Olympic Thoughts

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The Fundamentals
Published 8/4/2008 by Brandon Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
... Ryan Schwan of Hornets 247:  “When you watch the other teams, who are experienced with international ball, they initiate their offensive sets about six to eight feet back from the three point line.  Their wing shooters hover a good three to four feet back from the line.  The US, however, like good NBA players, initiate their offense at - or a few feet behind - the three point line.  Their wings toe it.  This is especially the case with slash-minded players like Anthony, Wade, James, and Bryant.  In the NBA, this is fine - the wider arc of the 3-point line adds another 6 ...

The Internets are alive: USA drops Russia in Olympic warm-up
Published 8/4/2008 by J.E. Skeets at Ball Don't Lie
... Hornets 24/7: "Chris Paul has averaged the most minutes on the team. In my opinion the offense runs much, much smoother when he is on the floor bringing up the ball, though part of that is because ...

Monday Bullets
Published 8/4/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Ryan Schwan of Hornets247 has been wathching some international hoops, and has some deft observations: "When you watch the other teams, who are experienced with international ball, they initiate their offensive sets about six to eight feet back from the three point line. Their wing shooters hover a good three to four feet back from the line. The US, however, like good NBA players, initiate their offense at -- or a few feet behind -- the three point line. Their wings toe it. This is especially the case with slash-minded players like Anthony, Wade, ...

Thoughts on Team USA
Published 30 days ago by Jim at Green Bandwagon: Front Page Posts
... is a bigger guard. But Mills left Chris Paul behind as well. Now Mills made some mistakes, missed some shots, and the Australians definitely needed C.J. Bruton to run the point and hit some 3s. Still Mills turns 20 in 6 days. He's going to get better. There will come a time when another squad matches an American roster athlete for athlete. And yet the bigger concern should be who plays the game better. 5. Realistically Team USA and its NBA players will have to adjust and mimic their opponents (Hat tip TrueHoop) at some point. 6. In closing, I realize ...