though the probability of it is slim, i'd wish the basketball team that usa sends to china next year would be this year's exact lineup, nobody changed. that's how much i liked this exact team.
problem is, they're most likely going to replace 3-5 people. if tayshaun shot better the few times he did, he might've been a lock, but because he didn't, shane battier's probably going to replace him(stupid coach k liking blue devil alumns). chris bosh and dwyane wade are also going to be back, so replace two more people(mike miller has the highest chance of going, and expect maybe one of the backup point guards in chauncey billups/deron williams to go; too bad; liked both). and tyson chandler MIGHT go too.
basically, there were about 5-7 people on this team that i really liked; in no particular order:
tayshaun prince
chauncey billups
dwight howard
tyson chandler
amare stoudamire
michael redd
there's a very good chance about half of those people will not be coming back.
anyways, i'm actually rocking this team's photo on my desktop as my current wallpaper(there were a couple other wallpapers i wanted to try, but this felt like the one i wanted to go with for the moment). you can find it here on fiba 2007 america's official website. notice how only tayshaun and carmelo are the ones not smiling. cause only they be gangsta.
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hmm, it's been a while since i've linked to some youtube videos huh.
not really feeling up to linking to too many. but... recently only the biggest fighting game championship series went down in the us. here's two videos of interest.
this was one of the biggest highlights for the marvel vs capcom 2 finals. (justin wong's a beast)
nki's combo video, showcased
(edit: fixed the broken link)
i'd link to majestro's awesome guile combo video, but it's not on youtube, because it's too large; i'll link to the video if i feel like it some other day.
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those of you who keep tabs on the tennis circuit: keep an eye out for donald young. he's 18, he's lefty, he's black(if you point out that james blake is only half-black, donald young might actually be the 1st black man to ever play tennis professionally recently), and he impressed me last weekend when i watched him play vs lopez in the us open; if he advanced, he would've faced off against roger federer.
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watched this week on dvd:
the gods must be crazy 2
paycheck
shaun of the dead
harold and kumar go to white castle
1 comment:
Personally I thought Tayshaun did a better job than Battier. I'd keep him.
Miller can go.
Chauncey didn't impress me - on a team built to push the pace, he just doesn't quite fit. I'd keep Deron over Chris Paul because he can D-up the big int'l guards better.
Finally, I'd like to see Boozer on the team.
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