Mike Krzyzewski's a sucka with his too/LOL.

[Mike Barnes]

The United States Olympic crew winning by 83 points over Nigeria last night, Put the United States Olympic crew in a viable position to have cats come at them mad hard during the remainder of the olympics, Via, Mike Krzyzewski's lack of sportsmanship and Grace to not humiliate the Nigeria crew, And who was the leading scorer for the United States Olympic crew(Carmelo Anthoney and i wonder why/LOL), The Dream Team ran cats out the gym in the 1992 Olympics,

Because cats we're coppin mad plea's to them(Dream-Team), Along with Charles Barkley displaying the ignorance that he is still well-respected for via Charles Barkley calling a cat on the Nigarian crew a, 'Spear-Chucker', And mad cats laughed at that nonsense because Charles Barkely said it, In 1988, I stated to my boys that the 1988 Olympic crew would come in third place weeks before the Olympics started during the summer of 1988(Well, Actually i made my

Prediction after i found out Rod Strickland and Dave Rivers we're cut by John Thompson, Yet, Charles Smith and Bimbo Coles made the crew at the point guard Spot/LOL), If they're we're a better time to show the world what the United States stands for in regards to being a noble and humility driven country, The Olympics is most definitely the spot to show the world what the United states is about when it comes to athletics and sportsmanship and once again, Mike Krzyzewski has displayed a very bad example of this(Sportsmanship and grace).

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

LONDON – After the United States was done delivering the most devastating defeat in the history of Olympic basketball, a 156-73 obliteration of Nigeria, USA coach Mike Krzyzewski sniffed over the suggestion that the Americans had gone too far in an 83-point humiliation of a fledgling African program.

Records tumbled in stunning and spectacular fashion, a surreal 29 Team USA three-pointers dropping into the basket in Thursday's Pool A Olympic tournament game. Carmelo Anthony had 37 points, and did so playing in a mere 14 minutes. No one had ever scored so many points in an Olympic game – 138 by Brazil in 1988 was the record – and the record for three-pointers had been broken before halftime.

Nevertheless, a question in the postgame news conference about the U.S. running up the score stiffened Krzyzewski, inspiring him to respond with marked defiance.

"We didn't play LeBron [James] and Kobe [Bryant] in the second half, and with Carmelo shooting like that, we benched him," Krzyzewski said. "We didn't take any fast breaks in the fourth quarter, and we played all zone. You have to take a shot every 24 seconds, and the shots we took happened to be hit.

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"I take offense to this question because there's no way in the world that our program in the United States sets out to humiliate anyone."

Krzyzewski nodded toward Nigeria coach Ayodele Bakare and decided to speak for him too. "Coach would think it humiliating if we didn't play hard."

Nigeria does have a marginal NBA player, Al-Farouq Aminu of the New Orleans Hornets, and an ex-NBA player Ike Diogu, but they were completely unable to protect the ball, nor showed an inclination to rotate and contest the NBA stars' three-pointers. Whatever happened, the Nigerians had run into a perfect storm. Resistance was futile.

"It was like open gym out there for them," Nigeria's Tony Skinn said with a sigh to Yahoo! Sports.

It was uneven, unpleasant and a reminder of the gap between the United States and most of the world when the Americans are resolved and relentless. The superstars kept coming in waves upon waves on Nigeria, whose players became more spectators than participants in the devastating defeat. The United States had 49 points after a quarter, 78 at halftime, and Nigeria let itself become innocent bystanders.

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"On the one side, it's terrible to get whupped like that," Nigeria's Koko Archibong said. "But on the other side, it was something impressive to be a part of – impressive to witness in person."

The United States had been a day off of practice on Wednesday and responded crisp and sharp and determined to exploit that three-point line that sits a foot-and-a-half shorter than the NBA's. Anthony's performance was spectacular, making 13 of 16 shots – including 10 of 12 on three-pointers – in 14 minutes on the floor.

"Hard to explain what it feels like to be in that zone," Anthony said.

