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2008 Men's Olympic Basketball - Final Standings

by Jim Weeks on Aug 24, 2008 11:34 AM EDT

Gold - USASilver - SpainBronze - Argentina4th - Lithuania5th - Greece6th - Croatia7th - Australia8th - China9th - Russia10th - Germany11th - Iran12th - Angola

GINOBILI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Jim Weeks on Aug 20, 2008 10:21 AM EDT

Quick recap for now: Spain dispatched upstart Croatia with a 72-59 victory that saw Pau Gasol throw up a 20-10. Is it a good thing that Marc Gasol and Ricky Rubio had the same amount of rebounds (6)? ...

2008 Olympic Basketball: Quarterfinal Games and Lingering Questions

by Jim Weeks on Aug 18, 2008 6:40 PM EDT

Games Quarterfinal 1: Spain vs. CroatiaQuarterfinal 2: Lithuania vs. ChinaQuarterfinal 3: Argentina vs. GreeceQuarterfinal 4: USA vs. AustraliaLingering Questions 1. This one came u...

Australia is Taking it to Russia...

by Jim Weeks on Aug 16, 2008 12:41 AM EDT

Just throwing it out there.

2008 Olympic Basketball: Men's Preliminary Standings

by Jim Weeks on Aug 14, 2008 11:38 PM EDT

Group ALithuania: 3-0Argentina: 2-1Croatia: 2-1Russia: 1-2Australia: 1-2Iran: 0-3Group BUSA: 3-0Spain: 3-0Germany: 1-2Greece: 1-2China: 1-2Angola: 0-3The US leads all teams, and it's not close, in poi...

2008 Olympic Basketball Day Three: Inside the Box Score

by Jim Weeks on Aug 14, 2008 11:04 PM EDT

Spain/Germany: Unlike the US the Spanish have messed around with their starting 5 to so far. This was evident in their opener when Marc Gasol got the nod over his older brother and yesterday when Jose...

2008 Olympic Basketball Day Two: Inside the Box Score

by Jim Weeks on Aug 12, 2008 11:28 PM EDT

For an explanation of the "Inside the Box Score" posts go here. Lithuania/Iran: I watched the majority of this one and was struck by 2 things: 1. It reminded me of USA/China in the sense that th...

2008 Olympic Basketball Day One: Inside the Box Score

by Jim Weeks on Aug 11, 2008 12:26 AM EDT

When the NBA is in session Kelly Dwyer runs a excellent series of posts called "Behind the box score". To be honest I'm not sure how he watches that much basketball. Well in a somewhat new tradition I...

2008 Men's Olympic Basketball: Watch it Live!

by Jim Weeks on Aug 8, 2008 9:21 PM EDT

I'm probably the last one to know this but all of the games are available online. Hat tip to NBC on this one. My plan for now is to stay up late for Greece/Spain (2 A.M. on Saturday (my bad) Sunday mo...

Thoughts on Team USA

by Jim Weeks on Aug 5, 2008 4:12 PM EDT

For anybody who has been watching Team USA's summer has been all about three words - "redemption", "gold medal". And while numerous individuals - players, coaches, and broadcasters - have acknowledged...