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

[SchoolboyC]

This is the dumbest narrative, you can't compare track to basketball. The NBA is far and away the best basketball league in the world. Making the NBA champs play overseas champs to prove they're the world champions is a waste of everyone's time

The Euroleague is the consensus second best league in the world and this was the starting lineup of the championship team last season: Nigel Williams-Goss, Dzanan Musa, Adam Hanga, Mario Hezonja, Edy Tavares. Could they even beat the Pistons in a 7 game series?

Brandon Knight was the MVP of the Puerto Rican league last season

The Finals MVP of the Australian league champion is like the 12th man for the Wizards

Don't even get me started on the shenanigans in the Chinese league

 

[cartierhoe]

This is the dumbest narrative, you can't compare track to basketball. The NBA is far and away the best basketball league in the world. Making the NBA champs play overseas champs to prove they're the world champions is a waste of everyone's time

The Euroleague is the consensus second best league in the world and this was the starting lineup of the championship team last season: Nigel Williams-Goss, Dzanan Musa, Adam Hanga, Mario Hezonja, Edy Tavares. Could they even beat the Pistons in a 7 game series?

Brandon Knight was the MVP of the Puerto Rican league last season

The Finals MVP of the Australian league champion is like the 12th man for the Wizards

Don't even get me started on the shenanigans in the Chinese league

Guys who say shyt like that always think they sound so profound

Like you said it'd be a waste of everyone's time to have the NBA champs prove some shyt that everybody knows the outcome to

 

[staticshock]

Coli basketball experts said this USA team would get smashed in the tournament

 

[Bigblackted4]

France lol

 

[MikelArteta]

Coli basketball experts said this USA team would get smashed in the tournament

they played a team full of scrubs in new zealand and will play greece a team with one nba player in thanasis

 

[Nero Christ]

They did use it but to act like they do in 2023 is funny, and second point still stands

Yea Stern was ahead of the curve, and if he wanted the sport and league to go global...that was something he knew he couldn't go forward with.

 

[The God Poster]

they played a team full of scrubs in new zealand and will play greece a team with one nba player in thanasis

Y’all Canadians need humbling

 

[thatrapsfan]

Rondae Hollis going wild for Jordan just had a 4 point play to tie game with 10 seconds to go.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

These FIBA refs quick with the technical. They just T'd up Iran for their reaction to a foul with 5 seconds left in a 1pt game vs Ivory Coast

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

I wish the NBA game was officiated like FIBA which is much more physical and doesn't have as many ticky tack fouls and superstar calls. FIBA feels like real authentic basketball without trickology while the NBA can feel like sports entertainment at times.

 

[mbewane]

Fwiw Team USA is recruiting him to play for the Olympics next year.

Interesting. When's the last time Team USA had foreign nationalized players on the team? Can only think of Olajuwon tbh

 

[Morethan1]

Let's get the dub boys

 

[MikelArteta]

Interesting. When's the last time Team USA had foreign nationalized players on the team? Can only think of Olajuwon tbh

tim duncan

 

[mbewane]

Too bad we will never see him and Siakam play for Cameroon. Would be best African team ever.

Yep. Also iirc Siakam met Cameroon officials after the 2019 title and it seemingly went quite bad.

 

[MikelArteta]

usa always starting like crap
kerr is so ignorant to make changes