September 06, 2002
They'd still get a medal if this was a youth league
After going 58-0 in international competition since they began using NBA players, Team USA lost their second straight game and are now out of the World Basketball Championships. Best they can do is finish 5th.
And Team USA has the home court advantage -- the Championships are being played in Indianapolis! How could this happen?
Well, when one scans the team's roster one fails to find the names of most of the NBA's biggest stars. No Shaq, no Kobe, no Iverson, no Kevin Garnett, no MJ, no Tracy McGrady, no Tim Duncan, no Rasheed Wallace, no Chris Webber, no Alonzo Mourning, no Jason Kidd...
I guess I would have thought that after September 11, maybe the NBA players could show a little patriotism and get up for playing on their nation's team, like NBA players from other nations do.
Posted by blipsman at September 6, 2002 09:51 AM