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If Team USA needs a basket in the final seconds to win, who should take the shot?

Kobe Bryant
19
49%
Lebron James
3
8%
Dwyane Wade
14
36%
Chris Paul
2
5%
Carmelo Anthony
1
3%
 
Total votes : 39

Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:48 pm

Coco. wrote: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?

Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:32 am

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

Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:46 am

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

Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:42 pm

Coco! wrote: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.

Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:49 pm

Redd. But from that list, Wade.

Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:51 am

Go usa kobe mvp
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