2021 USA Basketball @ Tokyo Olympics

Would you want your stars playing in Olympics?

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mastermind said:
The problem is the best coaches are in college ball, and not at the younger ages. They don’t care about development because they are concerned about winning in college and collecting a huge bag for themselves. They also can’t dedicate the amount of hours needed to make up the difference because of ncaa rules.
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Yes that is the problem ,but that’s not the NCAA’s fault imo. MLS has academies that gives youth players pro level coaching during the most important stage of development .The elite youth in soccer are targeted and their skills are nurtured. Which is why currently you’re seeing an explosion of young American soccer talent .Overseas they have the exact same set-up but they also are given youth contracts.


there is no reason that elite American basketball players are being coached by fathers and volunteers . The NBA can set-up academies for their clubs and follow the same model MLS and Europe has for skill development and the game would be 1000% better for it
 
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Koli_Kat said:
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.
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Then you either can't read or are cherry-picking some tiny sample size. For both KD and Jrue, their long-midrange #'s this year were barely higher than their 3pt #'s at all.

KD 3pt: 45%
KD 16-23: 48%

Jrue 3pt: 39%
Jrue 16-23: 40%

Those are the full-season #'s for the EXACT distances we're talking about. You must be factoring some other shyt in



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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 ? )
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That's the "hindsight is 20-20" fallacy. Claiming that a 3pt that doesn't go in was a bad shot just because he didn't make it is a silly narrative, you can't know ahead of time which shots will go in and which won't. If they tried a midrange and it didn't go in, would that mean the midrange was the wrong shot to take?
 
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Box Factory said:
I have a theory I just came up with


The FIBA 3 point line in the NBA is the worst shot possible (long midrange 2). Everyone is discouraged from taking that shot in the NBA, and they probably practise it less than any other shot.

This is why the USA struggles to shoot the 3 from the shorter line in FIBA

Im a genius
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Only they're still launching long ass threes and clanking them.

mastermind said:
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.
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you’re being harsh on Team USA :russ:


You can already see Jan Vesely getting 20/10 against them in pool play :wow:
 
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