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USA Gets The Gold

August 25, 2008

It was not easy but the USA was able to get the gold medal they have worked so hard for the last three years. Kobe made some key plays scoring and assisting to push the USA to the win. The team also got a great game from Dwayne Wade.

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Josh Smith Got Robbed

August 25, 2008

It is not often that a normal guy like me can feel sorry for a millionaire but I feel sorry for Josh Smith he got robbed when he signed a $58 million deal. Deng can make $80 million with incentives, Igudola can make $80 million, Monta Ellis got $67 million, Okafor got $72 million, and all he got was $58 million.

He would have been better off signing the one year qualifying offer so he could be a unrestricted free agent next Summer.

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USA Knocks Out Spain

August 16, 2008

Spain was supposed to be the USA’s toughest challenge but they did not put up much of a fight and they got blown out and embarrased. It was close and competitive for the beginning of the game but then the USA opened it up.

They have gotten a big boost of the bench from Wade, Paul, and Bosh the first few games. I would expect to see Tayshaun Prince see more minutes since he had a great game against Spain and showed that he can defend and knock down the 3.

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Team USA Looking Good

August 3, 2008

Team USA has played several exhibition games and they have looked pretty good in all of them. Even though they are winning by a pretty good margin keep in mind they will be playing much better teams during medal play.

If the US wants to stay on track and win the gold they need to rebound a little better. They also need to make the simple play rather than trying to make all star type plays. They also need to share the ball a bit more. It seemed like they were trying to go one on one a bit more. More playing time for Redd, Prince, and Boozer during the last exhibition game could help them later on.

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