2021 USA Basketball @ Tokyo Olympics

[MikelArteta]

Whoa... pride for country is a thing? Yeah of course Lol. Common sense. But that's not the whole story. They killin them in fiba rules.

for european players its just like for soccer/football, winning the euros/world cup>>>>>>winning the premier league or la liga, serie a etc.

 

[chkmeout]

adeybayo is garbage

 

[Karume]

They know how to play their role.

BUT DO THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY BASKETBALL?

 

[chineebai]

Olympic basketball is like like fifa world cup. There's a lot of national pride.

 

[Leao2005]

I was saying something similar in the Steve Kerr Basketball players should learn to play soccer thread.

Link this thread

 

[Big Boss]

This your king @CHICAGO

Dame Time different in FIBA play

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

This pic + quote combo got me

YOU ACTIN TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Link this thread

Steve Kerr says young basketball players ISO too much. Wants kids to also play soccer

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Oh they’ll bounce back. Bunch of hot takers.

 

[KingB137]

This thread is embarrassment and indictment on how Americans think. Too much Stan wars and blaming individuals. Meanwhile Evan Fournier gave the bag away saying the French TEAM won.

The USA basketball system is broken and has been for a long time and instead many of you are fixated on the Stan wars.

Finally somebody said it. Nobody actually talking about why they lost. Just a bunch of dikkridding and lowkey bitter posts cause their favorite players ain't get picked for the roster.

 

[MikelArteta]

do you actually think kobe bryant would lose to a bunch of frenchmen?

He'd rip into every player at half and they respect kobe even a nikka like dame lilliard would be playing that alivn robertson type d

 

[Big Boss]

This thread is embarrassing and an indictment on how Americans think. Too much Stan wars and blaming individuals. Meanwhile Evan Fournier gave the bag away saying the French TEAM won.

The USA basketball system is broken and has been for a long time and instead many of you are fixated on the Stan wars.

facts

 

[Koli_Kat]

Gobert started to close out on KD then realized he wasn't going to affect the shot. If KD had put the ball down and taken a couple steps inside then Gobert was gonna meet him there. You're right that Jrue could have gotten an open 18-footer if he wanted it, but his #'s from 18 feet are barely different than his #'s from 3pt and he was already 3-5 from 3pt on the day.




Where did you get those made-up numbers?

KD this season was 45% from 3pt and 48.7% on long mids. For his career he's 38% on 3pt and 44% on long mids. The difference is tiny, far less than the difference between winning and simply tying (as KD himself could tell you from recent experience).

Jrue this year was 39% from 3pt and 40% on long mids. For his career he's 36% from 3pt and 39.6% from long mids.

There's almost NO difference in their %'s and then you're gonna get 6 feet closer to the defense and give them an extra second to close out on you? All to take a shot that will only tie the game and not win it?

1.Gobert is not stopping KD from stepping in a few. Hell of a defender but no.

2. My stats are from NBA.com and based on this year.

3. They lost so obviously their proposed strategy failed to work. Therefore something else like going to the paint or pulling up for a mid. (Sounds a lot like my post no ? )

 

[DoubleClutch]

Was frank nitlikina on the French team?

If so, at least it’s a W for Knicks fans