2021 USA Basketball @ Tokyo Olympics

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Never thought I'd ever see nor say this, but when they came out of a timeout a little more than 3 mins into the 4th, Pop had a deer in the headlights stare, like he didn't have any answers. He already looks like he quit on this team, and you know what, I think the squad has thrown in the towel too. Like they are all ready to just get this shyt over with, and have no issue going out sad

It's possible that Popovich isn't the best coach to get the most out of current players and their skill set anymore.

It's an unfortunate reality but hey....

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

 

[Flight]

He will get it together but Tatum has got to make quicker decisions with the ball man.

 

[trick]

I wonder if the Olympics starting before free agency is why Lowry didn’t go

Pretty sure that's why. He sat out a lot of games at the end of the year to stay healthy and he's been saying he wants a long term contract instead of the one year extension that he got last year

 

[Primetime21]

The staff and players are just too comfortable and casual about losing. There might be some questionable player selections but Pop didn’t instill a culture with the group. Coach K ran a military operation with Team USA, he made sure them boys knew what it meant to put on that jersey.

 

[1thouwow]

 

[42 Monks]

The problem isn’t playmakin imo, I think the problem is the lack of perimeter defense, it trickles down into other problems like bigs having to help so they are out of position for rebounds, and constant buckets stops any transition offense from happening

A good % of the perimeter players on US are Swiss cheese on D so unless multiple players are goin for 20+ in a half court setting, the US is gonna get strapped

a usa team scoring 11 points in a quarter and shooting 40% most of a game is sheer madness

the defense is shaky too but great scorers being unable to score is worse than guys who can't hide on d getting exposed as expected imo

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

Y’all saying USA need more playmakers but who?? nikkas don’t do that no more, it’s all about getting your own now.

Trey young ..thats all I got

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

He can’t be the coach of the program going forward man…

He's propping up the French to take the pressure off himself and his own guys. France had a good gameplan and even you see a guy like Fall.. the seven footer came in and gave them quality minutes and our "bigs" didn't really know what to do with him..

 

[L&HH]

He’s a legit player though

He's a solid nba starter sure but come on. In that playoff series vs the Nets he avg 15 ppg, never scoring over 18 in a single game over 5 games. They let him go off for 28...mind you FIBA plays 8 less min overall than a nba game. So if this were a NBA game he might have dropped 35+. His career high is 32

 

[Big Boss]

i forgot that France defeated USA back in the 2019 world cup

 

[RammerJammer]

Tim Legler saying that this is a big wake up call for Team USA, but I think we’re past that point, if losing to Nigeria and Australia wasn’t a wake up call for this ho hum ass team then losing to France won’t be a wake up call.

 

[CBSkyline]

paul george gets shyt on all the time but ain't no way lavine should be on this team over him

But... But... But Lavine can now drop 25 any night in the glorified 82 exhibition games he plays a year since he entered the league

 

[Apprentice]

a usa team scoring 11 points in a quarter and shooting 40% most of a game is sheer madness

the defense is shaky too but great scorers being unable to score is worse than guys who can't hide on d getting exposed as expected imo

Great scorers get a lot of easy buckets in the open court, U can’t get that if U can’t get stops that lead to transition

a half court game is where the lack of a true playmaker would be glaring, and that’s what they’re gettin into witout perimeter defenders to force stops

 

[IllmaticDelta]

We actually shame them now

These new "fans" would hate magic of he played now


"Ol passing ass ninja where is your double pump fadaway from 35 feet while covered by 3 players with 20 on the shotclock...you not a real NBA player"

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