El Dragon Spits And Sputters Against Team USA

Well, if Chauncey Billups is the one who schooled Dragic, it’s not much of an embarrassment. Billups is bigger (I think), stronger, more experienced and, based on this, probably smarter at this point. I would be more bothered if he’s been schooled by Rose and/or Westbrook.

and unfortunately, as you said above, he did not play well…
I had just been saying to my sister that Goran made so many nice passes but his teammates just weren’t finishing so im happy to see you mention that.
Honestly, I don’t think Goran played terribly. I think it was just the foul trouble (which was a little frustrating). Would it have been his best game had he not gotten into foul trouble? Probably not. But 7 points is actually better than I thought he would end with the way he looked in the beginning..
It’s unfortunate because that stretch ,in the 2nd quarter I believe, where the U.S. kept turning the ball over was a great opportunity for Slovenia but they just weren’t capitalizing off Team USA’s mistakes…
Although it wasn’t a great game, I am glad I woke up early to watch. Seeing Goran play again was so nice, regardless of how he did, and it made me even more anxious for the season to start!

I think Dragic looked nervous for some reason; he was all over the place, and team USA forced him to his right alot, so that must’ve thrown him offf his game as well

And Dragic was a non factor, simple as that.

The US defended hard and well, as a result he couldn’t drive the lane much, when he did, he missed the shot or his kick out was missed by the outside shooter.

It was pretty much what I expected- he was a target of a lot of good guards, but he has the moves, he has the court vision, and he has the desire.
     What he needs now is seasoning, maturity, and experience. He needs to have that Nash quality of reading the floor and knowing which of his many moves will work. He needs to play with intensity, but his emotions can unbalance him – he needs to keep them in check. He needs to control his hands more – I think the competition he has faced up to now has been the kind he can defeat with athleticism – and that’s not always possible in the NBA. He will grow over the next two years, and hopefully he will come out of that ready to lead the Suns.

But are we gonna get some focus on Turkoglu in Turkey’s game againt Russia later today?

I woke up a little late, and so Goran was already on the bench when I turned the TV on. But the fouls totally killed his game. He wasn’t abler to play aggressively, and coulkdn’t find a rythm. His shot struggled because of that, but his playmaking was fine. He just had his teammates blow the passes a lot (like you guys mentioned). I remember him setting up a big guy for a wide open dunk, but the guy traveled. 2 plays later, Goran did the exact same play and the guy flushed it. At least he still had trust in his teamamtes. Goran really needs to work on his right hand. He was forced right all game long, and he struggled a bit.

Would he be worth make good contract offer to camp?

about what happens in international ball.
As I recall, Nash didn’t get much of anywhere with Team Canada, but he turned out OK for us.

Looks like he’s really enjoying Durant’s scented shampoo.

Slovenia vs. croatia and I wish they would let goran handle the ball more.