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Forget the excuses; Team USA issues are egos and it starts with Gregg Popovich

OK, it’s time to stop hiding behind these ridiculous excuses that the world has caught up to USA basketball.

We need to face the facts. Why don’t we start calling a horse’s derrière exactly what it is? King Derriére is in charge, and if this wasn’t a family newspaper we’d call him exactly what he is. A horse’s (Rhymes with No Class.)

But when you have a coach driven by his ego we get what we asked for. Gregg Popovich lacks the ability to have respect for the common man, and he passes down that ego to the players, who already have big enough egos as it is.