美國隊的奪金陣容
Team USA's Gold Standardposted: Friday, January 13, 2006|Feedback
USA Basketball is still trying to come up with a plan to put Team USA back on top of the basketball world. After the first major defeat at the 2002 World Championships, the thinking was that the talent level of the team had become diluted and that it needed more stars. Many of the top NBA stars like Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson came to the rescue in 2004, and the team fared better. But no one wanted the bronze in Athens. Folks in the USA expect nothing but the gold.
The plan this year doesn't seem much different: try to fill the team with even better players and hope that our talent beats their teamwork and chemistry.
Asking Suns president Jerry Colangelo to head the selection process was a great idea. Colangelo is one of the brightest and most respected people in the industry.
But he's already off to a shaky start.
The hiring of Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is troubling. Everyone respects Krzyzewski as possibly the best college coach ever. Kobe Bryant is known to respect him, and that helps. But Krzyzewski has no experience coaching NBA players (many of whom have never played a minute of college basketball) or coaching international basketball. The strange thing is that the perfect guy for the job, Mike D'Antoni, is currently employed as Colangelo's own head coach in Phoenix. D'Antoni will instead be an assistant to Krzyzewski.
Like just about everyone else connected to USA Basketball, Colangelo seems to get stars in his eyes when thinking about putting together a team that can compete internationally. That's a great strategy if you want to sell jerseys and Happy Meals. However, I believe strongly that having more than three or four stars on the team is a mistake if they actually want to win an international tournament, for two reasons.
One, basketball is still a team sport. When you put 12 players on the roster and each is used to being the best player on his team, they all tend to want minutes and to be the leader. All 12 can't have that. What's happened in the past is that coaches have tried to play everyone to keep all the players happy, and no chemistry ever developed.
Two, the international game is a different animal than the NBA. The style of play is different. The rules are different. The refs call the game differently. And maybe most importantly, the stakes appear to be much higher for most of the countries Team USA competes against. We're trying not to lose. Everyone else is trying to win.
To win in international ball, you need players who can move the ball and stretch the defenses. Bigs need to be mobile enough to guard opposing players on the perimeter. You need a strong point guard who can make sure that the ball is getting distributed evenly to all of the stars.
The 2004 team was deficient in all of those areas. No lights-out shooter. No real point guard. And our most mobile big, Amare Stoudemire, spent way too much time on the bench. Factor in the host of egos on board and it's a little surprising the team won the bronze.
With the selection committee narrowing down their choices for this year's team, here are my recommendations:
First, I'm working on the assumption that Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, and Duncan aren't available.
Point guards
Jason Kidd: His skills are starting to decline, but the team needs a veteran presence who is unselfish and will get the break going, find the open man and serve as a leader on the floor. Even if Kidd were limited to 15 minutes a game, his presence on the team would be important.
Chauncey Billups: Billups is not a "pure" point guard, but his experience with Larry Brown over the past few years has turned him into one of the best in the game. Billups strikes the right balance in his ability to run the break, distribute and step up and hit the big shot with the game on the line. Having a championship MVP award under his belt doesn't hurt his credentials.
Chris Paul: The team can't play a 12-man rotation. But they should have a young player that they're developing to eventually take over. Kidd may be able to go in 2006, but he probably won't make it to 2008. By that time, Paul will be ready to take over the reins. His play on the junior team for Team USA gives him some international experience that other point guards don't have.
Other good options: Dwyane Wade, Kirk Hinrich, Mike Bibby
Swing men:
LeBron James: He is the most complete player in the NBA -- a fantastic scorer, rebounder and passer who can take over a game when he needs to. Normally you want players who are better shooters, but James brings so much else to the table it doesn't matter.
Kobe Bryant: Colangelo loves Kobe, so if he wants to come, he's in. The ball hogging won't work at the international level, but Kobe has the tools to play within the team system when the talent around him warrants it. He's intense and hates to lose, and he might see Team USA as a way to repair his tattered image. Scoring has to come from somewhere and Kobe is the best scorer in the league right now.
Joe Johnson: Johnson is one of the best shooters and most versatile players in the league. He can play three positions, is a good defender and most importantly, doesn't need to be the man. He was comfortable fitting into the Suns' supercharged offense last season and would be a great fit here. It's a tough call between Johnson and Michael Redd, but Johnson gets the nod because of his versatility.
Rashard Lewis: Lewis is another guy who can shoot the lights out, but is also comfortable taking a back seat to other stars when they get it going. He'd be the fourth man in this rotation, but is another guy who can really spread the defense.
Adam Morrison: By the time the team heads to Japan, Morrison will likely be a high lottery pick for an NBA team. Morrison is the best player in college basketball and his game is perfectly suited to the international game. He wouldn't play much on this squad, but he's another guy with experience on the junior U.S. team who could be developed for the 2008 Olympics.
