USA Basketball

Dwayne Wade for LeBron?

A fair replacement I suppose, considering the fact that the opponent was Canada.

Not much was expected of Wade, who just returned from injury.

Unlike the NBA, international rules allow for clawing and grabbing that most NBA refs would not hesitate to blow.

But the United States used the rule to the best of their capacities, forcing 24 Canadian turnovers.

That facilitated the team to fly down the court and leave discombobulated Canadians in their wake.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the game is the battle for the number two point guard position with the winner likely to get the starting opportunity in Beijing.

Chris Paul and Deron Williams each made spectacular plays that screamed for Mister Mike to sit down Jason Kidd and throw him in a suit instead. Perhaps that won't be so bad considering the fact that Paul and Williams made poor Jermaine Anderson look like a discombobulated college walk on.

Perhaps even more interesting was the fact that Carl English called out Kobe.

And of course Kobe and the rest slapped and toyed with the Canadians.

At the end of the game it became a matter of margin of victory.

I guess it's all interesting.

And well, I admit I'm happy at least he's healthy. For the moment.