Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 11:12:59 05/03/04
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On May 03, 2004 at 13:00:39, Russell Reagan wrote: >On May 03, 2004 at 10:18:06, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>So much so that the current World Champion in basketball is Serbia & Montenegro >>after beating the USA "dream team" last year in the midst of the USA. Serbia & >>Montenegro won the game against the USA team by a 6 point margin and knocked USA >>out of the competition in the quarterfinal and went on to win the finals against >>Argentina. BTW, Reggie Miller whom you mentioned was one of the big names on >>the US team in his home town of Indianapolis... :-) > >Reggie Miller is old (for an NBA player, almost 40). It says a lot that he is >"one of the big names on the US team", even though he isn't close to one of the >best U.S. players anymore. When he plays, he doesn't even play half the game >anymore. > >The team that you speak of is not even close to a U.S. "dream team". When they >first let NBA players play in international events, our best players >participated, but now none of the top players seem to care (they're too busy >counting their money). If our best players participated, we would still be >undefeated, winning most games by huge margins. That U.S. team that lost games >was a joke compared to the best team we could have sent. Unfortunately, it >doesn't look like we are going to send our best players anytime soon. > >It is exciting to see good players coming from other countries, but even though >you have a Predrag Stojakovic and Dirk Nowitzki and top NBA players like them, >they are only one man for their country's team. It takes more than one man to be >the best team in the world (unless that one man is Michael Jordan, and even then >only maybe). Those guys are no Michael Jordan. > >>I am only 6' 2" and never played basketball either, but I did play American >>football for my high school... Didn't find it slow paced though. > >During each play it is not slow, but after every play you stop for 30 seconds >and walk around. I think that's why people say it is slow paced. You are just about right, and I know that. However, my comment hinged on the statement that it was a pleasant surprise that basketball was starting in Europe... Which is not true, regardless of the weakish NBA team that the US had in the World Champs, for reasons I just told. BTW, Sacramento Kings have two starters of the starting five who were on the Serbia & Montenegro team: Pedja Stojakovic and Vlade Divac. There were also 4 more players on the Serbia & Montenegro team that were playing in the NBA but who are not very well-known. Regardless of that they are not child's play to play against. Not for a moment did I claim that any team could actually beat the best of the NBA team, if they ever show up. I still like American football, and I loved the 30 seconds you brought up a lot. I could catch my breath every once in a while -- not easy to tackle guys weighing over 230 pounds :-).
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