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Quick Note on Team USA
By Ron Jumper
The game against Brazil was a perfect example of how things are going to be when you play with 14 guys and press full-court. Like I've stated before, the nights where it works you will look amazing but the nights it doesn't work it REALLY doesn't work. Only beating Brazil by 4 was just an example of this.
Take it however you want to take it, but winning a gold medal against the real heavyweights is going to take more than just speeding up the game and playing pressure defense. That style takes away from the advantages that Team USA has, which is more talent and better inside play. Teams with the fundamentals of the European game will shred any pressure defense for open shot after open shot. Mark my words...
August 9, 2006
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