Official Olympics Thread

[yeszir]

The Olympics kick off today in Athens. I missed the opening ceremonies, but I'm sure I'll get a healthy dosage of the events sooner or later. Anyway, we can discuss stuff in here if it interests you guys.

[YanksHater213]

i was too busy watching the pats dominate!

[CrespoBlows]

When's that basketball game on today?

[yeszir]

You didnt want to watch that. Pathetic, a loss to Puerto Rico.
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/bas...tory?id=1859825 (http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/basketball/news/story?id=1859825)

[YanksHater213]

you said it, pathetic. we suck at basketball

[CrespoBlows]

Our team sucks, If we just send KG, Duncan, and Shaq we win by default.

[empirestrikesback26]

2004 dream team- Shaq C, Tim duncan F,Kevin GArnett F, Kobe Bryant G, Tracy Mcgrady G. Bench- allen iverson,jason kidd, Chris Webber, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace,Ray Allen.

[CrespoBlows]

Originally posted by empirestrikesback26@Aug 16 2004, 03:54 PM
2004 dream team- Shaq C, Tim duncan F,Kevin GArnett F, Kobe Bryant G, Tracy Mcgrady G. Bench- allen iverson,jason kidd, Chris Webber, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace,Ray Allen.
We'll never see a dream team again. Get a big guy and a whole bunch of shooters to win over there.

[empirestrikesback26]

this is the problem, duncans great but he gets triple teamed, so he isnt effective, then he sends it out to someone on the perimeter who takes a wide open shot adn misses it. Get reggie miller and ray allen over there. Stoicavich plays for serbia i believe.

[CrespoBlows]

good idea, we need that Redd guy from the bucks.

[empirestrikesback26]

and somethin person from the cavs i believe, forgot his first name but he almost beat peja in the 3 point shot competition

[YanksHater213]

my favorite part of the olympics of far...- Carly PAtterson... she is so damn hot

[schillingouttheks]

haha someone shares my taste...i was thinking the same thing before i saw your post.

[YanksHater213]

shes only like 16 too...

[yeszir]

US has 17 golds, 12 silvers and 12 bronzes, for a total of 41 medals, putting them in first place overall ahead of China.

[empirestrikesback26]

michael phelps has almost half those, our womens basketball team is great.

[element1151]

Here are the Medal Standings:

Ranks > http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/GLD_small.gif> http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/SLV_small.gif >http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/BRN_small.gif=Total -Team
01.http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/USA_big.gif>35>38>29=102 -USA
02.http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/CHN.gif>32>17>14=63 -China
03.http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/RUS.gif>27>27>38=92 -Russia
04.http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/AUS.gif>17>16>16=49 -Australia
05.http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/JPN.gif>16>09>12=37 -Japan
15.http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/GRE.gif>06>06>04=16 -Greece
21.http://www.athens2004.com/images/results/CAN.gif>03>06>03=12 -Canada


Note: Rank by Gold

Canada isn't doing too well!

[yeszir]

The U.S now has 72 total medals.

It seems that olypmics coverage is much more intense here in France than in the US. It may be because France is much closer to Greece, but still. They show EVERYTHING, from the pre race warmups to the 1009 after race victory laps to athletes getting dressed. It's crazy, and it sure gets boring sometimes.

It may also be beacuse the time zones are similar, so they can actually show the events at a half decent hour.

[empirestrikesback26]

China is right on our ass in gold medals.

[CrespoBlows]

As long as I don't see the French I'm fine with that.

[yeszir]

Originally posted by CrespoBlows@Aug 25 2004, 08:25 PM
As long as I don't see the French I'm fine with that.
The French have 25 total medals I think. Just to let you know. :rolleyes:

[yeszir]

Wow. The US just finished 1-2-3 in the mens 200 meter final. That was amazing. Complete dominance.

[CrespoBlows]

FUCK USA BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[YanksHater213]

Originally posted by CrespoBlows@Aug 27 2004, 03:31 PM
FUCK USA BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what?!?!?!?! did we lose or something?

[CrespoBlows]

Yeah, to Argentina again. Go to espn.com and see the bad news. We need to send college kids, no more prima donnas. AI= Team leader? My balls are more inspirational than that bitch.

[schillingouttheks]

ah the place where it counts is always more inspirational

[CrespoBlows]

Originally posted by schillingouttheks@Aug 27 2004, 06:07 PM
ah the place where it counts is always more inspirational
lol!

[schillingouttheks]

well argentina won mens basketball. but i have to ask...are we that surprised that the usa got the bronze?

even though i still think the usa has the most talent, they had to get started with only a few weeks of practice to get familiar with each others style of play, whereas teams like argentina, spain, italy have been playing together for YEARS. talent doesnt matter if u dont know how to use it, and we demonstrated that fact by receiving only bronze with the best talent on the planet.

[element1151]

I wasn't expecting this team to win, i was surprised that they got bronze, because i didn't think this team would get anything at all. This team sucks.

[CrespoBlows]

Originally posted by element1151@Aug 28 2004, 10:31 PM
I wasn't expecting this team to win, i was surprised that they got bronze, because i didn't think this team would get anything at all. This team sucks.
Bronze or Silver are complete disasters

[Sizzlin22]

Wow what a disappointment Shaq and KG and and all the other superstars there.

[empirestrikesback26]

US win the medal count, 103 i believe.