lets take a look at the '96, '00. and '04 USA olympic teams

[Mr210]

i hear no talks about these squads but lets discuss these three teams with the. Who shouldnt have made the roster and who would you have liked to see on the roster


96

Barkley
Grant Hill
Penny Hardaway
Hakeem
Shaq
Reggie Miller
Gary Payton
Pippen
David Robinson
Mitch Richmond
john stockton

2000

Payton
Steve Smith
Alonzo Mourning
Vin Baker
Ray Allen
Mcdyess
Jason Kidd
Allen Houston
Garnett
Tim Hardaway
Vince Carter
abdul-rahim

at the 2000 squad.....Tim Duncan should have made the squad


2004

Allen Iverson
Marbury
Dewayne Wade
Carmelo Anthony
Boozer
Duncan
Shawn Marion
Richard Jefferson
Lebron James
okafor
Stoudimire

this team should have gotten atleast silver

 

[mastermind]

2000, I dont think Duncan wanted to play on that team.

and yeah, the 2004 team was just a terrible coaching job by Larry Brown.

its always good to see how the players got blamed for that and not Brown.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

2000, I dont think Duncan wanted to play on that team.

and yeah, the 2004 team was just a terrible coaching job by Larry Brown.

its always good to see how the players got blamed for that and not Brown.

Wasnt Brown comin off 'Hes finally reached the Promise Land with the Pistons' earlier that summer

 

[mastermind]

Wasnt Brown comin off 'Hes finally reached the Promise Land with the Pistons' earlier that summer

yup

and it allowed him to get a pass for his terrible coaching job at the olympics. But yeah, its Marbury's and Iverson's fault they didnt get gold.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

2000, I dont think Duncan wanted to play on that team.

He helped USA gain qualification (99 FIBA Championship) - he only missed out on the Olympics due to injury.

 

[phillycavsfan]

2000, I dont think Duncan wanted to play on that team.

and yeah, the 2004 team was just a terrible coaching job by Larry Brown.

its always good to see how the players got blamed for that and not Brown.

Not just Larry Brown, but the Selection Committee that put that team together. Not enough size and distributors on the team.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Tim Duncan has never won a gold medal at the Olympics?

Why wasn't he just put on this team this year?

 

[mastermind]

He helped USA gain qualification (99 FIBA Championship) - he only missed out on the Olympics due to injury.

that was 13 years ago, like im gonna remember minor details like that

Not just Larry Brown, but the Selection Committee that put that team together. Not enough size and distributors on the team.

they had size. Duncan and Amare were two of the best big men in the NBA that 2003-4 season.

Larry Brown had no idea what he was doing. He had them playing a half court game when the team's strength was in transition.

 

[MustafaSTL]

Yeah Duncan was hurt back in 2000. I'm quite sure they would have dominated more if he was able to play.

 

[theoretic]

2000, I dont think Duncan wanted to play on that team.

and yeah, the 2004 team was just a terrible coaching job by Larry Brown.

its always good to see how the players got blamed for that and not Brown.

i'll never forgive that team for that game against puerto rico

 

[Real]

I thought Tim Duncan played for the virgin islands or something.

 

[threattonature]

that was 13 years ago, like im gonna remember minor details like that

they had size. Duncan and Amare were two of the best big men in the NBA that 2003-4 season.

Larry Brown had no idea what he was doing. He had them playing a half court game when the team's strength was in transition.

Not only that but he was ego trippin hardcore. I remember him benching either Lebron or Carmelo for celebrating too much after a dunk. Keeping Wade, Lebron, and Carmelo on an extremely short leash even though they were killing it in the time they did get on the court. Yet everybody let him off the hook by saying the team was just too young or not built correctly and ignored his horrible coaching.

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

Damn that 04 team was small

 

[Optimus Prime]

I remember Duncan saying he hated FIBA rules and would never play in the Olympics after 2004...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42585-2004Aug28.html

Tim Duncan wore a haggard look as he emerged from a locker room of bronze medalists. Hardly an emotional guy, he mumbled that his international basketball career is "95 percent" over and that, oh yeah, "FIBA [stinks]."

 

[Angel On The Rag]

why wasnt kobe on the 2004 or 2000 team