Yes, there was a surreal sense to the game, but also an inevitability for the rest of the world that it will take something of a perfect performance to beat the Americans in this tournament. The USA's biggest threat – Spain – has lost starting guard Juan Carlos Navarro to an ankle injury and played disturbingly unimpressed basketball in a 79-78 victory over winless Great Britain.

Eight years ago, the United States was getting blown out by Puerto Rico in the Olympics, stumbling to a bronze medal, and the questions were different then. Now, everything has changed. They're the big, bad bully again, and with back-to-back victories by more than 45 points, Krzyzewski had to come to the defense of his program's sportsmanship on Thursday night. Nigeria had no issues with the Americans, but the performance and the scoreboard, left everyone a little dizzy. Yes, resistance was futile against Team USA, which inched its way ever closer to another gold medal.

[Tee Dubb]

You gotta make adjustments or suffer, and that they did. Besides what was the USA supposed to do, quit?

[House]

Nigeria played zero defense. Coach K pulled Kobe and LeBron at the end of the first half. Nigeria never rotated to the open man. The US played all zone . US team shot 71 percent from the field and 63 percent from three point land. They basically made most shots they put up

I can't criticize them for that

Nigerian team shouldn't have been on the floor

[Mike Barnes]

Tony, No matter who the United States played lat night, An inferior crew like Nigeria would have been run out of the gym, Though, When a crew is getting demo'd on a world stage like the Olympics, The coach has to look to slow down the game to the point of holdin the pill until the shot clock runs out and cats taking long jumpers(Now if them shits are falling, Then it was just one of those games for the United states, Though, Hopefully for the United States, Those same jumpers will

Continue to fall during the rest of the Olympics, My man/LOL, Tony, Mike Krzyzewski's has a history of running inferior crews out of the gym going back to the late 80's(That's why Jerry Colangelo gave Mike Krzyzewski x amount of money to coach in the 2012 Olympics, Because of Mike Krzyzewski's propensity to win at all costs no matter who the opponent is and what the stakes are, My man, Tony, To answer your question in regards to what was the United States Olympic crew

Supposed to do while winning by 83 points vs Nigeria, Well, I feel the United States was supposed to show the world the sportsmanship that it prides themselves on in regards to the United States being a very noble and respectful opponent who would not show up an far less talented opponent on a world stage like the Olympics, My man.

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Mike Barnes

[House]

Some Olympians have no chance. Thats just the way it is.

[Fletch]

I saw the last couple of minutes. I thought Nigeria would give the US a game for a minute, given that they have Tony Skinn and Ike Digou. Tony Skinn was part of that George Mason Final Four crew. Ike Digou was the Pac-10 Player of the Year at Arizona State!

[Mike Barnes]

MarkB, Fletch, I remember reading about Hamilton HS in Brooklyn demo'ing a crew(If i remember correctly it was Southshore HS), By 90 plus points in 1980(Hamilton HS had Cosell Brown, Beetle Washington, Ice Reynolds, Carey Scurry, Andre Ervin and Hamilton was coached by Ray Haskins who was one of the best coaches on the HS circuit during the 70's,80's, In New York), Fletch, MarkB, I felt that Ray Hamilton was doing the sucka move with his by playing his starters most

Of the game up by 70 plus points(A cat from Brooklyn told me what happened during the Hamilton vs Southshore in 1980), And Ray Haskins knew better than that to run a crew out of the gym like that(90 Plus points), Because that nonsense is not good sportsmanship, No matter how wack the crew is, My man, MarkB, I remember playing in a tournament around your way at 147 Park in Cambria Heights during the summer of 1974(Midgets, My man/LOL), MarkB, The crew that i was

Playing for(Cats from the Southside/Jamaica,Queens), Ran thru a crew from Cambria Heights like an laxative, My man(MarkB, The crew that i was playing with beat the crew from Cambria Heights by 40 plus points in 1974, My man), MarkB, After the game, I felt very bad about beating a crew by that much(40 plus points), Because, I was not taught how to play the game of basketball like that, My man(Crackin a crews ass mad lovely, Knowing that the crew was mad wack, My man),

