Sunday, August 15, 2004
Yikes!
Taking a quick break from baseball to write about the egg that the U.S. Men's basketball team laid in the first half against Puerto Rico. 27-49 at halftime, with this alleged Dream Team scoring only 7 points in the second quarter. During one stretch in the second quarter, the following three 15-foot baseline jump shots happened: Dwyane Wade, airball; Carmelo Anthony, ball wedged between the rim and backboard; Richard Jefferson, hit the corner of the backboard. That about sums things up for this squad -- forget about the three-pointer for a minute, isn't there anyone on this team that can hit a 15-foot jump shot?
Maybe this is the best advertisement of all for high schoolers to attend and stay in college for three or four years. If you don't, you'll wind up getting embarassed on a US Olympic team.
posted by Tom Renbarger 10:52 AM
