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Apr 21, 2012, 3:04 am
[quote name='Raze Lupin' timestamp='1334962544' post='37897']
Hey guys I felt the need to update the Team USA injury list. I added shooting guard Eric Gordon to the list of potential absentees. Eric Gordon had knee surgery early in the 2011-2012 season. Gordon is back and playing well but I doubt he will play in the Olympics. He will most probably take the summer to properly recover. As others have posted i.e. Black Urum and Straight Forward the USA front court is decimated. Dwight Howard, Lamar Odom, LaMarcus Aldridge are definitely out of the Olympic picture. New York Knick's Tyson Chandler who has been suffering but playiny with a brusied knee is the only pure center on team USA's preliminary roster. Point guard Derrick Rose is highly unlikely to play.
Eric Gordon sg knee surgery and wrist injuries
Chauncey Billups pg has ruptured achilles tendon.
http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/chaunce...20207.html
Derrick Rose has missed 24 games this season. He has had back injuries, torn groin, severe ankle sprang.
http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/i...ork-knicks
LaMarcus Aldridge out with season ending hip injury.
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/4/12/29...ry-blazers
Dwight Howard with herniated disk in lower back.
[size="4"]What do you guys think the chances of USA winning a gold medal are without a pure center?[/size]
The USA has plenty of 6'10 - 7'1 serviceable centers that would do well in FIBA ball but none of them are on the preliminary roster.
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I'd say the USA's chances are around 65% of winning gold without a pure center. I would have probably said 75-80% with Howard. Here are the "centers" that the 2010 gold medal team went with: Tyson Chandler, Kevin Love, Lamar Odom. As long as Durant plays the US are the favorites and if you put some more fire power around him like LeBron, Wade, Williams, etc they are still too quick for any team to really handle. With that said, I think that they got quite lucky in 2010 and I wouldn't be surprised if they lost a game during the group stage. For me it comes down to whether the backcourt/wings view it as "we're so good that we don't need a true center" or "we will persevere despite our lack of centers." Coach K is about as good as it gets in promoting the latter but he has some tough nuts to crack on this roster.
Hey guys I felt the need to update the Team USA injury list. I added shooting guard Eric Gordon to the list of potential absentees. Eric Gordon had knee surgery early in the 2011-2012 season. Gordon is back and playing well but I doubt he will play in the Olympics. He will most probably take the summer to properly recover. As others have posted i.e. Black Urum and Straight Forward the USA front court is decimated. Dwight Howard, Lamar Odom, LaMarcus Aldridge are definitely out of the Olympic picture. New York Knick's Tyson Chandler who has been suffering but playiny with a brusied knee is the only pure center on team USA's preliminary roster. Point guard Derrick Rose is highly unlikely to play.
Eric Gordon sg knee surgery and wrist injuries
Chauncey Billups pg has ruptured achilles tendon.
http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/chaunce...20207.html
Derrick Rose has missed 24 games this season. He has had back injuries, torn groin, severe ankle sprang.
http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/i...ork-knicks
LaMarcus Aldridge out with season ending hip injury.
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/4/12/29...ry-blazers
Dwight Howard with herniated disk in lower back.
[size="4"]What do you guys think the chances of USA winning a gold medal are without a pure center?[/size]
The USA has plenty of 6'10 - 7'1 serviceable centers that would do well in FIBA ball but none of them are on the preliminary roster.
[/quote]
I'd say the USA's chances are around 65% of winning gold without a pure center. I would have probably said 75-80% with Howard. Here are the "centers" that the 2010 gold medal team went with: Tyson Chandler, Kevin Love, Lamar Odom. As long as Durant plays the US are the favorites and if you put some more fire power around him like LeBron, Wade, Williams, etc they are still too quick for any team to really handle. With that said, I think that they got quite lucky in 2010 and I wouldn't be surprised if they lost a game during the group stage. For me it comes down to whether the backcourt/wings view it as "we're so good that we don't need a true center" or "we will persevere despite our lack of centers." Coach K is about as good as it gets in promoting the latter but he has some tough nuts to crack on this roster.