USA B-ball Takes the Bronze..

Yeah, the USA players are MUCH quicker and explosive than the International bitches.

In the NBA when somebody stands in your way during a layup, its a defensive foul, in international play if they stand there, it's charging. The USA players are more of an inside-game , and not as much perimiter shooting, and less slashing.

And everyone hates the USA these past years (thanks go G.W.B.) so the Officiating isn't on our sides.

And besides, the internationl lane is fucked up and slanted...What's up with that?

I am just saying that the NBA has become more of defense, defense, and defense. There isn't as much as flash anymore. Not like the Showtime Lakers of the 80's. And, NBA teams will hold the ball forever and walk upcourt. International play, they rn back and forth al the time. High scoring games are what people want to see. Not games that are won by 20 points and the score is like 86-66. (See last years National Champs)

Wtf you talking about? The NBA is anything but defense. Did you see the Mavs vs. Kings game last season(atleast I think it was last season)? The Mavs scored 80 or so points by halftime while the Kings scored like 68. That's pure offense. The NBA is about 80% offense and 20% defense.

Watch the All-Star games, nobody cares about defense - it's all about the points.

The international games are just played so much more fats paced. NBA games, a person is likely to see the ball in the hand of a player for most of the night. I know they want to control the ball, but come on. That is how other countries were able to beat us. We try to slow down the tempo of the game too much. Other countries can run circles around us.

Seriously, our players are a lot faster than any other teams. We killed them in fast break points and such. The international pace is quite a bit slower than NBA. I don't know what happend this year, but just look back at the last few olympics. We were kickin ass because we just purely outscored them. 120 ppg in 40 minute games. This year was just fucked.

And I agree that the NBA has slowed down some. It wasn't too long ago where you'd find at least a couple of 140 point games in a season. They don't do that anymore, but the pace of the NBA game is still a lot faster than international ball.

I agree. NBA is much more fast paced than international ball and if you want a lot of ppg, watch the Western conference. Don't expect it from the East. =\