OT: [nas] national b ball

I meant the current set up is awesome with coach K.  Barca

resembled the current US side  and Red Bull resembled China.

Yes, the attitude is totally different.  I like the team. It is not

all "megastars". Have some role players and to fir coack K's system.

 

 We finally realized we could not just literally "throw" a bunch of

"all stars" together for a few weeks and dominate like we used to.

We now realize we need to send a TEAM to compete. A team that

wants to be there and one that can be together for a while to actually

resemble a national team.

 

  However, what it clearly shows is that if we do these steps the right

way, there is still nobody out there to even give us a worry.  We also

do not even have to use our "best" talent to do it. Just need commitment,

good coach, (due to international rules and the zone, I believe college coaches

are better for the men's national team) and to have a team together for

a while and we'll get back to domination. 

 Thank goodness some players

and coaches are showing some pride for a change.  We got hundreds of players

in the NBA that can be put together for such a team. They do not have to be

the "elite" players. We can still dominate with them if allowed to play together

for a stretch.

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Doug Swan

To: NAS

Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:39 AM

Subject: Re: [nas] Red Bull Barca observations

On Aug 14, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Jeff Moore wrote:

Looked like the current US national basketball team against...
well anyone right now.  To be expected, however.

You can't be serious. I think what you meant was the former US men's team. If you've been watching the papers at all over the past four weeks, you'd know that the US will be winning again and quite easily. They're finally doing it the right way (by learning and playing the international game). I've watched all four of the exhibition games so far on television and this is just a completely different attitude for out team. D

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