so the mens u.s. basketball team proved me right again! check the stats here
so spain was supposed to be the toughest challenge in the first round, not so. what started out as a possible good game do to lots of fouls being called on the u.s. quickly became just another rout in a bunch of games that are nothing more than a preview of the gold medal winners. its done, just hand us the medal now.
the only interesting thing about this game was the adjustment the u.s. meade to how the refs were calling it. in previous games the refs had been calling the game as a truly international game. meaning the defensive player is able to make more hands on contact with the ball handler, it didnt go quite that way today. once the u.s. figured that out, it was all over. and any team that can make serious adjustments on the fly is going to win.
on that topic(the international game) i would love to see more of those rules put into the nba. apparently david stern(nba commissioner) is talking to fiba( the ruling body for the international community) about changing rules and lane shape(to rectangular) and same ball, to make the game closer to nba. hopefully that means loose rules for nba to get the game back to a more physical one.
well thats all for now, enjoy the rest of the olympics.
just stupid. yo!
