FIBA World Championships Game 4: USA vs. Iran
by Tom Lewis on Sep 1, 2010 6:00 AM EDT
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PrintTeam USA is back in action today when they take on Iran at noon ET on ESPN.
After a day off to stew over a frustrating win against Brazil, the U.S. squad should be willing and able to run away from an undermanned Iran team. Iran is currently 1-2 in Pool B play with their win coming against 0-2 Tunisia.
That should mean some playing time for Danny Granger who didn't get off the bench against Brazil. As a story in the links indicates, Coach K wasn't satisfied with the play off the bench against Brazil which is why he let his starters play the full second half. Sounds like an opportunity for Granger to play his way up the rotation if he can take advantage of the playing time. Memphis big man, Hamed Haddadi is the lone familiar foe for Iran.
Here are a few links of interest, including some key games yesterday with great impact on Team USA:
- Big Shake-Ups on Day 4 in Turkey
John Schuhmann reports on a tumultuous day at the FIBA World Championships. Both Spain and Greece lost setting up a loaded bracket for Team USA in the elimination round. - Lesson learned, US will need more from its subs
Brian Mahoney reports on Team USA looking for a bigger boost from their bench. - US learning on the fly at world championships
Jim Litke reports on Team USA trailing the world in preparing for international hoops competitions. - Turkey-Greece Game Not Just a Game
With the U.S. off yesterday, Chris Tomasson takes an interesting look at the intense rivalry between Turkey and Greece. - Tweet Tweet
Danny Granger caught some heat for expressing the thoughts of his sensitive schnoz on Twitter. - A Meditation On Melo: Where He Is, Where He's Been, And Where He Might Go
Andrew Sharp digs deep into the Melo-drama playing out in Denver this summer.
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I haven’t been impressed with Coach K tbh. I know its a tough situation but, I don’t see what is so special about having him as a coach.
His infatuation with Odom boggles my mind
He was getting DESTROYED by the most basic of pick and rolls the entire game against Brazil. It took him forever to bring in Chandler, who wasn’t great against Splitter but much better than Odom, then like 4 minutes later out goes Chandler for the rest of the game.
Same with Billups. I don’t know if it’s the “veteran presence” excuse or what, but if the example they set is letting the best player on the opposing team go right by you on a p’n’r and chucking up 3s 4 seconds into the shot clock it’s not a very good one.
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If the worlds started next year
it would be interesting to see if Hibby would have a chance on the team. Have to see how much his D improves this season. The US certainly needs some post presence.
Yup. Odom and Billups should be riding the bench. They shouldn’t have even made the team.
by P J on Sep 1, 2010 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure the U.S. team still has the day off
Zero offense from the national team to start this game. Durant vs Iran
Gorden and Chandler getting some early burn
Haddadi is a decent looking prospect. He is a little gangly but has some nice post moves and can hit the outside shot.
Curry now in the game early too
Love providing a big spark off the bench
Hitting 3’s and rebounding inside. Looks much better than Odom who again did very little out there
U.S. in cruise control
62-39 after 3. Sloppy play still plaguing the national team: Westbrook looks completely lost out there, Billups still shooting early in the shot clock and missing, Odom doing little to nothing, and Curry throwing errant behind the back passes. Good thing it’s Iran.
DG played 7 mins in the 2nd and played ok. Made a nice cut to the ft line to hit a 15’ and connected with Durant for a 3. Defense was ok.
oh btw… for the 4 games so far, billups is shooting 38.7% and 18.8% from 3’s.
epic veteran presence. looks even worse watching it.
HATE how Odom/Billups are even on the team, let alone how many minutes they are getting. They should not be playing even close to as much as they are. Anyone can see that.
by P J on Sep 1, 2010 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
i turned on the game with 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter to see danny hit a fade-away 2, a wide open 3, and catching the ball at half court and putting a crossover on his opponent to get in the lane and dish it off to curry for a layup. I liked what i saw…i feel he’s gettin better even though they were playing against iran and it was just the last 3 minutes of the game :/
I wish Danny'd try and embrace a defensive role
He’s long and lanky, faster than most guys his size at this tournament. Physically you’d think he has the type of frame that would be utilized pretty well in a zone, but at the times they’ve played it he’s looked kind of lost.
I just want to see him in a role a lot bigger than 12th man.
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Geez...
Maybe we should get DG a mentor too.
by infinityzero.systemerror on Sep 2, 2010 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Dont have an account and I don't plan on getting one.
Some of it can be insightful and interesting, but that is such a small (microscopic?) sample that it doesn’t make up for all the mundane, unnecessary, and annoying tweets that make up the majority. Moving on, why does he need a mentor for the hell that is Twitter?
by infinityzero.systemerror on Sep 2, 2010 4:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Follow the "Tweet Tweet" link in Tom's post
He basically said Europeans don’t use deodorant and stink. Danny’s an intelligent guy, and he had an earlier tweet along the lines of “why does everyone outside of America speak funny?” Both were clearly jokes, but taken out of context it’s just not a good PR move. Of all the Pacers I read on Twitter there’s nothing that comes of it other than some at times amusing pictures (looking at you Paul George), some insights into TJ Ford’s psyche that probably require a bit of reading too much into it, a guy who repeatedly sites the “Passion, Pride, Pacers” slogan despite not even being signed (Rolle, already a big fan) and other than that a bunch of reminders that these millionaires can’t spell and I’m jealous for not winning the genetic lottery.
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Well...
Seeing as nothing happened, I guess even “journalist”, and I use that word lightly, have common sense to know that he wasn’t being vindictive.
by infinityzero.systemerror on Sep 2, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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