23 and Under Olympic Team
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So basically we all recall Commissioner Stern's idea of having the Olympic basketball team be comprised of players 23 and under. Lets say this was to take place this year, who would you put on this 12 man roster? And how do you think they would do?
C-DeMarcus Cousins
Pf-Kevin Love
Sf-Kevin Durant
Sg-James Harden
Pg-Derrick Rose
Anthony Davis
Derrick Favors
Russell Westbrook
Paul George
Tyreke Evans
Blake Griffin
Greg Monroe
I think this team could win the Gold, especially because theres a lot of size here with some big time scorers. I did have Marshon Brooks on here but I switched him out with Tyreke Evans.
C-DeMarcus Cousins
Pf-Kevin Love
Sf-Kevin Durant
Sg-James Harden
Pg-Derrick Rose
Anthony Davis
Derrick Favors
Russell Westbrook
Paul George
Tyreke Evans
Blake Griffin
Greg Monroe
I think this team could win the Gold, especially because theres a lot of size here with some big time scorers. I did have Marshon Brooks on here but I switched him out with Tyreke Evans.
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Uhh... yeah... That's pretty much the team. Blake would start over Love tho. And yes they'd win Gold.
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Harden aint starting... but I agree with the list
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what of kyrie Irving? I think he will belong on a team like this...... someone has to be taken off....
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rose and blake are injured though
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what of kyrie Irving? I think he will belong on a team like this...... someone has to be taken off....
rose wouldn't be on the team -
Uhh... yeah... That's pretty much the team. Blake would start over Love tho. And yes they'd win Gold.
Irving can take George spot
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CJ assume they're healthy lol. this is a hypothetical question
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i'd rather have kawai leonard over paul george.. he had a hell of a rookie season with the spurs, and showed up in the playoffs.. good defender too
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i dont think they'd win gold though. i honestly think the moment might get too big for them.. i'd go with the experience of argentina over the youth and athleticism of the US team
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dbrazil412 wrote: »i dont think they'd win gold though. i honestly think the moment might get too big for them.. i'd go with the experience of argentina over the youth and athleticism of the US team
Wow. No.
Argentina doesn't have a single player even close to Durant, Rose, or Westbrook... and no one better than Love, Harden, Blake etc...
This team would go undefeated relatively easily just like the current team will.
Let's not forget the best players in the world play in the NBA. And the Olympic team is full of starters. 98% of players that aren't in the nba on these other national teams would be D-leaguers. -
Kyrie for harden, he is not all that.
Paul George starts at the two -
dbrazil412 wrote: »i dont think they'd win gold though. i honestly think the moment might get too big for them.. i'd go with the experience of argentina over the youth and athleticism of the US team
Wow. No.
Argentina doesn't have a single player even close to Durant, Rose, or Westbrook... and no one better than Love, Harden, Blake etc...
This team would go undefeated relatively easily just like the current team will.
Let's not forget the best players in the world play in the NBA. And the Olympic team is full of starters. 98% of players that aren't in the nba on these other national teams would be D-leaguers.
but the TEAMS around the world have been playing together for a minute so it's ot far fetched US wouldnt get Gold even with this team....you can't always throw 12 of best players on a team and expect great results...'04's team proved that -
oh yeah and Kyrie Irving would definetly be on this team
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So lets see some of yall put a team together within that boundary. I wanted Kyrie on the team, but I felt it would have been a lot of point gaurds on the team. If I had to take some one off and put him on I would probably take off Westbrook because of the fact that he and Rose bring basically the same thing to the table and Kyrie would be the true pg on the team.
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Stupid idea.
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PG's Kyrie Irving Avery Bradley
SG's Tyreke Evans lman Shumpert Gordon Heyward
SF's Paul George Evan Turner
PF's Anthony Davis Blake Griffin
C's Demarcus Cousins Greg Monroe -
Westbrook can play the 2...? likes shootin anyway