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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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BTW, it is an American game. 
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Ahhemmm....
Athens 2004:-
Puerto Rico 92, USA 73
Lithuania 94, USA 90
Argentina 89, USA 81
There's always the World championships next year....
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Sir, you are woefully misinformed, suffering from serious dementia and are living in your own little mindless world if you think the "rest of the world" is better than the best of the best in the US. It is an American sport. And if you don't mind my saying it strikes me as the height of gall and arrogance to change the rules to suit the European style of play. As far as the World Championships, they don't prove a darn thing. The US team's high scorer plays in the NBA development league. What does that tell you?
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Huh? I think that you might be a l'il misinformed too.
The US team's high scorer in the last World Championship was Paul Pierce of the Celtics iirr. The last World Championship was held in Indianapolis in 2002. I watched most of the games on my dish. The NBA channel had them on. The US team had an all-NBA roster that included Pierce along with Jermaine O'Neil, Elton Brand, Reggie Miller, Ben Wallace, Michael Finlay,etc. That team went 6-3 and finished in 6th. place. The next World Championship isn't being held until next summer--2006. World championships are like the Olympics; they are held every four years.
If you were thinking about the recent tournament that the US played in South America, I believe that was a zone qualifying tournament to get into the World Championship. That US team was composed of non-NBA players from the NBDL and other leagues, I think. Correct if I'm wrong, but I think that's the scenario.
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Me... misinformed.... nah!
Yes, JR, I was referring to the World Championships Qualifying berth recently played in the Dominican Republic. Kris Lang, an NBDL player was the high scorer in a loss to Venezuela. I should have been more precise. Our fourth place finish was good enough to accomplish our number one goal of qualifying for the 2006 FIBA Men's World Championship slated to be held August 19-September 3 2006 in Japan. As far as the all-NBA team you mentioned for 2002, it doesn't even come close to the best we could send, i.e., earlier dream teams.