USA Mens' Basketball x 2008 Olympics

I really hope USA Basketball takes gold on the men's side. We all know the women will do it. I just wish the men continue their dominance and intensity.

Having routed "World Champion" Spain today 119-82, the Americans look primed to take gold in Beijing. If our guys had only passed the ball against Greece way back when, we'd of won Worlds instead of Spain. Unfortunately, the five players we had on the floor at any given moment got tight and decided they should try to beat Greece as individuals. I mean, James, Anthony and company played like they were in a pickup game, treating each other like a bunch of strangers they had never played with before. So they lost to Greece in a moronic performance that defies logic.

And USA Basketball didn't lose to Greece because it couldn't defense the pick and roll. It lost because it didn't pass on offense. By the way, they could have defended the pick and roll, they just didn't. And they shouldn't've had to. All they needed to do to beat Greece was to simply outscore them - outrun them, force a quicker tempo and outscore them. They didn't do any of that, nor pass, and they lost. Simple as that. By dumb fluke Team USA lost at the World Championships.

Now the US team marches forward with the unneccesary addition of Kobe Bryant and the very neccessary addition of Tayshawn Prince on a quest for redemption and the United States' rightful place atop the podium holding gold. I can't wait for the gold medal game and our 30-point-plus margin of victory.