Posted by: jackiechan August 9, 2008
ANA sport teams
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Sleepyspur, you cannot honestly say DCAC is the best team. I agree that they have the deepest squad but that does not mean they are the best team. They physically dominate other teams the other ANA teams who may be far more skilled.  I mean yea Ritesh is a good player. He can push around the pygmies and bull his way to the hoop against many of the ANA teams, but when he faces other good defensive big men like Mridesh from NYNYC or Bigyan from DH his progress is halted so he is forced to shoot jumpers.  The same can be said of their team, they just bully and beat up smaller weaker squads with their physical play but when facing an equally physical squad they struggle a lot. This was shown as they were getting dominated by DH before the hometown refs and timeskeeper intervened to make it a respectable final score.

Also, the guy Peace1 lacks any semblance of basketball knowledge. This guy reminds me of the 15 year old kids who post on youtube and swear that Hot Sauce from AND1 is greatest basketball player of all-time. These novices do not realize that there is more to basketball than fancy dribbles and footspeed. The objective of the game is to put the ball in the hoop. As good as Bipin or Sonam they are strictly perimeter players, they do not possess a threat to score in the post and rarely rebound the ball. Saurav is far more versatile as he is able to score off the ball in post-up situations plus he rebounds from the guard position. I doubt that this impresses you tho since rebounding, passing, and defense are secondary to flashy dribbles and "trick shots" in your mind. As you so eloqently put it  "So, in Bball all it matters is height and little ball handling and shooting skill. " Great analysis.

Also, I agree with Sleepyspur that the NYNYC team was not really a team. They couldnt handle the pressure when those two twins from San Jose started dropping threes on them. They came into the tournament cocky as hell with their "college player" and didnt even make it out of the quarterfinal..lol.

   

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