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First-rate talent, second-rate performance

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 3, 2004

Did I say co-favorites? Judging by Team USA's first exhibition game overseas, that might have been a charitable assessment. Friday's suggestion in this cyberspace that the Yanks are one of the three best bets for a gold medal in Athens only applies if the 12 players who finally did accept invitations from USA Basketball heed the preachings of Larry Brown and Gregg Popovich. Larry and Pop have been telling these guys for days that the only way they're going to win any kind of medal is with defe ...

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