Olympics

[chuck]

Originally Posted by cured

Yeah, Chuck, take that garbage over to World/2, will ya?

sorry. won't happen again. not in this thread anyways.

The only issue for team USA appears to be the lack of big men...we only have Howard.

Not so - I think the FIBA rules reward quick hands, solid passing and quality team defense. It's not always necessary to have a big inside guy - ala Shaq.

Admittedly China have a really big guy in the form of Yao Ming - but the other teams you've mentioned don't have any monsters who dominate the paint.

I think Argentina will also be a strong team to watch for in the mens competition.

In the womens basketball tournament - I'm looking forward to seeing how the NZ team go - but I can't see anyone getting past the US or Australian sides for the final. The NZ team, the Tall Ferns, have two former Stanford players in their squad - so we'll be hoping for some "Fuck Yeah!" in our side as well.