MarkB, Cats that taught me the game(An assortment of cats from around the way/Southside/Jamaica,Queens and a host of NBA, ABA, College, HS, Legends too, My man), Instilled an sportsmanlike quality that displayed respect for your opponent(Exhibit A:Helpin cats up after a foul, Shaking hands before and after the game is over even when you know you are mad because of losing, Etc), And that sportsmanlike quality has carried me a very long way in life in regards to how i present

Myself to others, Because a cats presentation means alot in an world where mad cats embrace an image of negative elements when it comes to ego, My man, MarkB, We both attended St.John's summer program during the mid to late 70's and i can confirm the things that cats like Lou Carnessca, John Kresse, Brian Mahoney, Mr Nick(Legendary AAU coach), Jack Curran(legendary coach at Molloy HS in Jamaica,Queens during the 60's thru today), Cecil Watkins(Rip), Al McGuire

(Rip),Hubie Brown, Etc, Taught me and alot of other cats who attended the St.John's Summer program during the mid to late 70's we're to be an excellent teammate and being an even better person win or lose in regards to sportsmanship like qualities, My man, Fletch, That cat Tony Skinn gave North Carolina Problems

During the 2006 regional final game, Along with the other cat in the backcourt for George Mason(Folarin Campbell, Who was nice too, My man), Fletch, Tony Skinn shook James Hardin to the floor during the United States vs Nigeria game last night, My man/LOL.

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Mike Barnes

Tony Skinn shaking James Hardin to the floor during the United States vs Nigeria game last night/LOL:
http://georgemasonbasketball.blogspot.com/

[Fletch]

Yo, Mike, I thought the 1985 Memorial Day Massacre in Boston was bad (Celtics 148, Lakers 114). I think Scott Wedman had like a thousand threes! (LOL!) Then Magic and 'em got it together and won the series!

[liL Ray]

Some Olympians have no chance. Thats just the way it is.

It is all about the participation.

[Tee Dubb]

MarkB, Fletch, I remember reading about Hamilton HS in Brooklyn demo'ing a crew(If i remember correctly it was Southshore HS), By 90 plus points in 1980(Hamilton HS had Cosell Brown, Beetle Washington, Ice Reynolds, Carey Scurry, Andre Ervin and Hamilton was coached by Ray Haskins who was one of the best coaches on the HS circuit during the 70's,80's, In New York), Fletch, MarkB, I felt that Ray Hamilton was doing the sucka move with his by playing his starters most

Of the game up by 70 plus points(A cat from Brooklyn told me what happened during the Hamilton vs Southshore in 1980), And Ray Haskins knew better than that to run a crew out of the gym like that(90 Plus points), Because that nonsense is not good sportsmanship, No matter how wack the crew is, My man, MarkB, I remember playing in a tournament around your way at 147 Park in Cambria Heights during the summer of 1974(Midgets, My man/LOL), MarkB, The crew that i was

Playing for(Cats from the Southside/Jamaica,Queens), Ran thru a crew from Cambria Heights like an laxative, My man(MarkB, The crew that i was playing with beat the crew from Cambria Heights by 40 plus points in 1974, My man), MarkB, After the game, I felt very bad about beating a crew by that much(40 plus points), Because, I was not taught how to play the game of basketball like that, My man(Crackin a crews ass mad lovely, Knowing that the crew was mad wack, My man),

MarkB, Cats that taught me the game(An assortment of cats from around the way/Southside/Jamaica,Queens and a host of NBA, ABA, College, HS, Legends too, My man), Instilled an sportsmanlike quality that displayed respect for your opponent(Exhibit A:Helpin cats up after a foul, Shaking hands before and after the game is over even when you know you are mad because of losing, Etc), And that sportsmanlike quality has carried me a very long way in life in regards to how i present

Myself to others, Because a cats presentation means alot in an world where mad cats embrace an image of negative elements when it comes to ego, My man, MarkB, We both attended St.John's summer program during the mid to late 70's and i can confirm the things that cats like Lou Carnessca, John Kresse, Brian Mahoney, Mr Nick(Legendary AAU coach), Jack Curran(legendary coach at Molloy HS in Jamaica,Queens during the 60's thru today), Cecil Watkins(Rip), Al McGuire

