Team USA - When it comes to crunch time...

[Lamrock]

Sorry..i did a pretty bad asian type joke. I'm asian, pardon me.

You don't happen to be of Asian descent, do you?

[Sauru]

lets see, team usa down 1, time for 1 shot, i make the play for kobe

[dansensei]

according to chris sheridan of espn.com, none of the players in team usa would take the shot in crunch time...

The score was tied in the 2006 World Championship semifinals, and Argentina intentionally fouled Calderon to get the last shot for itself. The Argentines got it, but Andres Nocioni missed and Spain won that game and the championship.

No NBA coach would ever do such a thing, but FIBA basketball is different.

Way different.

In FIBA, if you have a chance to go for the win, you foul to get that chance -- even if you have to sacrifice a tied score to give yourself that chance. Coach K won't do it, but the guy on the other bench will.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/basketball/columns/story?columnist=sheridan_chris&page=beijingpredictions-080808

[shadowgrin]

kobe is doing a mental showboating..leaving the dunkings to lbj and wade..and just firing some outside shots when they face not so touted teams like angola and china..

Kindly expand on the explanation of quoted statement.

[Martti.]

Redd. But from that list, Wade.

[OldReliable]

Go usa kobe mvp