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

[Flex Luger]

Like whoever constructed this team knew JJJ isn’t a good rebounder yet you only have him and Kessler as your only bigs. Make it make sense.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Top players are not committing to back to back Summers so can just forget about that
Especially since a lot of them come off of long playoff runs when they do this
It's not gonna happen

Then Team USA will continue to have these results

There’s a reason why Team USA went from not losing a single game from 2007-2016, winning most games by 20+ points to dropping multiple games in each tournament year since

 

[Mister Terrific]

Not one single comment about the lack of bigs and rebounding issues, which was far and away a bigger problem then Reaves defense.. or how the DPOTY allowed Theis to put up 20+ points

Stop talking basketball, it ain't for you. Go to a "casual" thread cause that seems more your speed

I have multiple posts decrying our lack of rebounding and interior defense. Specifically referenced Daniel Theis going 10-15 with 21 points and 7 boards.

Stop trying distract that your prized white boy got abused like a instathot in Dubai by a dude who went 4-26 vs Latvia.

fukk outta here. Learn to play DEFENSE dummy

 

[jaydawg08]

I have multiple posts decrying our lack of rebounding and interior defense. Specifically referenced Daniel Theis going 10-15 with 21 points and 7 boards.

Stop trying distract that your prized white boy got abused like a instathot in Dubai by a dude who went 4-26 vs Latvia.

fukk outta here. Learn to play DEFENSE dummy

Austin played good to great defense all tournament besides 2 games.. if Team US is that dependent on Austin Reaves, a high level ROLE PLAYER OUTPLAYING STARS, then that speaks more to the other players on team USA

There's a reason Austin kept getting run down the stretch. He's been flat out better than nearly everyone on that team not named Anthony Edwards

 

[Voice of Reason]

Austin played good to great defense all tournament besides 2 games.. if Team US is that dependent on Austin Reaves, a high level ROLE PLAYER OUTPLAYING STARS, then that speaks more to the other players on team USA

There's a reason Austin kept getting run down the stretch. He's been flat out better than nearly everyone on that team not named Anthony Edwards

No he didn't play good defense get off that mans meat.


Sounding like these cacs that hype him up.

 

[Box Factory]

It's kind of funny how both of us (USA and Canada) are complaining about our lack of bigs who can fight in the paint and rebound

The narrative has completely flipped. It used to be that North American bigs were too plodding, could only play near the rim, and weren't able to shoot and switch out to cover the perimeter

 

[jaydawg08]

No he didn't play good defense get off that mans meat.


Sounding like these cacs that hype him up.

Reading is an important adult skill, please try it.. he played good to great defense besides 2 games. Nearly every team has tried to switch and take advantage of Austin and only Germany and Lithuania were able to take advantage of it

Kerr continues playing 3 guard lineups and Austin held his own in every game besides those 2.. just how it works out sometimes

 

[HoldThisL]

You can blame Brunson, you can blame Reaves, you can blame Hali etc, but the major seller of the game was JJJ. DPOY but he has trouble rebounding and defending .

 

[bl2k8]

This Austin Reaves blame is the result of Laker stimulus and great white hype syndrome. You mix the two and this is what you get a lot of extra attention, good and bad

 

[jaydawg08]

For the idiots ITT who don't know ball and simply go on surface level casual takes

JJJ had a total of 7 rebounds in 65 minutes of play... and 1 total blocked shot in 4 games. Absolutely pathetic from your defensive big man

 

[Mister Terrific]

Reading is an important adult skill, please try it.. he played good to great defense besides 2 games. Nearly every team has tried to switch and take advantage of Austin and only Germany and Lithuania were able to take advantage of it

Kerr continues playing 3 guard lineups and Austin held his own in every game besides those 2.. just how it works out sometimes

This is team USA dummy. Nobody in the history of team USA has been hunted on pick and rolls and ball screens except Reaves. A part time optometrist for Lithuania isoing you in the post to the point where you have to be taken out the game shouldn’t happen.


How it works out sometimes stupid MF acting like he just lost the Big 12 championship and not losing in historic embarrassing fashion to a country that doesn’t even have a professional basketball league .

 

[HoldThisL]

This is team USA dummy. Nobody in the history of team USA has been hunted on pick and rolls and ball screens except Reaves. A part time optometrist for Lithuania isoing you in the post to the point where you have to be taken out the game shouldn’t happen.


How it works out sometimes stupid MF acting like he just lost the Big 12 championship and not losing in historic fashion to a country that doesn’t even have a professional basketball league .

Were you even watching the game? Acting like Brunson was not a cone out there but here you are solely blaming Reaves

 

[cornercommission2k12]

Wonder what redeem team 2 will look like considering all the NBA best players are from other countries .....

 

[ShoryukenHaduken]

Maybe I missed it but was there a reason a guy like deaaron fox wasn't asked to play.....

 

[Wargames]

Wonder what redeem team 2 will look like considering all the NBA best players are from other countries .....

Tatum and Brown should be on it. Donovan Mitchell and Booker, Fox too, Maybe Ja thought who knows if politics will keep him from being invited. I would say they should reach out to Bam, and Mitchell Robinson. Maybe Lebron, KD, or PG but I doubt it. I would bring back Ant, maybe bring back one of Brunson or Hali