Exactly. Since there are very few shooters in the NBA, the players are lazy away from the ball. In international play it shows. You can allow most NBA players to catch the ball because they can't shoot. The international players catch and shoot the 3 well. NBA players don't defend and don't shoot.
Case in point - Almost every time Lebron James went for a lay-up shot he had to attempt some fancy harlem Globetrotter like move where he throws the ball from behind his back or trys to dunk it - he kept missing the basket more than scoring in this method - I was cursing a storm - is he showing off for the crowd or trying to win a game? The Greek players did the standard by the book technical lay up and scored more than missed. Americans kept missing the 3 pointers as well.
The first Dream team made up of old NBA players about to retire played the game the classic way which is why the blew away the rest of the world - the way the Greeks and other Europeans play reminds me of the old NBA type of play which will beat the 'bad boy' type of new NBA play any day.
that's why I think the U.S. team should get more college guys like Reddick and Morrison who can actually shoot and all without the fancy crap. I honestly think a team of only college players would be better than what we have now