Interesting Matchup.

[cruzg24]

Ok I was thinking about this awhile back.

What If there was a series between American players and International Players who would win and why???

Here are my suggested Lineups:

USA
Center: Dwight Howard
Power Forward: Tim Duncan
Small Forward: Lebron James
Shooting Guard: Kobe Bryant
Point Guard: Chris Paul

International
Center: Yao Ming
Power Forward: Dirk Nowitzki
Small Forward: Andrei Kirilenko
Shooting Guard: Manu Ginobli
Point Guard: Steve Nash

[Darius Ali]

With that lineup right there the International team would get clobbered. Also Nash is basically an american. He play a European style of basketball. However Against a full roster of International players put together the right way they could win. Its been proven already.

[cruzg24]

Well nash is canadien so i put him in the int's for that reason. Do u think the american team be ball hogs??? And wats to say the Internationals wouldnt hog the ball as well?

What about defensively, who has the advantage?

[thilianwij]

wow the american team wud kill the int'l team by that starting lineup.

[Darius Ali]

Defensively it doesn't really matter. Noone in the world can stop Lebron, Kobe, CP3 ect. Its all about if the USA plays as a team or not. We have the best athletes in basketball by a HUGE margin. Its just that TEAM basketball will beat out great individual play.

[thilianwij]

thats true i wud rather have a team that plays as a team than just one or two really good players and those two wud just take the load of the team themselves. these stars shud also have good role players that play team ball and not just only focus on themselves, but can sacrifice themselves for winning as a team. this is just like kobe, he realized that if he always takes the load then they lose, if he trusts his teammates, then they win.

[jstchilln120]

While the US team has more size and star power, they lack shooters. Howard isn't really a low post presence so they could collapse on Duncan if the ball goes into him on the low block and cheat off the "shooters".

However with Paul's ability to get into the paint and create, it would probably be a dunk/layup line for the US because there's 4 other guys on the floor with Paul that can finish.

[cruzg24]

I feel like im missing a great international player that should be on there..... any suggestions?

[Darius Ali]

Hedo Turkoglu, Jose Calderon, Mehmet Okur, Bargnani, Carlos Arroyo,

[cruzg24]

Like I rlly like Okur's shooting touch. Darius what is holding back Okur from being a great center? Is it his defense? Cuz usually those types of shooting big men are pretty bad at defense.