Other good options: Redd, Richard Hamilton, Shane Battier, Mike Miller, Tayshaun Prince.
Bigs:
Chris Bosh: Bosh is having an All-Star year for Toronto and is the perfect fit for the international game. He's a long, mobile big man who can score both inside and outside and has the quickness to get out and guard the more mobile and perimeter-oriented European bigs. He should start at power forward for Team USA. That's how good a fit he is.
Amare Stoudemire: Assuming he's back and healthy, he's the best choice as the team's starting center. He would give the team a third star (along with Kobe and LeBron) and a fantastic low-post scorer. He's not the world's best defender or rebounder, but that's what the next guy is for.
Dwight Howard: Stoudemire and Howard are the two most athletic bigs in the league, but their strengths are very different. Stoudemire is an offensive nightmare for opponents. Howard is a defensive one. Howard would be the team's best rebounder and shot blocker. While he struggles a bit guarding perimeter-oriented players, the team has plenty of other players who can handle it. If he ever figures it out offensively, he's going to be a perennial All-Star.
Channing Frye: Frye is off to an amazing start to his rookie season. His PER ranks fourth among all centers in the league and ninth among all power forwards. His mobility and excellent jump shot make him a great fit offensively in the European game. Like Paul and Morrison, Frye would be there as a bench player this year and ready for a bigger role in 2008. Texas sophomore LaMarcus Aldridge, who is a legit candidate for the No. 1 pick in the draft this summer, would also be a great fit and an excellent candidate for the team.
Other good options: Jermaine O'Neal, Brad Miller, Rasheed Wallace, Troy Murphy.
Put that team on the floor at the World Championships in Japan in 2006, and barring major injuries, they'd bring home the gold.
ESPN My Choice~
PG: James
SG: Bryant
SF: Marion
PF: Stoudemire
C: Miller
Reserve:
Bibby
Pierce
Anthony
Wade
Carter
D.Howard
J.O'Neal Adam Morrison: By the time the team heads to Japan, Morrison will likely be a high lottery pick for an NBA team. Morrison is the best player in college basketball and his game is perfectly suited to the international game. He wouldn't play much on this squad, but he's another guy with experience on the junior U.S. team who could be developed for the 2008 Olympics.
乜水???:icon091: 原帖由 講野無point的人 於 2006-1-2106:25 PM 發表
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One NCAA player allowed to play in Olympic Game REDD,LEWIS,ALLEN點都要簡過
中鋒就唔好再選BEN啦...:icon016: 內線始終唔夠強:icon101: 個人心水(不依次序)
PG/SG/SF: WADE, REDD, BILLUPS, BRYANT, ALLEN, JAMES
PF/C: STOUDMEIRE, B. MILLER, CAMBY, MARION, BRAND
ON THE BUBBLE: D. HOWARD, PIERCE, PAUL, IVERSON, LEWIS, PRINCE
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如果高比鐵定打, 咁就唔揀AI, 兩個球路太似, 搵多個射手好過 原帖由 Hakkinen 於 2006-1-2412:19 PM 發表
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KG,TD 呢....:icon101::icon101::icon101: 原帖由 Hakkinen 於 2006-1-2402:06 PM 發表
KG,TD 呢....:icon101::icon101::icon101: PF & SF:icon101: 原帖由 Hakkinen 於 2006-1-2402:06 PM 發表
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They are not interested in Olympic Games:icon055: 原帖由 射手shooter 於 2006-1-2402:25 PM 發表
They are not interested in Olympic Games:icon055:
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冇呢D 真正big man 真係好難話奪金 :icon101::icon101: 人地一個gino都ko你:icon101: 原帖由 Hakkinen 於 2006-1-2403:25 PM 發表
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Greg Oden 已經夠殺 :o Olympic task
Jack McCallum, SI.com
In relative anonymity, with all due alacrity and in concert with his coaches, Jerry Colangelo, executive director of USA Basketball, has been going about the business of narrowing down the choices for the first U.S. national basketball team. That's step one in the crusade to win a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Besides the two major announcements that have already been made -- Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are signed sealed and delivered -- Colangelo has been fielding calls from players (or their agents) who want to sign on. With some notable exceptions, such as Tim Duncan (who has said he definitely won't play) and Kevin Garnett (who probably won't play), it seems that, despite the bronze-medal finish and overall disagreeable tenor of the '04 Games in Athens, it's still cool to play for Team USA. Right now, 'Bronnie sets the standard for NBA cool, even as Bryant sets it for all-around play.
Shortly after All-Star Weekend, USA Basketball will begin rolling out, in groups of four, its choices for the 20-man squad that will convene in Las Vegas for camp in late June. A smaller sampling of young players (rookies and second-year NBA guys and top-flight collegians) will also be in Vegas as part of a "scout team." Any one, two or three of them may well play their way onto the regular team by the end of camp.
