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

[King Static X]

I was one of them lol.

I'm just being a dikk because all the USA fans were talking so much shyt yesterday, only to come out and lose the first game they played against a halfway decent team

Well, when the US is the standard of excellence in international basketball, then yeah, some fans are going to be fickle.

 

[King Static X]

Why in the fukk is Ja Morant not on this team

They don't want him causing trouble in the Philippines lol.

 

[Damnshow]

Why in the fukk is Ja Morant not on this team

Because he's mentally elsewhere. He wouldn't help the team that much.

 

[BlackMajik]

 

[No1]

There has to be some athletic bigs the US can send out there.

 

[SchoolboyC]

There has to be some athletic bigs the US can send out there.

Robert Williams if he wasn’t so injury prone

 

[Flight]

100% agree but it is what it is

I do think Tatum is willing to help carry the torch tho, he already went twice and has said he’s playing in 2024

Him and Ant are two who give me hope. They understand the responsibility that comes with being the guys for the new era.

 

[Flight]

Why in the fukk is Ja Morant not on this team

Optics

 

[barese]

Serbian last man on the bench lost a kidney today, and his carrier is probably over:

Užasne vesti: Boriša Simanić ostao bez bubrega

Srpski reprezentativac Boriša Simanić, ostao je bez bubrega nakon što je doživeo udarac od Nunija Omota u meču 3. kola prve faze takmičenja na Mundobasketu.

www.telegraf.rs

He didn't even play that much, just a few minutes in garage time, in a meaningless group game against South Sudan.

The hit he got didn't even seem that serious then...
It was just in a bad spot, and there was a lot of internal bleeding and bad luck...


Edit: his life was in jeopardy.

We all remember Paul George injury, but after this it feels that every player participating in this tournament is a hero.

 

[Voice of Reason]

shyt Zion should be on this team as well.

 

[42 Monks]

shyt Zion should be on this team as well.

he can't even play half a season straight ain't no way he's making the offseason circuit

 

[Voice of Reason]

he can't even play half a season straight ain't no way he's making the offseason circuit

He seems to be in behest shape right. I think he would have been fine playing.

 

[Voice of Reason]

AD and Bam should be to of the bigs next year. Lonney or Drummond should be a backup center. Then Send Zion as a 4.

 

[42 Monks]

He seems to be in behest shape right. I think he would have been fine playing.

based on pictures? i mean cmon - he didn't even play 30 games this year. and missed all of last year before that. zion the idea and zion the player are not the same thing anymore.

 

[Hersh]

smh us doesnt know how to play halfcourt ball