U.S Olympic Basketball crushes China; set to face Angola
I’m a clueless geographic American and I have no clue where Angola is or what it is for that matter. I honestly have no idea. I know that they play the United States every olympics and get killed by 40 or so points. This year is no different as the Angola Team brings their tallest player at 6*8. Lebron is 6*8 and he could be our point guard.
The U.S crushed China after China expectedly hung close for a while there. I thought they would hang with them for a while being the host country and having all that excitement around the game for months and months. We didn’t shoot the ball well at all and it scares me a little. We need to sit Jason Kidd. Kidd can’t shoot and won’t shoot and teams, like China, aren’t even guarding him. I was watching this thing and Kidd just doesn’t have it like Chris Paul or Deron Williams does. Williams is a much more able and willing shooter than Kidd and Paul is one guy that we need to get guarding the ball as much as possible. Paul was right there at the top of the leaders in the NBA in steals so it isn’t like most teams want to have Paul guard you. Would you rather play against Paul or Kidd? I’m picking Kidd because he’s my age and has to pick his spots and it is showing. If we want to open up the middle then get Redd in the game and put Williams or Paul at point and let’s go.
The game to watch will be Spain. That will be a real test for us as they have a bunch of NBA guys who are used to playing this style of game and want to win. Spain looked good over Greece and I really like Calderon at point guard. He is known for his game control and he’ll do the same against us. I was very impressed with Ricky Rubio also but I don’t think he wants Chris Paul in his shorts pressuring the ball because he struggled with that, at times, against the greeks. Still, the kid is a top 3 pick in the draft and it was clear to see why. I think he’ll be a great pro.
