Official 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Thread (August 25 - September 10)

[Big Boss]

World Champions baby

 

[aceboon]

Couldn't tell if Bridges double clutched on the corner 3 or if that was just his natural hitch, that was a great look

 

[CantStop]

what a pathetic shot

 

[tremonthustler1]

Didn't watch, just came in ready to blame somebody but it looks hard to point to any particular player for this.

Getting outbounded by almost 20 boards seems to be the culprit

lack of bigs and a team shooting 14/25 from 3 is tough to beat

 

[Piff Huxtable]

Well better now than in the Quarter or Semi-Final

 

[GOAT]

JT gon have to come save this team in '24

 

[Nero Christ]

lol believe that hype if you want.

mobley/chet/flagg the future of the US center position

As Chuck would say, them dudes light in the cakes

 

[In The Zone '98]

Bobby Portis is on the team. That’s all I have to say about this years team

They're currently 4-1 in the tournament

 

[Big Boss]

 

[FakeNews]

If we lose and its gotta wait till next summer for a chance wiggins and murray BETTER BE THERE

Is this accurate? I thought Canada had already qualified for the Olympics by virtue of the DR,PR and Brazil losing today

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Y’all talking about stars when they brought josh hart and Bobby Portis

 

[aceboon]

Gotta start doing what Coach K did and require players to commit for multiple tournaments if they want to play

If you want to play in Paris for 2024 then you need to show up for Manila in 2023

But stars run Team USA like they run the NBA so that won’t happen

This, they shouldn't have gone away from this model they implemented when they first revamped the USA program. Gotta build continuity so they're not constantly learning how to play together on the fly and stop treating the WC as a secondary event

 

[Osmar]

 

[CarltonJunior]

The NBA philosophy of developing big men to play perimeter defense and play behind the point line is not going to look good at the world stage.

JJJ is the only player of note that can even resemble a center on the roster (kessler shouldn't be there) and yes he's a DPOY but he's never averaged double digit rebounds and doesn't play in the paint. So you got him going up against legit big men, of course we got outrebounded

 

[Black Mamba]

Is this accurate? I thought Canada had already qualified for the Olympics by virtue of the DR,PR and Brazil losing today

Man im not even sure man

At least we tied back up vs spain