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關鍵詞:World Cup Team USA
概念:
SOMETIMES, IT"S ACCURATE. SOMETIMES, IT"S NOT. ONLY FOUR OF THE NINE ROTATION PLAYERS FOR TURKEY, THE TEAM THAT ALMOST BEAT THE U.S. IN ITS SECOND GAME HERE AT THE FIBA WORLD CUP, WERE IN THE ROTATION FOR TURKEY AT EUROBASKET TWO YEARS AGO.
IN THAT LIGHT, THEN, A CLEAN U.S. SWEEP THROUGH THE 2019 WORLD CUP FIELD, LACKADAISICAL ROSTER AND ALL, MIGHT HAVE APPEARED TO BE MORE OF A CALAMITY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL GAME THAN THE U.S. LOSS APPEARS TO BE FOR THE TEAM USA PROGRAM. THAT THE DEFEAT DIDN』T EVEN COME AT THE HANDS OF THE BEST OPPONENT, BUT MERELY ONE TEAM IN A WIDE AND EVER-WIDENING FIELD OF POSSIBLE THREATS TO THE WORLD』S GREATEST BASKETBALL-PLAYING NATION, ONLY EMPHASIZES THIS POINT FURTHER. IN THE PAST, THE SPORT EXPANDED IN PART BECAUSE OF TEAM USA』S DOMINANCE. BUT NOW, INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL HAS NEVER LOOKED STRONGER; IRONICALLY, IT』S UP TO THE AMERICANS TO KEEP UP WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
WE KNEW TEAM USA BASKETBALL WAS NOT INVINCIBLE COMING INTO THE 2019 FIBA WORLD CUP, NOT WITH THIS ROSTER. AFTER A PARADE OF PLAYERS DROPPED OUT DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE TOURNAMENT OR OTHER REASONS, USA BASKETBALL WAS LEFT WITH A SHELL OF ITS PROMISED TEAM. THE ROSTER IS PROBABLY LESS IMPRESSIVE THAN THE ONE THAT COMPETED IN THE FORSAKEN 2002 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, WHERE THE AMERICANS FINISHED AN EMBARRASSING SIXTH, AS SB NATION STUDIOS』 REWINDER EPISODE ON THE LOSS TO YUGOSLAVIA REMINDS US.
THE USA"S WORLD CUP WIN STREAK NOW IS AT 23 GAMES, AND THE U.S. HAS WON 57 CONSECUTIVE GAMES IN FIBA COMPETITIONS DATING BACK TO THE SEMIFINALS OF THE 2006 WORLD CUP, WHEN THE USA LOST TO GREECE.
TEAM USA HAD A SEVEN-POINT LEAD OVER FRANCE WITH JUST UNDER EIGHT MINUTES TO PLAY IN TODAY』S FIBA WORLD CUP QUARTERFINAL GAME. FROM THAT POINT ON, FRANCE WENT ON A 22-5 RUN AND ADVANCED TO THE TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALS WHILE LEAVING TEAM USA BEHIND TO MAKE A NEW LIFE FOR THEMSELVES IN THE TRASH.
THE USA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP TEAM COACHING STAFF FEATURES USA AND SAN ANTONIO SPURS HEAD COACH
WHAT TEAM USA NEEDS TO FIX TO AVOID AN UGLY EXIT AT THE WORLD CUP
FRANCE IS MOVING ON TO THE FIBA WORLD CUP SEMIFINALS AFTER KNOCKING OFF TEAM USA WITH AN 89-79 VICTORY ON WEDNESDAY. SAN ANTONIO SPURS LEGEND TONY PARKER EXPRESSED HIS JOY ON TWITTER WITH A SIMPLE “YES!!!!” AND SOME CLAPPING EMOJIS IN REACTION TO HIS COUNTRY’S MASSIVE VICTORY:
SERBIA CLAIMED A SILVER MEDAL AT THE 2015 WORLD CUP AND IS THE TOP-RANKED TEAM IN THE WORLD, BUT WITH THIS YEAR』S WORLD CUP NOT SERVING AS AN OLYMPIC QUALIFIER AS IT HAS IN YEARS PAST (BECAUSE A COUNTRY CANNOT HOST A QUALIFIER FOR AN OLYMPIC GAMES IT』S HOSTING) AND WITH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVING JUST ENDED ON SUNDAY, WITH SERBIA EMERGING AS THE REPEAT WINNERS, EXPECT SERBIA, AND LIKELY THE OTHER EUROPEAN TEAMS AT WORLD CUP, TO REST SOME OF THEIR MAJOR STARS.
THE FUNNY THING IS, I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR TEAM USA NOT TO TAKE GOLD. I』D MUCH PREFER A U.S. VICTORY AT NEXT YEAR』S OLYMPICS TO A WIN AT THE FIBA WORLD CUP. IF TEAM USA COASTS TO AN EASY WIN IN THIS TOURNAMENT DESPITE SENDING A BORED B-TEAM—C-TEAM? D-TEAM? J-TEAM? U-TEAM?—I THINK THAT COULD BE A REALLY BAD LESSON HEADING INTO THE OLYMPICS. A LOSS HERE WOULD REMIND USA BASKETBALL THAT IT』S POSSIBLE TO LOSE IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND PROBABLY CONVINCE A FUN ROSTER TO SHOW UP IN TOKYO NEXT YEAR. IF THIS TEAM COASTS TO A WIN AT THE FIBA TOURNAMENT, I CAN ALREADY SEE MARCUS SMART ON THE BRONZE MEDAL PODIUM NEXT YEAR.
ANOTHER POTENTIAL CAVEAT IS THAT EVERY WORLD CUP/CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE TEAM USA OLYMPIC ROSTERS, SO THIS YEAR』S TEAM WAS BOUND TO BE WORSE THAN IN 2016. THERE』S MORE SMOKE HERE; NOTICE THE ZIGZAG PATTERN IN THE GRAPHS ABOVE IN EVERY CYCLE EXCEPT 2004. BESIDES THAT ABERRATION, EVERY OLYMPICS ROSTER HAS FEATURED MORE ACCOMPLISHED AMERICANS THAN THE ROSTER BEFORE IT, AND AFTER. DEPENDING ON THE METRIC OF CHOICE, WORLD CUP/CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTERS TYPICALLY LACK SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 70 PERCENT OF THE PLAUDITS OF THEIR OLYMPIC COUNTERPARTS. (THIS CHART DOESN』T INCLUDE THE 1998 TEAM.)

 

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