Team USA got the job done in Turkey, running away with the FIBA World Championship. Kevin Durant practically carried the U.S. to victory, scoring at will against foreign defenders and coaches with no real inkling as to how to stop him.
It is great to see USA Basketball assert American dominance in the game as opposed to settling for a knowing wink and a nod regarding the fact that we could win. And winning Worlds wasn't so much about winning Worlds as it was maintaining the status America already owns as the premier power in the game of basketball.
While other countries dream of winning a FIBA World Championship and become giddy at the thought of coming close, I see an American victory at Worlds as an equivalent to rearranging furniture and tidying up a house in mild disarray. The FIBA World Championship is a pesky detail we as Americans haven't managed well in the past. We're starting to take it more seriously, having achieved reigning supremacy in every FIBA age bracket available. The United States holds all of the current golds in men's play. We should continue that kind of excellence for decades to come, at every level. I cannot foresee a day when that is not the case.
Monday, September 13, 2010
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