Monday, June 23, 2008

US Olympic Basketball 2008

And the roster is....

G - Chris Paul - Guaranteed 10/assists per game with this lineup. Can he be consistent from outside?
G - Michael Redd - Sharpshooter, hope he is on, if not defensive liability.
G - Deron Williams - Physical guard, can he be consistent from outside?
G - Kobe Bryant - MVP, best (only) on ball defender on team. Does he have Finals hangover?
G - Dwyane Wade - Is he going to hurt his chances of competing in the Regular season by playing this summer?
G - Jason Kidd - Floor general. Should make Paul/Williams more effective as change of pace.
F - LeBron James - Can play 1-5 vs international big men, but will he settle for too many jumpers?
F - Carmelo Anthony - Best International Style - No defense, fierce scorer and guaranteed 20pts on 55-60% fg.
F - Tayshaun Prince - Defensive MVP. Will guard all positions and hit the key corner jumpers after Redd is benched for poor defense.
F/C - Carlos Boozer - Will see a lot of him and Williams on the court at the same time.
F/C - Chris Bosh - He already plays on a Int'l team, Toronto Raptors, should fit right in.
C - Dwight Howard - I can smell hack-a-shaq tactics already.

The team has talent...but more like Silver talent if they run into a hot shooting Argentina (without Manu).

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