OB33 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Kobe: Team USA needs better chemistry to win goldAssociated PressTAIPEI, Taiwan -- The U.S. basketball team will have to work on its internal chemistry if it wants to perform well at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Kobe Bryant said Thursday.Kobe BryantAP PhotoKobe Bryant was in Taiwan to meet fans on Thursday.The Los Angeles Lakers' All-Star guard was visiting Taiwan on a five-leg tour of Asia to meet with fans.Last Sunday, the U.S. players returned home from the world championship in Japan with bronze medals -- just like the country won at the 2004 Olympics.Both results were widely seen as disappointments.Bryant, 27, told a news conference in Taipei that a newly assembled team always needed some time together before starting to play with consistency."Years playing together will jell us as a unit, [but] if there is no chemistry, it's going to be tough to beat all those talented teams," he said.Bryant said he was confident the two years up to the Beijing Olympics would be enough to find that chemistry.Bryant's tour took him to Japan and Hong Kong. On Friday, the basketball star was scheduled to leave Taiwan for South Korea. He will also visit China.____________________________________________________________________Don't get me wrong, I like Kobe as a player and all, but does anyone see the irony/hypocrisy in this? #CHOMPCHOMPCHOMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telemundo219 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 That's what I was thinking . It's Mr.ballhog himself talking about chemistry after finally playing like a team player for one of his many seasons in the NBA. College sports as we know them are just about dead. The lid is off on all the corruption that taints just about every major program and every decision that the schools or the NCAA make is only about money, money, and more money. We'll have three 16+ team super-conferences sooner rather than later, killing much of the regional flair and traditional rivalries that make college sports unique and showing the door to any school that doesn't bring money to the table in the process. Pretty soon the smaller schools are going to have to consider forming their own sanctioning body to keep the true spirit of college sports alive because the NCAA will only get worse in it's excess from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Kinda like taking a knife safety course taught by O.J. Simpson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazz013 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 They don't need better chemistry, they need to replace LeBron James with Michael Redd. Save the slugalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 The only way Team USA can improve is by doing something impossible: Playing with each other continually, instead of just a month or two out of the year.They lost 3 games in the Olympics, and improved to just 1 loss in this tournament. That's pretty good considering this team was playing teams that had been together for years.The world has gotten a lot better in basketball since 1992. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 In the words of Shaq, Just shut up Kobe! www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Boy Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Unless he is on the team, he (and any other player who refused to try out) should keep his mouth shut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazz013 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Unless he is on the team, he (and any other player who refused to try out) should keep his mouth shut. Kobe had to have knee surgery. Save the slugalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleujayone Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Unless he is on the team, he (and any other player who refused to try out) should keep his mouth shut. Kobe had to have knee surgery. Pity he couldn't have that loose jaw of his wired shut too.If Kobe thinks he's got all the answers, let's see him play on one of these teams.I'll lay a bet that if he does and the team still does poorly he'll be slinging the blame elsewhere. We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telemundo219 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 They need to build/model the team after a good NBA team and not just throw a bunch of young all-stars together. College sports as we know them are just about dead. The lid is off on all the corruption that taints just about every major program and every decision that the schools or the NCAA make is only about money, money, and more money. We'll have three 16+ team super-conferences sooner rather than later, killing much of the regional flair and traditional rivalries that make college sports unique and showing the door to any school that doesn't bring money to the table in the process. Pretty soon the smaller schools are going to have to consider forming their own sanctioning body to keep the true spirit of college sports alive because the NCAA will only get worse in it's excess from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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