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Rose was terrible in this game against Turkey. Kenneth Faried gets the game ball, he was a beast.
 
Victor just jumped over an Egyptian to flush a one-handed alley-oop from Rubio...
 
They've won by an average of 40+ over their first two games. Don't think they care, Rice.
 
yuyuza1 said:
They've won by an average of 40+ over their first two games. Don't think they care, Rice.
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True they won't care.....unless they lose. My concern with Steph is that when he plays for the Warriors he gets time to shoot his way into a rhythm, from anywhere past half court. No such luxury with this team.

Rose needs to step it up.

Much tougher games coming up.
 
For all you T-Wolves fans out there ..... (crickets). No? Ok how about for the Dieng fans then:

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I'm a Wolves fan (now my second-fave team) because I'm a Dieng fan!

Wolves should be fun. Wouldn't that be a perfect team for George Karl? I wonder if they'll try to offload Pekovic.
 
Trivia: which country is leading the tournament in blocks per game?
 
It's funny (to me) how many people are unfamiliar with the Haka. ALL NZ teams in ALL sports do it before EVERY game. You would have to have your head completely up your arse not to have seen it before. Especially as the NZ Rugby team is to Rugby Union what the US is to Basketball.

Look: here's the Arizona football team doing it!

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I mentioned the All Blacks Kiwi Rugby team to a friend once and he thought it was a racial slur. The uniforms are all black. Great Rubgy organization. The Haka is a Maori tradition.
 
riverman said:
I mentioned the All Blacks Kiwi Rugby team to a friend once and he thought it was a racial slur. The uniforms are all black. Great Rubgy organization. The Haka is a Maori tradition.
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Supposedly the name dates back to a mis-hearing. "Backs" in Rugby are the ones who run fast (as opposed to the "forwards" who are huge and hulking and form the scrum). When seeing the NZ team play for the first time, a foreign reporter said that they're "all backs" because even the forwards could run fast. That's the story. They only started wearing black after they got the name. (I like the fact that the basketball team is called the "Tall Blacks"...)
 
I understand why the team USA staff keeps talking up D Rose, they aren't going to throw him under the bus. But at this point if he crapped himself while attempting a layup I would expect to hear something along the lines of "that was one of the greatest plays I've ever seen".
 
End of 1st quarter, down to Ukraine 19-14. Neither team can hit an outside shot. We already won Group C so maybe that's why, for us. Mike Fratello is the Czar of the Ukraine telestrator.
 
It's kinda sad, but team USA needs to only play 5-10 solid minutes to blow out an opponent. Could be interesting to see the media coverage if they actually lose a game.
 
yuyuza1 said:
It's kinda sad, but team USA needs to only play 5-10 solid minutes to blow out an opponent. Could be interesting to see the media coverage if they actually lose a game.
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Not nearly as interesting as if they don't win gold!
 
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