More than Redeem Team Pride On-Line Today

    There's more than just Redeem Team pride on line today as the U.S. Men's basketball team plays Greece.

    This whole tournament is a test to see whose style is more conducive to winning international tournaments. Is it the NBA's collection of supreme individual talent that utilizes occasional defensive pressure on the ballhandler and freestyle offensive play or Europe's team orientated schemes abd defense that allows them to bump cutters and set up zone defenses? 

    My guess is that it will be Europe that wins. I've watched several of the U.S. games now and they have simply not look very impressive. I know they have beaten several opponents by 30 points in early qualiyfing and exhibitions. They have showed poor ball movement, almost no ability to hit outside shots, and shotty defense. They give team swide open shots from the perimeter. Offensively the U.S. doesn't catch and shoot well. With all that said it still will be no easy task to beat the U.S. Well its game time so I'll re-post at Halftime of the game with more thoughts.