Globetrotters vs Argentina

LineTamer+ · Sep 23, 2004

The Harlem Globetrotters have challenged Olympic champion Argentina to a $1 million, winner-take-all game that would be shown on pay-per-view. Of course! If only Larry Brown had relied more on the hidden-ball trick, USA Basketball wouldn't be in this mess.

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bzbwoy · Sep 23, 2004

Line, LB is a great coach. do you think the olympic performance was mostly his fault or was it as he said, the players' lack of heart?

wilheim · Sep 23, 2004

From Daily Reporter:

You have to love this - Basketball's clown princes challenge Olympic Gold medal winners
The Harlem Globetrotters basketball team has challenged Olympic champion Argentina to a $1 million winner-take-all game that would be shown on pay-per-view television.
Promoters have agreed to provide the prize money and put the game on TV, the Arizona-based Globetrotters said in a statement. The game would be played on a neutral court on a date to be determined.

"The Globetrotters are up to the challenge," team owner Mannie Jackson said.

The Globetrotters, a touring basketball team known for its showmanship, didn't name the promoters.

Simon Getzel, general secretary of Argentina's basketball federation, said in a telephone interview from Buenos Aires that the offer would be presented to the team.

Argentina, led by Manu Ginobili of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, defeated the United States en route to the gold medal at the Athens Olympics last month.

Bloomberg News

wil.

HacheMan · Sep 23, 2004

I say the Globetrotters would defeat Argentina. Not because of their silly tricks that their opponents always play along with, but simply because they play/have played together daily for so long, and are actually talented. The Olympic team consisted of only no shooting thugs & 1 decent kid that was basically too young to be included. I still say a basic lineup of guys like Matt Harping, Mike Miller, Chauncy Billps, Ben Wallace, Donyell Marshall, among others, could of won it......