Coach K Doesn't Show Off

When Team USA Basketball's Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski was asked about the numerous showboating dunks thrown down in the blowout of China his reply irked a Kansas City Star writer.

“There was no showing off,” he said with an edge in his voice. “You dunk when you have to dunk. They have 7-footers. If you don’t take it hard, Yao would block it. He did block one. … I don’t know your definition of showing off, to me that’s hard basketball. I thought we played very hard. I thought we took it to the basket hard. Don’t confuse hard with showing off.”

He then glared at the person who asked the question, a reporter with an accent. And he said: “Maybe it’s a difference in our languages. Maybe in your language playing hard means showing off.”

Tar Heels fans have to be eating this article up. The journalist goes on to say that Coach K gets "an F in diplomacy." I say who cares, Mr. Posnanski. The American "Redeem Team" is on a mission to dismantle all that stand in their way, feelings hurt or not. It's not like Yao is not used to getting posterized in the NBA:





Coach K and the Redeem Team are did what they are supposed to be do early this morning, beating Angola by 21 points, 97-76. One thing I am took from the game? Kobe needs to stop shooting threes. His shooting is horrible behind the arc in the Games so far.

Up next for the U.S. ballers is Greece on Thursday. Petros Papadakis claims that Greece will beat USA.