The Redeem Team

The United States Olympic Basketball team has been given the name "The Redeem Team" for the simple fact that it is their job to reclaim what we American's believe is ours the Gold Medal for basketball.

I have been watching them, pretty much all summer in preparation for these Olympic Games and at first I was a little unsure if they were going to put all individual differences side and play as a unit. Ever since the games have started I have to say they been pretty impressive, playing as a unit and playing with a real since of purpose and pride out there. As with any such team you always have people that are label the best on the team or talked about as if they will be the brightest start on the roster. However I have been surprised by a couple that I would have thought would be good but have turned out to be outstanding. So right now before the game against Spain my 3 candidates for MVP would have to be Wade, Bosh, James. I know everyone was hoping Kobe would be the center piece and who knows maybe in the grand scheme he is, but right now I just see these 3 guys as really turning it on and playing at a much higher level than we are use to seeing. I would like to add Kidd is disappointing right now, but I think his leadership off the court and in practice is critical to the back court success.

Going into tomorrow's game against Spain I would like to see this team continue to play angry ball as they did against Greece. It is important that Spain is sent a clear message since they are touted as being in gold medal contention.