ArtMonkDrillz
09-01-2006, 10:00 AM
ESPN.com - OLY/WBC2006 - Upset special: Greece stuns U.S. in FIBA semis (http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/wbc2006/news/story?id=2568543)
Everyone said it would happen but I didn't believe it, especially against a team like Greece. Good job Coach K, go back to freaking out little kids with your tiny mouth. And nice shooting guys, you've done the U.S.ofA. proud.
SmootSmack
09-01-2006, 10:05 AM
Not hugely surprised they lost. International Basketball is very very good. But I thought it'd be to Spain or Argentina. Not Greece
Oh well, they should have never let Arenas go
ArtMonkDrillz
09-01-2006, 10:07 AM
Exactly, if they had lost to Argentina I would have expected it. But it seemed like the red carpet was laid out for them to walk right into the championship game. Hell, maybe that's why they didn't play well, they just expected to beat them.
SmootSmack
09-01-2006, 10:11 AM
It totally screwed us up here at ESPN. We have to move all these programs around to get this bronze medal game on
vaoutlaws2006
09-01-2006, 10:19 AM
nba players the biggest babies in the world. Too many egos on one team....I tell you what I think Gilbert had the last laugh on this one.
TheMalcolmConnection
09-01-2006, 10:23 AM
ESPN.com - OLY/WBC2006 - Upset special: Greece stuns U.S. in FIBA semis (http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/wbc2006/news/story?id=2568543)
Everyone said it would happen but I didn't believe it, especially against a team like Greece. Good job Coach K, go back to freaking out little kids with your tiny mouth. And nice shooting guys, you've done the U.S.ofA. proud.
What pisses me off the most is that other countries have a huge, quivering orgasm every time the USA loses in something. We're the New York Yankees of the world. :doh:
SmootSmack
09-01-2006, 10:29 AM
It's just the World Championships, not the Olympics. They played their guts out but didn't want to show too much. They only used 2% of their playbook. They wanted to practice executing specific plays. Really it's just a matter of getting their mental reps down.
TheMalcolmConnection
09-01-2006, 10:32 AM
So they're trying to lull the world into a false sense of security?
ArtMonkDrillz
09-01-2006, 10:35 AM
It totally screwed us up here at ESPN. We have to move all these programs around to get this bronze medal game on
I'm suprised the world wide leader didn't already plan on the US playing in the lesser-medal game
SmootSmack
09-01-2006, 10:41 AM
I'm suprised the world wide leader didn't already plan on the US playing in the lesser-medal game
Well we had a plan in place. It's just that the gold medal game would have been much easier because it would mean less movement of other programs.
The bronze medal game was just a bit harder to schedule
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