(Rip),Hubie Brown, Etc, Taught me and alot of other cats who attended the St.John's Summer program during the mid to late 70's we're to be an excellent teammate and being an even better person win or lose in regards to sportsmanship like qualities, My man, Fletch, That cat Tony Skinn gave North Carolina Problems

During the 2006 regional final game, Along with the other cat in the backcourt for George Mason(Folarin Campbell, Who was nice too, My man), Fletch, Tony Skinn shook James Hardin to the floor during the United States vs Nigeria game last night, My man/LOL.

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Mike Barnes

Tony Skinn shaking James Hardin to the floor during the United States vs Nigeria game last night/LOL:
http://georgemasonbasketball.blogspot.com/

lmao.....he didn't break his ankles so much as making him do a nasty split...hilarious!!

[Fletch]

I just saw the clip. He made Harden do a James Brown/Gabby Douglas split!

[Mike Barnes]

Fletch, The Lakers showed the resilency to take it in 1985 and 1987 and 1988 via Getting Demo'd in Boston by 400 points in 1985, My man/LOL, Fletch, In the case of cats running a crew out of the gym during the Boston vs Lakers series in 1985, Well, We both know that the Lakers and Boston had mad static going back to 1979, Which caused mad hostility between both crews which made both crews un-sportsmanlike, My man/LOL, Fletch, The best analogy i can use to define the

static between the Lakers vs Boston during the 80's is, Playing a cat that you do not like for money(42 by 2's, Taking it back behind the line too, My man/LOL), With both cats going mad hard at each-other in regards to both cats not calling no fouls, My man/LOL, Then, Before and after the game is over, Both cats do not give one-another a pound too, My man(Fletch, They're is a limit that should not be crossed when it comes to being sportsmanlike, My man/LOL, Fletch, Tony

Winter, Do you cats remember how Pearl shook Horace Broadnax(Georgetown), To the floor during the 1985 Big-East Semi-finals at the Garden/LOL, Horace Broadnax was trying to push-up on Pearl in the backcourt(At the end-line at that, My man/LOL), Then, A few plays later, Michael Jackson tries to pushup on Pearl in the backcourt too(And you know what happened next, My man/LOL).

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Mike Barnes

[Fletch]

Looks like Geno Auriema's a sucka with his, too! USA, 114, China 66!

[House]

It is all about the participation.

Exactly

USA Women beat China today by the score of 114-66. They tied the record for most points scored. They could have broken the record. Lastly, China pressed until the very end of the game

[House]

Looks like Geno Auriema's a sucka with his, too! USA, 114, China 66!

Lol

I'm watching it w my brother and was thinking the same thing

[DaveR]

Looks like Geno Auriema's a sucka with his, too! USA, 114, China 66!

The announcers covered this nicely, saying ticketholders at the Olympics want to see the athletes playing 'til the end ... and referenced the Badminton situation

[Tee Dubb]

Looks like Geno Auriema's a sucka with his, too! USA, 114, China 66!

lol

[Mike Barnes]

Fletch, A crew getting demo'd by 48 points is much different than a crew getting demo'd by 83 points in regards to embarrassment, My man, Infact 114 to 66 is not that bad a score to lose to a crew to me(Shit is much better than losing by 83 in the Olympics at that, My man/LOL).

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Mike Barnes

[Tee Dubb]

Fletch, A crew getting demo'd by 48 points is much different than a crew getting demo'd by 83 points in regards to embarrassment, My man, Infact 114 to 66 is not that bad a score to lose to a crew to me(Shit is much better than losing by 83 in the Olympics at that, My man/LOL).

