Anonymous
Years ago
Team USA have named a 19 man squad - http://www.usab.com/mens/national/14_mnt_las_vegas_camp.html
If all players are fully fit who would you take to the world champs?
PG - Irving / Rose / Curry
SG - P. George / Harden
SF - Durant / Parsons
PF - Love / Griffin
C - A Davis / Cousins / Drummond
Missing out
Hayward / Thompson / Beal / Lillard / Korver / Faried / DeRozan
MACDUB
Years ago
Call me crazy, but that would be a very beatable team ^.
Not saying a team would beat them, but I am saying that a team would stand a better chance against this lineup.
I'd be taking Lillard over Irving.
Knows how to run a successful team and wouldn't be trying to take everyone on by himself like Irving.
IMO.
jonno
Years ago
Given Rose's injurys and lack of recent play you could easily argue Lillard over Rose imo,
paul
Years ago
Yes this is a beatable team, not a heap of international experience. They will have to play right up to their potential to beat Spain in Spain.
If Durant plays as he did in 2010 they will still be very very hard to beat, but if he's down a little there could be some tough games in the knockout rounds.
Curry/irving/lillard
Harden/George
Durant/parsons
Love/faried/griffin
Cousins/Davis
MACDUB
Years ago
Irving - kind of guy who would shoot them out of a game
Rose - injured/ hardly game ready
Harden - Feel free to take him. But good luck getting any kind of defence from a backcourt of Irving and Harden. Juan Carlos Navarro and other SGs will have a field day against him.
Durant - defending the four spot. Surely big, bruising PFs (Baynes) could exploit him at this position. (LBJ could play the 4 very well at FIBA comps because he had the added muscle and could bang down low)
Love - Not a very good defender either.
Parsons - A one-dimensional shooter?
George - Always risky taking a guy to the FIBA scene for the first time. He is a great NBA player - but you never know..he could struggle to adapt in the FIBA Game.
Tiger Watcher
Years ago
Just like the last FIBA tourney expect alot of trapping, zone & matchup zone from the USA
There goes Australia's chances of Irving becoming a Boomer
Steven
Years ago
Lillard/Curry/Irving
Harden/Beal
Durant/George
Griffin/Love/Faried
Davis/Drummond
Statsheet Stuffer
Years ago
An eclectic mix of isolation offence and adequate defence
They usually give the younger ones a run in World Cup hence why LBJ is not playing.
Benno
Years ago
Im gonna agree with you guys, highly skilled team but not as scary as a team with Kobe or Lebron
That's a very beatable team. They're going to have to play well to beat Spain.
paul
Years ago
MACDUB, Durant played plenty of PF in 2010, I expect it to be the same in Spain. The mismatch he has against bigger players is nearly impossible to cover out to the perimeter and at the rim, whereas team defence, zoning and trapping can cover post mismatches.
I expect George to play a bit of PF too as Carmelo Anthony and James have done in the past.
AK-47
Years ago
PG - Rose/Lillard
SG - Thompson/Harden/Curry
SF - George/Parsons
PF - Durant/Griffin
C - Davis/Love/Drummond
PG. Curry, Lillard, Irving
SG. Harden, Thompson
SF. Durant, George
PF. Love, Griffin
C. Davis, Drummond, Cousins
Hayward, Parsons, Beal, Korver, Rose, DeRozan, Faried miss out
I think either Thompson or Korver will make the team as a specialist shooter leaning towards the youth of Thompson.
Would start KD at the 4 but not possible with so many quality bigs unless they swap Cousins/Drummond with another guard or forward.
This team isn't the best, but won't lose, GOLD
Spain have a definite chance of beating this team. They seem to be pretty defensively weak.
paul
Years ago
Looking at past teams my guess would be something like:
PG. Lillard, Irving
SG. Curry, Harden, Thompson
SF. George, Korver
PF. Durant, Griffin, Parsons
C. Love, Davis
Drummond might be a chance to play that Chandler role too.
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