From those players, a group of 14 or 15 will have a busy summer of training and touring that ends with the 2006 FIBA world championships in Japan from Aug. 19 to Sept. 3. In 2007, there will be evaluation and roster tinkering. Finally, a team of 12, armed with the task of restoring America's basketball honor, will head to Beijing in the summer of '08.
Colangelo would not comment directly on the choices. But intelligent conjecture -- well, maybe intelligent is a stretch -- enables one to come forth with a few five-packs of Olympic projection. Commentary follows when necessary.
Five who probably won't be there
(announced self-exclusions such as Duncan and Garnett not included)
Shaquille O'Neal: Colangelo is talking to him, and Shaq hasn't ruled it out. But Shaq's worn-down body argues against his participation, and he's not going to sign on only to be cut.
Allen Iverson: Wants to play, but may be too beat up by '08; also carries Athens baggage.
Tracy McGrady: Hasn't said one way or the other whether he'll play. But his one-man perimeter style isn't what the committee is looking for.
Vince Carter: See preceding.
Mike Bibby: See pre-preceding and preceding.
Five really good players who may not be there
Ray Allen: The report is he wants to play, and his shooting would be desirable. But something tells me no.
Gilbert Arenas: If he were more of a passing point guard than a shooting point guard, he would be a definite.
Baron Davis: See preceding.
Paul Pierce: Wants to play and may have been unfairly cast as major detriment to disastrous sixth-place finish by 2002 world championship team. Nevertheless, he won't be able to overcome that tag.
Jason Kidd: A great teammate and willing defender. But he'll be 35 by the summer of '08.
Five surprises who have a chance to be on the team ... at least this summer
Brad Miller: A passing big man.
Carmelo Anthony: Thought to be a no-chance after his unpleasant behavior in Athens, but the committee likes his game.
Bruce Bowen or Shane Battier: Somebody has to play defense, right?
Lamar Odom: His versatility is attractive.
Ron Artest: Just wanted to make sure you were still reading.
Five we'd love to have if we could somehow annex their countries
Dirk Nowitzki (Germany), Steve Nash (Canada), Pau Gasol (Spain), Manu Ginobili (Argentina) and Tony Parker (France).
Five absolute locks for the scout team
Chris Paul: New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets rookie. He'll stay with the scouts for about five minutes, then move up.
Channing Frye: New York Knicks rookie.
Adam Morrison: Gonzaga junior.
JJ Redick: Duke senior. What? Coach K won't want him?
Randy Foye: Villanova senior.
A ridiculously premature projection for Beijing
Third Team
Point guard: Joe Johnson, Atlanta Hawks -- Not his true position, but makes the team on versatility.
Shooting guard: Redick, Duke -- Don't think he can't play, and U.S. will need automatic guys from the perimeter.
Center: Frye, Knicks -- Not really a center, but the committee won't be overly concerned with nomenclature.
Power forward: Shawn Marion, Phoenix Suns or Elton Brand, Los Angeles Clippers.
Small forward: Richard Jefferson, New Jersey Nets or Morrison, Gonzaga -- Jefferson may be able to overcome the bad-shooting rap he got in Athens, but Morrison may be a star-in-the-making by then.
Second Team
Point guard: Chauncey Billups, Detroit Pistons -- Provided he wants to play.
Shooting guard: Rip Hamilton, Detroit Pistons -- How would the opposition take to seeing him and Chauncey as a tandem off the bench?
Center: Chris Bosh, Toronto Raptors -- Quietly becoming one of the league's elite players. And he'll only be 24 in '08.
Power forward: Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic -- The league's under-recognized stud.
Small forward: Tayshaun Prince, Detroit Pistons -- His long-armed defense (USA Basketball is looking for "length") may give him an advantage over scorers such as 'Melo.
The Five Starters
Point guard: Chris Paul, New Orleans -- He'll be that good by then.
Shooting guard: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers -- He'll tone down his one-man game on this team.
Center: Amar? Stoudemire, Phoenix Suns -- If he comes back strong from knee surgery, how much of a force will this man-child be by '08?
Power forward: LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers -- You don't really need a comment, do you?
Small forward: Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat -- Wade, LeBron and Kobe don't need a set position; they will score, rebound, pass and defend.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=cnnsi-olympictask&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns 想問06呢隊係咪人腳同08不會點改變?:confused: 原帖由 李喂凸 於 2006-1-2408:03 PM 發表
想問06呢隊係咪人腳同08不會點改變?:confused:
一般黎講都唔會變
Colangelo 要答應入隊既人簽contract
黎緊呢三年既暑假都要一齊比賽/training 原帖由 Smithy 於 2006-1-2407:29 PM 發表
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