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For whatever reason, we thought Team Canada would give Team USA some kind of run. Actually, we know what our reasons were: the Canadians have a legit NBA player on the roster (Sam Dalembert) plus a bunch of guys with major D-1/D-League experience (Olu Famutimi, Denham Brown, Levon Kendall, etc.), and after what we saw in the World Championships last year, the U.S. can’t be that much better this year, right?
Foolish us.
Steve Nash’s boys got beat by fiddy in another yawner that followed Team USA’s theme for this tournament: Michael Redd (19 pts) drops buckets from deep, Carmelo (25 pts) drops buckets from everywhere, Kobe digs into his guy defensively, LeBron looks down into the rim a couple times, J-Kidd runs the show without bothering to shoot, and the cleanup crew comes in to finish the piecing.
Dalembert and his Herman Munster-speed post moves were a total non-factor. He put up five points, two rebounds and didn’t block a shot. Was it foul trouble? Nope. Sam had one whistled on him. He couldn’t even establish position inside against Dwight Howard, let alone score on him.
One guy for Canada who didn’t look bad was Famutimi. The ex-Arkansas baller and current D-Leaguer put up 17 points and had a little Kobe-esque fadeaway going.

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