For EVERYONE who is thinking of putting money on Kobe and Co...

ExtremeNole · Aug 14, 2008

its not always playing hard.. its whether they are feeling good shooting in the morning.. based on talent and inside game, they should win by 30+.. the big problem is olympic basketball is different from NBA basketball and allows you to play alot more zone, meaning if greece slows it down WHICH THEY WILL TRY VERY HARD TO DO, then it is up to Kobe and Co. to knock down 3's cuz god knows greece will make their's.. Although every game is different, and USA could easily jump back on track beyond the ark, With USA's abysmal 3 shooting the first 2 games it is VERY possible greece could be down 15-20 points mid game/late like in 2006 and come back in a 5-6 min span if they hit their shots..

krk1030 · Aug 14, 2008

Greece cant hit outside shots either. Might be a good play on the under. But I think the US covers. They want this game and have been waiting to play greece again for a long time.

ExtremeNole · Aug 14, 2008

krk1030 said:
Greece cant hit outside shots either. Might be a good play on the under. But I think the US covers. They want this game and have been waiting to play greece again for a long time.

I agree they will be very pissed off, as i obvious, but the zone ran by these olympic national teams is very smooth and can make ANY team look very average.. all i am saying is be carefull people

ExtremeNole · Aug 14, 2008

and by the way..

3pt % first 2 games

~29% US both games
~42% 1st game and 35% 2nd game

Huckel · Aug 14, 2008

thanks for the stats i got us and under i feel the same way about that zone but the us is leaps and bounds better than the us maybe they will play redd alot more atleast he can shoot unlike kidd and wade

Biggamer3 · Aug 14, 2008

You know this is baseball forum right?

jordan17 · Aug 14, 2008

can I ask, what time is this game? :think2:

ExtremeNole · Aug 14, 2008

Huckel said:
thanks for the stats i got us and under i feel the same way about that zone but the us is leaps and bounds better than the us maybe they will play redd alot more atleast he can shoot unlike kidd and wade

if redd is on, greece has zero chance of covering

ExtremeNole · Aug 14, 2008

jordan17 said:
can I ask, what time is this game? :think2:

~8am-9am i believe

ExtremeNole · Aug 14, 2008

Biggamer3 said:
You know this is baseball forum right?

What is baseball?

Huckel · Aug 14, 2008

i think its that game where they skate on ice and do acrobatics

Janesl36 · Aug 14, 2008

:lol:

ExtremeNole said:
What is baseball?

ExtremeNole · Aug 14, 2008

Huckel said:
i think its that game where they skate on ice and do acrobatics

ive heard about that!!! rumors are it looks REALLY good in HD!!

Addict101 · Aug 14, 2008

Took Greece the other night against Germany. Absolutely raped them FWIW, had Dirk on complete lock.

krk1030 · Aug 14, 2008

USA has 5 players as good as dirk on the floor at all time.

ExtremeNole · Aug 14, 2008

krk1030 said:
USA has 5 players as good as dirk on the floor at all time.

now that is a little far fetched at best, yes USA have great players.. but there are VERY FEW nba players with dirks ability, that comment is retarded

Addict101 · Aug 14, 2008

krk1030 said:
USA has 5 players as good as dirk on the floor at all time.

I'm just making the point that the Greeks can play against NBA talent, that's all.

OTK · Aug 14, 2008

Greece is an amazing team. If anybody were to keep USA within 5 points, it'd be them IMO.

I can see USA covering though. I think Greece will give them a run for their money come elimination time though.

w8lifterguy · Aug 14, 2008

Too emotional a game and USA not hitting 3's better than 26%, can see USA winning by 18. Really like China -14 over Angola, they are 0-2 and need this badly after losing to Spain in OT after leading by 14.
Much more comfortable laying the 14 with China, huge size advantage.
Game goes at 2:30a EDT

ExtremeNole · Aug 14, 2008

w8lifterguy said:
Too emotional a game and USA not hitting 3's better than 26%, can see USA winning by 18. Really like China -14 over Angola, they are 0-2 and need this badly after losing to Spain in OT after leading by 14.
Much more comfortable laying the 14 with China, huge size advantage.
Game goes at 2:30a EDT

exactly my centaments... placed $200 on china and won going away, too much size for the chinese over the smaller angola team:money8: