Thanks for competing!

Hawaii 5-0 as a Senior:

Coach X being interviewed after a nice win: "Coach X, great job, your team played well....blah blah blah"

Coach AFTER the interview being confronted by 5's folks: "Coach, why did 5 not get in the game until :38 in the fourth quarter when you were up 30? This is not fair, Coach. 5 has worked hard too, I mean, some of time. Well, he plays alot of basketball on his Gameboy. This is his last year, Coach."

Coach X: "Ma'am, I have to play whoever I think is going to give our team the best chance to win."

Translation: Your kid sucks and is lucky to have a uniform. One day he will yell at his TV and think he would make a great coach.

LOL

I'll take Hoon to win by 10 in 5's scenario.

We win the gold, but it smells that these overpaid pros are playing in the Olympics.

Nope. Its you genius.

But back on topic. So, if the US doesn't win the gold, it will be fair to blame Coach K for the disappointment?

Smart choice kid....I guarantee you just saved yourself an *** kicking and some embarassment.

LS must have been smoking crack out back if he thinks I shot an air ball at BC.

This has been fun.

27 Bon

Once again, you have made false statements. You actually called Hoon and I IGNORANT in one of your earlier post, but that's OK. I have all the tools and just can't put it together. Maybe I should go practice, or study game film, or sit down and talk to you. Fact is 5on5, if your knowledge or ability on basketball was half of what mine is, you would be doing good. And I say this without even knowing who you are and I'm 100% confident in that.

86 5on5.

Source me on that research John Wooden, I mean 5on5. But hey, statistics don't lie right. So maybe I am dumb or IGNORANT as you like to say. But I am still waiting for your answer on your b-ball knowledge. Because if it is actually yelling at your TV as you professed, this has actually been a fun debate and I got it right. You are a dumba**.

I figured everyone would want to read that twice. My bad.

Alright 5on5, I just want to let you know that my 14 year old niece types in 'acronyms' such as LOL, so now I have a good understanding on how old you might be. This is actually starting to clear things up a little bit. I am still curious however, why you think you are right and Hoon is wrong, when you haven't said one thing on here that would prove other wise. All you have done is talk in circles and thrown out the proverbial "race card".

I think I am seriously getting dumber by the minute typing back and forth with you. So we should get together for a beer and just talk hoops. Oh, that's right, you type in acronyms. Your not old enough to drink.

No wheels spinning here. I would simply like to know where you played ball at and for whom? Would also consider revealing who I am in order to test your skills on a court somewhere. Let me know.

You could change your name to 1 on 1.

Mendoza line? Man we've got another Senior Citizen that's on the ball baby!!!

5 is doing more than hanging tough. He's got you guys spinning your wheels. But remember. At you guys' age it's unwise to get too wound up unless you've greased the wheels underneath your chairs!!!!

just downgraded to waterboy, but at least you are making it a lively debate youngster...

Disclaimer-If you are unable to understand/comprehend typed language in English form you are unlikely to understand what is said. This is critical to intelligent debate.

Dime-I will be sure to bring the geratol to the next poker game you host at the KC hall. Scorebook keeper hey?

Bon-You are very funny. Ifyou don't have the time to debate with someone who does not know what they are talking about then why do you continue to respond?

You guys are all going to make me cry if you continue to gang up on me! LOL

Out of touch? How do you figure? 5forfighting, you are going to have to explain yourself a little better. Half the stuff you have typed on here, I can't figure out. You jump all over the place with your comments and half the time it's about things that nobody has even mentioned.

I would seriously like to know your background in basketball. That may help me make a better assessment. As of right now, I truly believe you don't now squat. I need to know this because I am not going to debate a topic with someone who doesn't know jack s*** about it or never played it. Please enlighten me.

Good to see you Darrell. 5 Alive isn't a bad guy, you should have seen him in PE class. Oh, and also in college.....at the rec center.

Uh....looks like we have a 2 on 1 fastbreak. 5ForFighting has some good points, except he played the race card.

With that I'd like to say that coaching will only play a part if the opposing coach puts a bucket of fried chicken and some 40's on our bench. Of course I'm kidding so don't get all po'd 5-0h.

Read the latest ESPN article on the effort we took to form this team. It is impressive. Coach K was selected b/c he is respected by many and is not tied to the NBA. This very select group wants to win and will come together for the GOLD. Then they will use the medals to make new grills for their teeth. I keed I keed!

Very little......

Bon, how much do you think 5 on 5 would wager on a best 2 out of 3 games to 10 against either of us...his pick? Would be worth unveiling to see it or play in it!

My guess is 5on5 never played organized b-ball. And if he did, he probably has a lot of splinters. But I don't know this for sure, he could have been an all-stater and also played in college. By the sound of it, I would say his knowledge of b-ball and scouting talent is tremendous. But hey, what do I know, I'm IGNORANT!!

Someone who knows as little as you could have coached in '92 and brought home the Gold. Coach K could have coached the same young bunch in '04 and disappointed. Each of these coaches are quality....Hall of Famers to be accurate, but have little to do with whether or not we win it.

I am just thankful I get to be enlightened by you. By the way, where did you play ball?

Not ripping Coach K.....point was and is that Chuck Daly had little if anything to do with '92's Gold, Larry Brown didn't cause the '04 team to NOT win Gold, and Coach K will have little to do with whether these superstars win it or lose it.

What are you taking notes on? Interesting.

Bon, we caught us a Whopper!

5 on 5....good luck in next year's upward's program. I am sure your team will seek perfection with such a great leader like yourself. GO green team!

Thug=anyone talking so no one understands what the hell you are saying, wearing your pants or shorts so I can see your underwear, adding to your uniform so you will be noticed and separated from your team, acting like a rapper instead of a ball player/athlete, wearing more jewels on your neck and in your ears than you will ever earn on your fingers.

5on5....also wanted to congratulate you on your outstanding career as a 5'9" post player. Most 13 year olds aren't fully grown by the 8th grade.

My facts are straight. My original comment about "thugs" was directed at Hoon. He made a comment about this years olympic team and used the term "thug" as a reference. If you read all the posts you will see this. Therefore my comment directly pertains to what he originally said. He referred to the group of olympic players using the term "thug". There are no white players on this years team. It's not that hard to figure out what he meant. Of course you can spin it however you want on a computer.

As far as the role model thing goes. It's not hard to figure out that sarcasm was in play. But what you failed to figure out is, again in the original post he referred to members of the original dream team as those he "idolized". Maybe your computer does not show the post in English?

Okay...........................

Hoon: You say that coaching will have absolutely nothing to do/will make no difference in this. Let's see. The players will decide who plays where and when. They will also decide what takes place on offense and defense. They will decide when to switch defenses, when to call time-outs.....etc. They will also decide what "button" to push when they are in those late medal round games and they are pushed. I can just see those "immature" kids doing all the scouting of Argentina or Greece or Spain when they are not playing. This just scratches the surface. Maybe the coaching staff should sit on the side-line and eat and drink until they puke to test your theory? ha. You are actually partially correct. How they fair will depend on how well they play together against the late medal round foes. But if your assumption that coaching will play not part were correct there'd be no need for coaching at all and I'm quite sure you were probably around some good coaches in your time with as much knowledge as you have to offer.

Bon: Nice attempt at re-traction concering the thug comment. You are right about the color of skin having nothing to do with being a thug. There's only one problem in your defense of Hoon. How many white guys are on this year's olympic team? Don't worry. It's rhetorical. And Hoon if your looking to the NBA for role-models for kids your selling a ton of more qualified people short. Your comments are based on generalizations that usually come from ignorance.

Do you guys smell that? I do, and I believe it's sarcasm. That's a good one Hoon. Hoon know as well as anyone that there is only about 1% of NBA players that could be good role models. And I agree with Charles Barkley, that the NBA players should not be the kids role models, their families should.

5on5, why do you suggest that the phrase "thug life" relates to the color of your skin. Nobody said anything about the color of the players skin, except you. If you are going to go that route, I can name you plenty of "thugs" in the NBA that have skin color opposite of who you are referring too.

I don't think it's intelligent to base your predictions of this team on the performances of the 04 olympic team or the 02 world championships team. First of all, Coach K will do a much better job then Larry Brown did in 04. Brown clashed with members of that team. Coach K is well-known for his ability to build relationships with players. That's the reason he was selected to coach this team. The players wanted to play for him.

The players themselves are older and more mature. That 04 team was very, very young. The comments about players and the "thug" culture are bred from ignorance. Sounds like you need to look past the color of the skin. The only player on this roster that has even had trouble is Anthony. I don't think hes the first person in history to get a DUI.

Set up for big time disappointment. Don't put too much stock in the coach on the bench boys......less control and influence than you think. This team is full of ego's and shades of rap/thug life that set themselves and all of us up for disappointment. Nothing will compare to '92...even that team was embroiled in the logo/covering up due to endorsement thing when receiving their medals. Can't say I am a fan of 25% of the players on this team....maybe not 15%, where as in '92 I can say I darn near idolized them all.

They should win Gold, but so should have all the other ones. I think with Coach K at the helm, they will most likely win. That '92 Dream Team was by far the best basketball team ever assembled.