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Mike Barnes

you gotta be kidding......they're both blowouts

[Mike Barnes]

Tony, No, I'm not kidding, My man, If you have ever been on the losing end of a 40 point loss compared to an 83 point loss, Then, If you have been on the other end of giving it to a crew by 40 points and 83 points, The feeling from those experiences are very different because the 40 point plus loss could have resulted in a crew being out-manned(Not enough cats to play against the other crew, Maybe 5 or 6 cats who most of all we're not that nice, Though, 1 or 2 cats we're nice),

Opposed to a crew givin it to a crew by 83, Which means a crew was vastly overwhelmed(No matter how many cats we're down, My man), Tony, Both losses are blowouts, But, What would you rather endure(A 40 point loss, We're you can still cop a plea in regards to poppin that, 'All of our cats did not play today shit', To cats, Or a 83 point loss we're their's no coppin a plea to anything about the outcome, Except, 'WE GOT CRACKED', My MAN/LOL, Tony, North Carolina loss to Kansas

By 25 plus points in the 2009 semi-finals(At one point North Carolina was down by 35 points and North Carolina was the number 1 ranked crew in the country, My man/LOL, Tony, Do you feel Kansas was 35 points better than North Carolina's crew in 2009(Number 1 ranked crew down by 35 in the NCAA semi-finals, My man/LOL), Tony, My point is, A cat can forget a 40 point loss, Though, A crew losing by 83 points never goes away, My man/LOL.

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Mike Barnes

[Tee Dubb]

Tony, No, I'm not kidding, My man, If you have ever been on the losing end of a 40 point loss compared to an 83 point loss, Then, If you have been on the other end of giving it to a crew by 40 points and 83 points, The feeling from those experiences are very different because the 40 point plus loss could have resulted in a crew being out-manned(Not enough cats to play against the other crew, Maybe 5 or 6 cats who most of all we're not that nice, Though, 1 or 2 cats we're nice),

Opposed to a crew givin it to a crew by 83, Which means a crew was vastly overwhelmed(No matter how many cats we're down, My man), Tony, Both losses are blowouts, But, What would you rather endure(A 40 point loss, We're you can still cop a plea in regards to poppin that, 'All of our cats did not play today shit', To cats, Or a 83 point loss we're their's no coppin a plea to anything about the outcome, Except, 'WE GOT CRACKED', My MAN/LOL, Tony, North Carolina loss to Kansas

By 25 plus points in the 2009 semi-finals(At one point North Carolina was down by 35 points and North Carolina was the number 1 ranked crew in the country, My man/LOL, Tony, Do you feel Kansas was 35 points better than North Carolina's crew in 2009(Number 1 ranked crew down by 35 in the NCAA semi-finals, My man/LOL), Tony, My point is, A cat can forget a 40 point loss, Though, A crew losing by 83 points never goes away, My man/LOL.

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Mike Barnes

I would rather be a part of neither, and I would painfully remember both losses

[Mike Barnes]

Tony, They're are times when a cat has no choice but to be apart of a 40 or 83 point loss, My man/LOL, Tony, Another analogy is a pitcher who gives up 10 runs in the first inning(Though, The Manager is a sucka to his heart for not taking money out of the game when the score became out of hand, My man/LOL), Well, It's very easy for a pitcher to forget a 10 run loss, Opposed to a late game wild pitch that scores the winning run, My man/LOL, Though, If a crew loses by 20 runs, That shit sticks to you and is

Extremely hard to forget, My man/LOL, Tony, Losing by 40 is not that painful(Exhibit A:Loyola Marymount beat Michigan by 30 plus points in 1990, The year after Michigan won the 1989 NCAA championship against Seton Hall, Loyola Marymount had just lost Hank Gathers to that heart condition problem in 1990, The game before Loyola Marymount

Pplayed Michigan, So Loyola Marymount would have won against the Lakers that night, My man/LOL, Tony, I'm very sure cats on Michigan remember the Loyola Marymount game because Hank Gathers passed away before the game was played, Yet, If Michigan would have lost by 83 points, Cats would take that shit to they're graves, My man/LOL.

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Mike Barnes

[bkny11203]

Mike there is a difference in running up the score and blowing someone out. That game was a blow out. It just happened to be the perfect storm, they could not miss. No way they could shoot like that again even if they wanted too.

