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

[Damnshow]

Coaching staff assembled this team and they ignored rebounding. You can't rebound, you don't win championships.

 

[phillycavsfan]

He gonna be winning multiple golds next summer while Team USA settles for bronze. SMH.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Halliburton got absolutely cooked by that pump fake in the clutch. Good lord

 

[Osmosis]

Reaves was getting abused defensively but he was still the best guard on the team today. Haliburton and Brunson were embarrassing.

 

[Big Boss]

This ain't the 90s anymore


Cant keep sending your B or C team and expect to win easily. These other countries ain't scared anymore

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Coaching staff assembled this team and they ignored rebounding. You can't rebound, you don't win championships.

Not taking a legit big man was malfeasance

 

[BlackXCL]

Not a fan of seeing majority CAC teams win both games today. especially the cac ass serbians

 

[BornStar]

Haliburton on sportscenter

 

[Michael's Black Son]

USA can't expect to keep taking their C squad and win these FIBA tourneys

Exactly.

Especially when these other countries literally take NBA players from their homeland and put them on the floor with a decent squad.

Not saying we should have the damn dream team but there is a serious issue with either picking these squads or dudes flat out not wanting to be picked.

 

[daemonova]

 

[CJ]

Canada vs USA

 

[aceboon]

Our bigs are constantly stuck out on the perimeter defending so I get why their rebounding numbers are low

 

[phillycavsfan]

shame on USA basketball for putting a team of off brand mark ass busters out there with the exception of Ant.

Out the gate, LaMelo should’ve been forced on this team. Then you build it from there if the plan was to toss some young cats out there. This team just wasn’t it.

Oh fukk no I don’t want that immature heatcheck merchant on Team USA. Plus if you think Reaves is getting hunted on defense what you think they gonna do to him.

 

[Mister Terrific]

This is the worst lost in USA basketball history.

Just might be. Lithuania, Greece, and Argentina are basketball countries at least. Basketball is like field hockey is to Americans.

 

[aceboon]

K lost a World Cup too with Bron/Melo/DWade