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Team USA Needs Bruce Bowen More Than it Needs Michael Redd
Published 8/21/2007 by David Friedman at 20 Second Timeout
According to the "experts," Team USA has been "plagued" by "inconsisent three point shooting" in recent FIBA competitions. The addition of Michael Redd to this year's squad will purportedly solve what is alleged to be Team USA's greatest weakness. I have two questions for anyone who agrees with that line of thinking: Have you actually watched any Team USA games in the past several years? Have you looked at Team USA's statistics from those competitions? Complete understanding can only be obtained by both watching the games and examining the statistics; it is vitally important to observe how teams accumulated the numbers that they put up. For instance, bad perimeter defense can lead not only to open three pointers but it also can result in a layup being scored because other defenders got lured out of position trying to help the first player who messed up (just watch a ta ...

Team USA Needs Bruce Bowen More Than it Needs Michael Redd
Published 8/27/2007 by David Friedman at The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network
... According to the "experts," Team USA has been "plagued by "inconsistent three point shooting" in recent FIBA competitions. Michael Redd was added to this year's squad to solve what is allegedly Team USA's greatest weakness. Redd has indeed shot well from the field as Team USA has rolled through Group B play in the FIBA Americas tournament but that does not change the fact that three point shooting has not in fact been Team USA’s biggest problem in recent FIBA events. Complete understanding of why those teams did not win gold medals can only be obtained by both watching the games and examining the statistics; it is vitally important to observe how teams accumulate the numbers that they put up. For instance, bad perimeter defen ...