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USA USA

Posted on 9/8/23 at 8:28 am
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 8:28 am
semis vs Germany
winner vs Serbia.

fwiw
a Serb is out due to kidney being removed after opponent elbowed him.

serbs won semi over favored Canada anyway. bogan bogdanovic is their scoring leader

ingram out today due to upper respiratory issue.




Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
78301 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 9:22 am to
what i love is that this is like America’s C team and we’re in the semis.
Posted by VA LSU fan
Virginia
Member since Dec 2007
8643 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 9:36 am to
Ingram out today due to being a bitch.

He has been a huge disappointment. Should have been him and Edwards as the stars.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 9:54 am to
quote:

what i love is that this is like America’s C team and we’re in the semis.


care to suggest the USA Olympic team for next year?

some older guys might be best for one game but wont last the month of ball.
some a-hole hit a serb in the back with his elbow in the quarter finals. serb had surgery. kidney removed. serbs will be finalists without him.
some Olympians have no respect for others.
i remember a Bulgarian front line thug 6 8 245.
im not sure you can throw Davis out there.



Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
78301 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 10:09 am to
quote:

care to suggest the USA Olympic team for next year? some older guys might be best for one game but wont last the month of ball.


Guards: Curry, Booker, Lilliard, Mitchell
F: Tatum, Brown, Durant, Leonard, Butler, Williamson (if healthy) Ingram
C: Davis, Adebayo

No one on that team is older than 35.

We had 9 players on the 3 all-NBA teams and 0 were in this team.
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 10:11 am
Posted by England_Pelican
England
Member since Apr 2018
3949 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 10:55 am to
Serbia’s B team v Denis Schroeder and the Wagner bros in the final.

Turns out becoming world champs isn’t so easy. Noah Lyles somewhere having LOLz right now
Posted by Mad Scientist26
Member since Jul 2018
2271 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 2:40 pm to
It can’t be all on Anthony Edwards or one guy to do all the scoring. Kerr refused to give anyone the green light except him and made everyone else role players. I think letting another guy take shots in the starting lineup would have helped
Posted by Pistol44
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2019
2298 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 4:22 pm to
USA lost due to a key fundamental basketball, they as a collective don't box out. When the ball goes up, International players find a man to box out and secure the ball, American players continue to watch the ball and attempt to position themselves for the rebound. Germany and Lithuania killed the US on second-chance shots.
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34717 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 10:34 pm to
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Noah Lyles somewhere having LOLz right now


Is he, though? Take the 2 finalists, Serbia and Germany. How many NBA teams can they beat? How would they fare against NBA playoff teams? Conference finalists? Finalists? Champs?

I'm not convinced they'd be favored against any playoff teams.
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34717 posts
Posted on 9/8/23 at 10:36 pm to
quote:

It can’t be all on Anthony Edwards or one guy to do all the scoring. Kerr refused to give anyone the green light except him and made everyone else role players. I think letting another guy take shots in the starting lineup would have helped


Honestly, they need fresh coaching. Kerr has done nothing to adjust.
Posted by jrobic4
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
12210 posts
Posted on 9/9/23 at 5:24 am to
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Kerr refused


Most overrated coach of ALL time
Posted by Mad Scientist26
Member since Jul 2018
2271 posts
Posted on 9/9/23 at 9:38 am to
Hell yea he is! Erik Spoelstra is a way better coach than a guy who rode the back of two of best shooters of all time as well as had one of the best scorers of all time.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 9/9/23 at 9:48 am to
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re: USA USAPosted on 9/8/23 at 2:40 pm to England_Pelican

?

It can’t be all on Anthony Edwards or one guy to do all the scoring. Kerr refused to give anyone the green light except him and made everyone else role players. I think letting another guy take shots in the starting lineup would have helped




not sure this was true.
i do think the small population countries do this (for example take latvia which lost in round of 8 to Germany by 2.
latvia has one
nba guy. slovenia. just luka.

kerr was asked about using same team to get more continuity and role playing. like Serbia.
he said other guys should get to wear the USA uniform.
we have depth those countries do not."
Posted by DatPelican
TX
Member since May 2018
494 posts
Posted on 9/10/23 at 4:42 am to
Down 6 in the 3rd to Canada
Posted by DatPelican
TX
Member since May 2018
494 posts
Posted on 9/10/23 at 7:24 am to
Lost to Canada by 9 in OT. USA basketball has become a joke.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
112637 posts
Posted on 9/10/23 at 10:56 am to
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USA basketball has become a joke
Probably 2% of NBA fans can recall where we finished in the last FIBA tourney, who we played and who even played for us.


The FIBA tourney is wholly irrelevant.
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