Team USA is almost hard to watch IMO. I completely disagree with a lot of what Coach K is doing. With all due respect to Chauncey Billups, Deron Williams should run the point every minute that Kidd is out of the game. Billups style just looks awkward in an international game, he seems to be trying to slow it down more and his defense is mediocre at best. Kidd and Billups both suck against the zone, Kidd at least has the fast break offense, court vision, defense, rebounding, etc. to help out but you'd think they'd want Deron Williams handling the ball most of the time when Kidd is out.
And why the hell do we always need to play small? We have an AMAZING advantage in having Dwight Howard, Amare, Tyson Chandler while all the other teams have scrubs and we can't play any two of these guys together at the same time. Same thing pissed me off last year even more with Brand and Bosh never getting touches. Play the fucking big men together and GIVE THEM THE BALL. I feel like I'm watching a sh*tty version of the GS Warriors with Carmelo, LeBron, Kobe, Michael Redd, etc. just lobbing up 3's every possession.
They'd be much better off with Deron Williams running the show or with Chris Paul or Baron Davis there. Its pathetic to watch Kidd and Billups work against the zone defense and see them give the ball up and let LeBron, Melo, and Redd sh*t away every possession.
Everything just looks confused, backwards, discombobulated, and uncoordinated. They'd be much better off going with a more traditional team of Kidd/Kobe/Battier/Amare/Dwight with Deron, LeBron, Chandler off the bench. They just have way too many stars and guys who are just showing up, they need more guys who play to win, no matter what type of basketball game it is. Stephen Jackson would be PERFECT for this team IMO, hes a guy who's going to be intense, something this team sorely lacks, and hes got experience in a variety of systems and hes just a winner. Duncan and Popovic love him, he cant shoot, handle, pass, defend (very underrated defender), but that most important thing is the intensity, passion, etc.
I will be shocked, SHOCKED if they get gold this year.