Thanks for pointing out that we can't afford to lose this one. That would really hurt our chances at gold.

8/12/2012 10:46:09 AM

5:29 left in 2nd. Marc Gasol, 4 fouls. Good job Spanish coach.

8/12/2012 10:50:48 AM

sheeit, spain is in great shape despite the foul issues. team USA is too much like duke:
when hitting 3s they are nearly unstoppable
not hitting 3s, they suddenly look very beatable

8/12/2012 10:58:52 AM

I got to Hooters early to get a good seat for the game. Place is packed but 98% of the crowd is pulling for Spain. face was right.

8/12/2012 10:59:01 AM

Some really hot spanish fans in the arena

8/12/2012 11:03:31 AM

Tyson Chandler is awful.

8/12/2012 11:17:47 AM

God these refs

8/12/2012 11:22:05 AM

We gotta get chandler back in there, love can't guard Gasol and we don't need his offense.

8/12/2012 11:23:47 AM

Do you watch the game or the live box score?

8/12/2012 11:24:24 AM

US with three small forwards and two point guards out there

8/12/2012 11:27:15 AM

Both.

The key for Spain was marc Gasol getting into foul trouble. Forced their dumbass coach to play ibaka

8/12/2012 11:31:56 AM

^
Agree.

Chandler has been a complete letdown though.

8/12/2012 11:33:31 AM

don't worry this Spain team couldn't beat the Dream Team, but this USA team can. so they'll win it going away.

8/12/2012 11:34:37 AM

how was there no foul when the guy landed on Paul?

8/12/2012 11:35:22 AM

These Spain assholes are a bunch of fucking goons

8/12/2012 11:37:00 AM

Quote :

"GOLD MEDAL BABY"

8/12/2012 11:37:10 AM

Spain: Fastbreak Kryptonite.

Cynical as hell, but they just give up fouls to stop the ball moving up floor and it saves points.

[Edited on August 12, 2012 at 11:42 AM. Reason : /]

8/12/2012 11:42:13 AM

It's crazy to think deron Williams might be done after how good he was early in his career.

8/12/2012 11:43:14 AM

Kobe and Carmelo going all face on everyone.

8/12/2012 11:49:02 AM

^^You're right. It is crazy to think that.

Box N one on Durant and everyone else choking

[Edited on August 12, 2012 at 11:50 AM. Reason : lol]

8/12/2012 11:49:21 AM

Kobe is just killing us. Sick to see a superstar in his warmups like James harden while he makes mistake after mistake.

Give the shots to durant, ball handling to Paul, and drives to Lebron. How hard is this?

8/12/2012 11:50:20 AM

I agree with face

8/12/2012 11:51:54 AM

I like how Carmelo was doing the "hold everyone back" move and the guys behind him weren't even looking at the court.

8/12/2012 11:52:38 AM

Better than the dream team. Lol

8/12/2012 11:53:24 AM

I have a strong hatred for people that don't like LeBron

8/12/2012 11:53:38 AM

Dead horse...but The Dream Team never played a team 1/10 as good as Spain.

8/12/2012 11:54:03 AM

Easy to talk shit after kobe carried us at some point in the last two games.

8/12/2012 11:54:22 AM

If Rubio was playing, he gets the ball inside, lebron fouls out and we lose.

8/12/2012 11:56:55 AM

Just doesn't get better than Chris Paul. Safe to say no one could've predicted he'd be THIS good

8/12/2012 11:56:58 AM

Our good players won it for us.

Lebron, Durant, Paul

8/12/2012 11:57:23 AM

He's that good because of all the nut punch power ups he had gotten.

8/12/2012 11:58:39 AM

Little Gasol just exposed Anthony Davis as a bust.

8/12/2012 11:59:20 AM

8/12/2012 12:03:23 PM

Pau was great today. I think the shortened season, Kobe bullshit, and trade rumors just wore him down last year.

Maybe he bounces back this year and the Big 3 of Howard, Nash, and Gasol just can dominate. They've got a lot of talent on that team. Barnes is a stud, Hill played great in LAL, Mcroberts is really good.

Only question mark really is if Kobe can become productive again and if Ron Artest can play like he did last year again after some ugly prior seasons.

8/12/2012 12:03:38 PM

Hahaha face just gets more hilarious and over the top with every post.

8/12/2012 12:04:57 PM

McRoberts is really good but Kobe sucks.

hahaha

8/12/2012 12:14:00 PM

8/12/2012 12:14:37 PM

Quote :

" Barnes is a stud"

literally rolling on the floor laughing.

8/12/2012 12:14:48 PM

Spain was very, very impressive. Durant/CP3 share game ball. Lebron, Kobe, Kevin Love had their moments.

^^^^^Dude come on. Kobe has absolutely dropped off but he's still consistently a top 25 player.

[Edited on August 12, 2012 at 12:16 PM. Reason : carats]

8/12/2012 12:16:31 PM

so its not a big 4 but a big 3 plus a guy who averaged 28ppg.

8/12/2012 12:19:03 PM

This team seems better than 08 team.

8/12/2012 7:55:18 PM

lol, epic troll post is epic

8/12/2012 8:20:14 PM

While he is definitely still trolling, his level of trolling has fallen off considerably. I guess in his twisted world, he's the Kobe Bryant of sports talk, past his prime and a liability

8/12/2012 8:45:54 PM

Quote :

"Mcroberts is really good."

so good that he'll be able to help the Lakers while playing for the Magic?

8/12/2012 9:28:30 PM

^^^ Who are you talking about?

8/12/2012 10:12:43 PM

Lakers can always pick up Shav Randolph.

8/12/2012 10:13:08 PM

Is Kobe a top-10 player on the Lakers roster?

It's pretty close, I'd put him around 8th or 9th best on the team

I can't decide if he's a top-50 player in the Pacific Division or not

8/13/2012 12:19:01 AM

I wonder how productive Mark Madsen was according to the algorithm during the Lakers early 2000's dynasty.

8/13/2012 12:21:55 AM

Kobe in the top 25 is ludicrous and yes Matt Barnes is significantly better than Kobe.

Kobe was not a productive basketball player last year, period.


Also, that's the first id heard the magic landed mcroberts. That's a nice addition for the magic in an otherwise fairly brutal trade. Kid is a player and just hitting his prime. Vucevic started off well his rookie year too before falling off at the end. Coupled with the two good big men prospects the Magic drafted and all the draft picks they acquiredthey could be building a decent long term team, but they will still suck in the meantime obviously.

[Edited on August 13, 2012 at 7:04 AM. Reason : a]

8/13/2012 6:40:21 AM

Dwight Howard is going to have a hard time making up what the Lakers lost in Mcroberts. Maybe they can trade Kobe for Vujecic.

8/13/2012 7:33:01 AM