I love it too. I wish that NBC still had the NBA games of the week, Marv Albert is the best announcer IMO. Ugh, ABC has put Hubie “I always speak in the 2nd person” Brown, Al “why am not on MNF” Michaels, Magic “where am I” Johnson, Isiah “I have the most effeminate voice of any former NBA player” Thomas on their telecasts. Bring back Marv “I love biting woman’s backs” Alberts and John Tesh’s song. Yes!

of familiarity breeding contempt. How do you know what the players on the less familiar team are made of?

It’s not unpatriotic to root against the US IMO- go Rudy and Team Espana. Why can’t you root for other countries’ athletes if it’s a good story or if the US athletes are thugs, cheaters, or convicts. You can still support the troops and be against the Iraq war. It is similar to being supportive of the US in the Olympics in events where you enjoy the athletes (not drugged up track and field athletes i.e. Marion Jones or wife beating NBA players like Kidd). Go Rudy and Spain!

Why don’t we go back to using amateur basketball players in the Olympics, instead of these unlikable dream teams. Wouldn’t it be fun to root for a bunch of college kids competing like every other Olympic event.

esp. when he’s playing K*be. Hopefully Pau just gets injured playing Lithuania or something.

GO SPAIN

I would suggest you just don’t bring that topic up TiH. I find your post’s entertaining for the most part but lets not go down that path shall we.

I don’t mean to be brazen I just don’t want small comments like that to derail the topic.

I don’t consider rooting for a non American team unpatriotic, rooting for Spain in no way equates to me hating my country and everything it stands for. Its just a basketball game, lets save the ridicule for people who burn US flags and spit on the constitution daily while enjoying all the benefits of living in this country.

Its also unfair to assume that me rooting for Spain automatically means I don’t support our troops, the two are not tied together at all. Playing basketball and risking your life for your country are two very, very different things. A person that doesn’t support our troops IS unpatriotic in my mind. I just think it is a little bit ignorant to say someone rooting against USA basketball doesn’t care about this country, especially when some of our representatives have done reprehensible things that our society seriously frowns upon. My intention is not to sound harsh or snarky, I just want to defend my choice to root for Spain and as well as my patriotism. Its not like I would be upset if team USA wins gold, I would be happy for our guys…..