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Originally Posted by Locobot
I can see that too, a lot of Americans seem to gloating over the teams lack of "fundamentals" (read: "how us whites used to play").
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'Fundamentals' have nothing to do with whether you are black, white, or purple. You need to possess the fundamental skills of any sport to succeed.
The Olympic basketball team does lack fundamental skills. Look at what passing actually does for some of these teams - It results in open looks at the hoop! What a novel concept.
The team just lost again - and they lost because they have no viable outside scoring, can't break the zone through effective passing, and lack some of the fundamental elements the other teams seem to grasp. I couldn't believe the open shots the Olympic team gave up.
Fundamentals is certainly not "how us whites used to play." It is "how seemingly inferior teams on paper can play with and beat the opposition."