Shaq, Kobe, Tmac, etc back home, but this shows that the NBA overall is pretty bad.

Should change the NBA slogan from "I Love This Game" to "This League Sucks"