Comments on: I must admit, I don’t get it http://www.dwightjaynes.com/i-must-admit-i-dont-get-it Just watching the world float by... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:46:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bakir http://www.dwightjaynes.com/i-must-admit-i-dont-get-it/comment-page-1#comment-60 bakir Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:02:34 +0000 http://www.dwightjaynes.com/?p=135#comment-60 dwight, ive been thinking about the same thing and heres what i came up with-- first, the defenses played by FIBA rules allow a lot more contact and handchecking on the perimiter than in the NBA which automatically helps the slower european players. and that is a HUGE advantage. ever notice how hard it has been for the US players to blow by their man while being guarded up top? with the way NBA games are officiated, most of the US opponents would foul out by halftime. Also, a lot more grabbing and holding is allowed underneath the basket which the international teams are masters at. If this tournament was played by NBA rules with NBA refs, this final game would have been a 40 point blowout. After all, remember last pre-season when some of the best Euro teams played exhibition games in the US against NBA teams played by NBA rules. Their best clubs got slaugthered by teams like the Knicks. At first glance it doesnt seem that way but its a much different game played under FIBA and the NBA. dwight, ive been thinking about the same thing and heres what i came up with–

first, the defenses played by FIBA rules allow a lot more contact and handchecking on the perimiter than in the NBA which automatically helps the slower european players. and that is a HUGE advantage. ever notice how hard it has been for the US players to blow by their man while being guarded up top? with the way NBA games are officiated, most of the US opponents would foul out by halftime. Also, a lot more grabbing and holding is allowed underneath the basket which the international teams are masters at.

If this tournament was played by NBA rules with NBA refs, this final game would have been a 40 point blowout. After all, remember last pre-season when some of the best Euro teams played exhibition games in the US against NBA teams played by NBA rules. Their best clubs got slaugthered by teams like the Knicks. At first glance it doesnt seem that way but its a much different game played under FIBA and the NBA.

]]> By: maw http://www.dwightjaynes.com/i-must-admit-i-dont-get-it/comment-page-1#comment-56 maw Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:08:09 +0000 http://www.dwightjaynes.com/?p=135#comment-56 Great point, and certainly a valid one. And I never really thought about that until I read your article. And you were able to convince me when you said that not one of these Spanish players would make the team USA roster, they are very good players no doubt, but I don't see any one of them taking the place of any USA player. USA should have won this game by 40 points. I have considered all your theories, but I think I can satisfy your curiosity. The answer is defense. They allowed Spain to shoot 51.4% from the field, 47.1% from the three point line. That number is pretty high even for all the NBA teams, considering they shoot at about 45% on average as a team in the NBA. Team USA scored 118 points but they allowed Spain to score 107 points. Yes stealing the ball and blocking the ball off the backboard is impressive, but how about closing down the lane and defending the three point line? They didn't do those things. Howard was the only inside presence and even he wasn't that effective. And don't expect any defense from Bosh and Boozer. Great point, and certainly a valid one. And I never really thought about that until I read your article. And you were able to convince me when you said that not one of these Spanish players would make the team USA roster, they are very good players no doubt, but I don’t see any one of them taking the place of any USA player. USA should have won this game by 40 points. I have considered all your theories, but I think I can satisfy your curiosity. The answer is defense. They allowed Spain to shoot 51.4% from the field, 47.1% from the three point line. That number is pretty high even for all the NBA teams, considering they shoot at about 45% on average as a team in the NBA. Team USA scored 118 points but they allowed Spain to score 107 points. Yes stealing the ball and blocking the ball off the backboard is impressive, but how about closing down the lane and defending the three point line? They didn’t do those things. Howard was the only inside presence and even he wasn’t that effective. And don’t expect any defense from Bosh and Boozer.

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