ESOMKnicks wrote:Nalod wrote:wonder why iHart did not play? I know he got married, but so did Jalen.Disgrace? Last American to win MVP was 5 years ago. Giannis, Jokic and Embiid go them since.
Doncic is now up next. Wemby to soon follow?
Harden and Westbrook were last two. Egocentric me first players. Extremely talented. No disrespect. They don't have chips.
If Ewing is up there as top 3 greatest knick, then was are celebrating a person from Jamaica.
Do we take for granted when we win? I think so. I say that if we take "disgrace" when we don't.
NBA has become a melting pot due to it being a global sport.
While I rooted for team USA, I found joy in the underdog celebrating the conquest.
I get the top players did not play. Neither did Murray, Jokic, Giannis and Embiid. Perhaps if KP plays Latvia does even better? They still did really well.
Latvia, very small country!!!!
Winning the Gold next year will mean more now. I hope our guys get to play and earn the honor.
The world has been catching up, and that is a good thing. Foreign MVPs - great thing. But MVPs don't play alone. And if you compare 12-person squads, the USA still comes up on top by a margin in terms of talent. And if they fail to convert talent into results, that's a disgrace.
I wonder if there anything in the Serbian or German tactics we saw today against NA teams that can also translate to the NBA. Specifically to the Knicks who need to find a way to win while not being the most talent-laden.
I agree with your but not about "disgrace". Its a disappointment.
The take away is good shooting opens up the lanes.
I'd say that in a series vs. Germany we win 4-1, maybe 4-2. But its not and thus we out........
Tournaments don't always have the best team winning. Matchups, injuries and the hot hand trumps "team".
48 min game vs. 40 might also prove a different outcome.
Fiba, world cup, and others: Oscar Schmidt
With the senior Brazil national team, Schmidt played in five Summer Olympics (he was the second player to do so after Teófilo Cruz) and was the top scorer in three of them. However, he never went past the tournament's quarterfinals. In the 1980 Summer Olympics, he played in seven games and scored 169 points, for a 24.1 average.He again scored 169 points in seven games in the 1984 Summer Olympics. His best Olympic performance was the 1988 Summer Olympics. At that tournament, he scored 338 points, for an average of 42.3 points per game. In 1992, he scored 198 points in eight games, and in 1996, he scored 219 points in 8 games. In 38 career Olympic basketball games, Schmidt scored a record of 1,093 points, for an average of 28.8 points per game.
Schmidt is also the all-time career leader in total points scored in the FIBA World Cup, having scored a total of 843 points in 33 games, for a scoring average of 25.5 points per game. He won the bronze medal and made the All-Tournament Team at the 1978 FIBA World Cup, and he also made the All-Tournament Teams of both the 1986 FIBA World Cup and the 1990 FIBA World Cup, which he also led in scoring, with an average of 34.6 points per game.
Schmidt played in the gold-medal match of the 1987 Pan American Games, which was held in Indianapolis. The US national team, which was composed of NCAA Division I college basketball players at those games, featured two All-Americans in David Robinson (Hall of Fame member) and Danny Manning, two NCAA Championship Final Four MVPs, in Pervis Ellison and Keith Smart, and other future NBA players, such as Rex Chapman and Dan Majerle. Brazil faced a 68–54 halftime deficit. However, Schmidt finished the game with 46 points, in a 120–115 win for Brazil.
In 1996, at the age of 38, Schmidt retired from playing with the senior Brazilian national team as its all-time leading scorer. While representing Brazil, he scored a total of 7,693 points in 326 games played, for a career scoring average of 23.6 points per game.[19] In 1997, Schmidt was given the Olympic Order award.
why no NBA?
Schmidt was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the sixth round of the 1984 NBA draft, and he played with them in their 1984 NBA training camp and preseason. However, he declined the club's offer of a fully guaranteed contract, because it was for considerably less money than he made at the time playing in Italy, and also because to accept the team's contract offer would have meant that he could no longer represent the senior Brazilian national team. That was because until 1989, NBA players were not allowed to play for national teams.[18]
Oscar tore it up but NBA did not think he could sustain in the NBA. Rokas might not be anywhere near Oscar but at some point he has to choose taking that risk. Its a tough business. Oscar likley made a lot of money from sponsorships given his celebrity in Brazil playing for the national team and the gig was not too bad in europe for many.
