Monday, August 13, 2012

Top 10 takeaways from the US men's basketball team winning gold

10) Since some of the games were close and the world hasn't gotten any better at basketball in the last 20 years, the 1992 team was clearly better

9) Now that he's won for his country, we all have to love LeBron James again

8) The team would really like to thank Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh and Blake Griffin for no-showing, just to make sure they had big man issues

7) This is Kobe Bryant's last appearance for Team USA, because he's going to start his own country

6) The team was able to overcome the incredible handicap that is Mike Krzyzewski

5) It was nice to see that even despite the different rules and nature of the international game, Pau Gasol choking is universal

4) Carmelo Anthony now has two gold medals and a national collegiate championship, which means he's definitely been holding out on his pro teams

3) This Kevin Durant fellow is pretty good

2) Just by looking at him, you can really tell that Serge Ibaka is as Spanish as they come

1) If you really cared a lot about this, you probably need to get out more

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