Hoops 101
Sunday, August 24th, 2008This corner hates to say, “You were told what was going to happen”, in advance, but …
* USA vs Spain for Olympic Gold
* Upside and Motor: Team USA Blogger Roundtable
The USA will NEED to send its VERY best players in order to win Gold Medals in Olympic Games’ men’s basketball.
If not … the rest of the the world is quickly becoming good ‘enough’ to capture Gold or Silver should the USA slip up.
Top flight basketball … like soccer/football … is now truly an international game … with good players and coaches scattered everywhere around the globe. 
Kudos to …
* Ricky Rubio, Rudy Fernandez, Mark Gasol, Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Carlos Jimenez, Felipe Reyes, Jorge Garbajosa, Berni Rodrigues, Raul Lopez, Alex Mumbru, Jose Calderon (injured), their coaches & support staff
* Kobe Bryant, Leron James, Dwyane Wade, Deron Williams, Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Jason Kidd, Tayshaun Prince, Carlos Boozer, Michael Redd, their coaches and support staff …
for giving such a good account of yourselves.
That, right there … ^^^ … my friends … was first-class basketball.