[Mike Barnes]

bkny11203, What's the difference between running up the score, Opposed to a blowout, My man(I'm always willing to learn, My man/LOL),bkny11203, A blowout is winning by 30(Maybe 40 points, Depending on how the game was played by the crew that was winning(Exhibit A:A crew is hot, The opposing crew gives up, Etc), Now, Running the score up, Comes from a crew pressing most of the game against an inferior crew, A crew playing it's top cats, And if the crew has a bomb squad

Where everybody on the crew is nice, That crew is playing with mad intensity the whole game against an inferior crew, Who is no match for the winning crew from the start of the game and the coach recognizes that shit and still allows his crew to demo the other crew without little regard for the outcome of the game, My man, bkny11203, I remember seeing Camden HS(New Jersey), Beat Pennsauken Tech by 119 points, Featuring, Dejuan Wagner getting 100 points in 2001, bkny11203,

Clarence Turner(Former head coach for Camden HS during the 70's,80's,90's,2000's), Kept Dejuan Wagner in the whole game to get 100 points, Though, Camden HS was up by over 100 most of the game, My man(Blowout or running up the score, My man/LOL), bkny11203, They're was a un-written rule on the New York City

Basketball circuit when it came to blowing a crew out and running a crew out of the gym and that rule was, Sucka MF's look to run cats out of the gym(Until sucka cats play another crew that's mad tough, My man/LOL), While a crew that was blowing another crew out, Would try to prevent from running up the score by holding the pill for long stretches of the game and shooting long jumpers(While scoring a little bit too, Not to further embarrass a crew by not playing hard, Yet the

Opposing crew will recognize that the dominant crew is trying to kep the score respectable and not laughable, My man,bkny11203, There is no perfect storm when a crew beats another crew by 83, My man(That's some egotistical nonsense resulting in trying to show basketball supremacy to who-ever is watchin, My man).

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Mike Barnes

[Tee Dubb]

bkny11203, What's the difference between running up the score, Opposed to a blowout, My man(I'm always willing to learn, My man/LOL),bkny11203, A blowout is winning by 30(Maybe 40 points, Depending on how the game was played by the crew that was winning(Exhibit A:A crew is hot, The opposing crew gives up, Etc), Now, Running the score up, Comes from a crew pressing most of the game against an inferior crew, A crew playing it's top cats, And if the crew has a bomb squad

Where everybody on the crew is nice, That crew is playing with mad intensity the whole game against an inferior crew, Who is no match for the winning crew from the start of the game and the coach recognizes that shit and still allows his crew to demo the other crew without little regard for the outcome of the game, My man, bkny11203, I remember seeing Camden HS(New Jersey), Beat Pennsauken Tech by 119 points, Featuring, Dejuan Wagner getting 100 points in 2001, bkny11203,

Clarence Turner(Former head coach for Camden HS during the 70's,80's,90's,2000's), Kept Dejuan Wagner in the whole game to get 100 points, Though, Camden HS was up by over 100 most of the game, My man(Blowout or running up the score, My man/LOL), bkny11203, They're was a un-written rule on the New York City

Basketball circuit when it came to blowing a crew out and running a crew out of the gym and that rule was, Sucka MF's look to run cats out of the gym(Until sucka cats play another crew that's mad tough, My man/LOL), While a crew that was blowing another crew out, Would try to prevent from running up the score by holding the pill for long stretches of the game and shooting long jumpers(While scoring a little bit too, Not to further embarrass a crew by not playing hard, Yet the

Opposing crew will recognize that the dominant crew is trying to kep the score respectable and not laughable, My man,bkny11203, There is no perfect storm when a crew beats another crew by 83, My man(That's some egotistical nonsense resulting in trying to show basketball supremacy to who-ever is watchin, My man).

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Mike Barnes

OK Mike, so the USA should have just went street ball on them...........AND 1 style...start goofing around, get called for some palms, carries, self passes, etc.
Anything so they didn't look like they were playing their game huh