Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site trwspp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!kovalsky From: kovalsky@trwspp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops Subject: Re: Olympic Basketball Message-ID: <517@trwspp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 12:18:04 EDT Article-I.D.: trwspp.517 Posted: Tue Jul 24 12:18:04 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 19:58:48 EDT Organization: T R W, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 24 {} The Canadians winning the Gold in Basketball? Let's get serious! I would be willing to bet a large sum of money that the Americans will win the Gold *hands down*. I don't think any team they play will even come close to them and look for some blowouts of 50-60 points in the opening rounds. They have beat the NBA All-Stars 8 games in a row in exhibitions and most of the time they have looked awesome. And for your information, the NBA has the best players in the WORLD, by far. I agree that they should play some games against international competition since the International Rules are quite different in some cases, and they should get used to playing with these rules. However, I think Bobby Knight is a good enough coach that he will have his players ready for anything. They have so much talent they don't know what to do with it (but somehow they will manage). I have heard that Canada is good and I think they have a good shot at the Silver or Bronze. I will be attending 2 Preliminary Round games on July 29 (Spain vs. Canada & Austrailia vs. Brazil) so I will be able to tell how good these Canadians really are. I will post a report to the net after these games. USA plays China on July 29 in an opening game also. Go USA! Bruce Kovalsky