USA Olympic Hoops: Clueless in the half-court

Watching the first half or USA v. Argentina, it is startling to see how clueless the U.S. team is in any half-court offense situation.  Whenever they are five-on-five, the U.S. players stand around and maybe pass the ball on the perimeter.  They don't cut to the basket; the don't move without the ball; they don't post up.  Unless someone throws up a three-point shot, the USA seems at least as likely to turn the ball over as to score (or even get a shot off).

By slowing the game down, Argentina was able to cut a 20-point deficit to six.  Of course, these failures are endemic to NBA basketball.  If it weren't for their huge advantages in steals and rebounding (especially offensive rebounding) the team would be in trouble.