I was witness, live on television today, to a disgraceful act.
I watched, slack-jawed, as the USA Men's Dream Team XX basically told Nigeria's team to go home, scoring a tournament-record 156 points and an 83-point margin of victory.
And then, in the post-game press conference, Coach K, who has to try to control these overpaid nitwits, had the gall to question someone for asking about running up the score?
"We didn't play LeBron [James] and Kobe [Bryant] in the second half, and
with Carmelo shooting like that, we benched him," Krzyzewski said. "We
didn't take any fast breaks in the fourth quarter, and we played all
zone. You have to take a shot every 24 seconds, and the shots we took
happened to be hit."
I saw that game on television. At some point, a basis of sportsmanship and dignity has to come into play, and if you have to just stop shooting at all, then so be it!
The ONLY case you would have is if FIBA rules are like the rules that got the badminton players thrown out (and now one has quit the sport entirely!), and that you must give your best effort, even when it is a complete embarrassment of riches to the competition!
You're an idiot. You obviously didn't understand what you were watching. From the middle of the third to the end of the game the US played zone, stopped any and all fast breaks and sat all starters along with Anthony. To suggest a team should stop shooting would be insulting to the game and the Nigerian team. Learn about a sport before you write about it.
ReplyDeleteThey've basically got two options, moron...
DeleteEither continue to play, and get the score up around two hundred
or show a little respect and class...
Wait a minute... These are NBA players. "Respect" and "class" are foreign words to them, and to you.
Screw the Dream Team, and screw the US Olympic Team.