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

[Black Mamba]

Dummy shyt. Every big bucket Germany and Lithuania had down the stretch was because of Reaves utter inability to guard anything with a pulse. Schroeder literally tossed him into the 2nd row on the last shot. USA shot 58% from the floor and 45% from 3. It’s DEFENSE and rebounding that matters in FIBA.

Mans did his job yall non lakers garbage players failed gtfo

 

[Primetime21]

Nah f all that
Yall was talking greasy and yall took an L from fukking Dennis Schroeder with that group of players yall got?

Talking greasy? Its gold or nothing here, yall still got something to play for.

 

[aceboon]

 

[tremonthustler1]

Randle?

do you want rebounding or not?


The pickings are slim for American rebounders.

Though Randle would be abused on defense.

 

[Black Mamba]

Talking greasy? Its gold or nothing here, yall still got something to play for.

Yeah yeah yeah yall lost with all that talent
Get Sonned by Dennos Schroeder

 

[Primetime21]

Yeah yeah yeah yall lost with all that talent

Ok so they lost?

 

[Windows 91]

 

[SchoolboyC]

The Olympics are important. But the World Cup is also really important for world rankings.

Getting bronze for USA would be a step up from the disaster of 2019. At the same time, each cycle before the next Olympics, Grant Hill and Steve Kerr need to have his best 7-8 players commit to playing in multiple tournaments/events in the years before the next Olympics. Just like Coach K did after the 2004 Olympic bronze.

Perimeter defense and rebounding are huge problems.

Getting players to commit for multiple years is what only makes sense

That Redeem team core had played together for years. LeBron, Wade, Melo, Dwight, Bosh, CP3, Deron, Redd, etc. even Kobe & Kidd joined them in 2007 before. No one on that team was new

Had a brand new roster in 2010 then in 2012 basically combined the 2008 and 2010 core.

 

[Mister Terrific]

Mans did his job yall non lakers garbage players failed gtfo

Did his job by getting hunted on every pick and roll and Schroeder literally going at him for the last 2 buckets? You gtfo.

 

[BlackMajik]

I would never invite Jaren Jackson back for anything Team USA again,9th on his own team 9th in rebounding !!! averaged less rebounds than Haliburton,Ant,Bridges & Brunson...what a disgrace to the big man he is....

JJJ is the worst DPOY in NBA history

 

[Black Mamba]

Did his job by getting hunted on every pick and roll and Schroeder literally going at him for the last 2 buckets? You gtfo.

Hey man tell your coach to coach better idk what to say
He did his job offensively yall wilding tryna pin it all on him when the rest of the team played like dog shyt
Yall got JJJ and HE WAS ASS
Take the L

 

[Black Mamba]

Ok so they lost?

You came herw laughing at our loss just to get an egg on your face too
No matter how you cut it you got that egg on your face like we did stop tryna act as if you don’t got the EGG nikka
PATHETIC SHOWING YOU WANNA DISH IT OUT BUT CANT TAKE IT TOO? fukk OUTTA HERE

 

[Primetime21]

You came herw laughing at our loss just to get an egg on your face too
No matter how you cut it you got that egg on your face like we did stop tryna act as if you don’t got the EGG nikka

Damn right I was laughing at yall fool, yall talked more than anybody All that yelling dont change anything

 

[Braman]

-I’m late maybe this been addressed but….Ingram had a ‘illness’ after getting benched? Am I following this right

-Kerr exposed. The foreshadowing was when he was close to having Ant come off the bench on this talent barren team

- That also ties into Draymond-ification of US hoops. These analytics white boys have gone away from actual pure talent. Ie why tf is Josh hart even on the team…Cam Johnson overrated. JJJ in another era would be a dominant big man but in this era he’s a ‘switchy 3&D big’. Man had 8 and 3 outplayed by old school brute strength Daniel Theis

 

[Box Factory]

Damn right I was laughing at yall fool, yall talked more than anybody All that yelling dont change anything

"You Talked more than anyone" - signed an American

This is pathetic coping