Yesterday, Team USA did what many thought they could or would not do – they won the FIBA World Championships Tournament and cemented their status as the best basketball playing nation on the planet. The American team defeated host nation Turkey 81-64 and cruised to the title by playing the type of pressure team defense and […]
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World Championships Thoughts
The FIBA World Championships may have started over a week ago, but really the tournament is just beginning. The group stage is now over and the teams have started the NCAA style win or go home portion of the championships. We’re now at the point where any slip up will mean an early return flight. […]
Team USA’s Struggles Against Brazil
After Team USA’s recent win over Brazil, it was hard to remain optimistic about their chances to bring home the gold. The Brazilians were able to expose Team USA during long stretches on both sides of the basketball before dropping a game for the first time in these FIBA World Championships. Both teams got out […]
Odom the Olympian
[picappgallerysingle id=”9542547″] USA Basketball finalized its 12-man roster for the 2010 FIBA World Championships yesterday afternoon and as expected, the Lakers’ Lamar Odom was selected as one of its representatives. Odom will be joined by Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Rudy Gay, Chauncey Billups, Danny Granger, Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon, Stephen Curry, Kevin Love, Tyson Chandler […]
Forward Thinking
[picappgallerysingle id=”8485060″] In recent weeks, the topic of the “positional revolution” has become a hot topic amongst basketball thinkers. It started with a thought provoking post by Drew Cannon at Basketball Prospectus and has been expanded upon by more thought provoking entriesby Rob Mahoney at The Two Man game. The concept is a simple one (at […]
More Mailbag!
It’s time for another installment of the FB&G mailbag. If you’d like to submit a question, click here and fire away. Thanks again to everyone that has sent in questions. Here we go… When Phil Jackson retires, does that mean the end of the Lakers’ championship window? After all, the all-powerful team has been struck […]
More Mailbag!
Since I had so much fun answering the last set of questions that came in, here are a few more that were collecting dust in my inbox that I’ll drop my two cents on. Again, if you’d like to send in a question (or more) for a future installment of the mailbag, click here and […]
PLAYER REVIEW: Lamar Odom
[picappgallerysingle id=”8902058″] Forum Blue & Gold reflects back on the season that was for Lamar Odom and what we can expect from him in 2010-2011. Check out Phillip’s exit interviews post to hear it from the forward in his own words. SEASON REVIEW: As the old adage says: as Lamar Odom goes, the Lakers go. […]