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

[tremonthustler1]

he's barely even getting any run for them, alot of these countries haven't kept up their talent pipeline from the mid/late 00s

the countries who at least have kept their pipelines strong

France
Serbia
Canada
Australia
Germany


Everyone else is either falling off or the talent is very fragmented. So now DR got talent, Japan, Bahamas, Montenegro, etc., but they're still developing.

 

[aceboon]

the countries who at least have kept their pipelines strong

France
Serbia
Canada
Australia
Germany


Everyone else is either falling off or the talent is very fragmented. So now DR got talent, Japan, Bahamas, Montenegro, etc., but they're still developing.

France's guard/wing play not developing, Hayes and Ntilikina being bums kinda killed them this go around

 

[tremonthustler1]

France's guard/wing play not developing, Hayes and Ntilikina being bums kinda killed them this go around

but they still have a pipeline of prospects (they're just not ready for the big time outside of Wemby). Perhaps Coulibaly, Rupert and Cissoko replace Fournier and Batum going forward.

PG does suck for them, but PG sucks for every country not named Canada, Australia and the US

 

[jaydawg08]

No trolling, Bron needs to know what’s good and fall back and be a 3rd option

Bron and the Lakers let Reaves have the ball ALOT in the playoffs in crunch time, and that will only continue. It's not about being a 3rd option, its about letting Reaves have the ball in his hands and Bron play off ball

Reaves has the skills to be a great decision maker, he's shown that his entire time on Team USA so far

 

[In The Zone '98]

No trolling, Bron needs to know what’s good and fall back and be a 3rd option

He's never had a problem with that. He fell back for Kyrie.

 

[Family Lives Matter]

Austin reaves the best player on the team

 

[MikelArteta]

Remember when Brazil stayed with a group of players? They're really down to Gui Santos

I saw caboclo out there

 

[MikelArteta]

the countries who at least have kept their pipelines strong

France
Serbia
Canada
Australia
Germany


Everyone else is either falling off or the talent is very fragmented. So now DR got talent, Japan, Bahamas, Montenegro, etc., but they're still developing.

Yup even Spain has fallen off a cliff. They still play as a cohesive unit but their best player is a old Rudy Fernandez

 

[Regular_P]

I still can't believe nobody offered Reaves a poison pill max in free agency. Yes, the Lakers would have matched but he's on the best deal in the league by a mile right now. What a bargain.

Giannis could be a free agent while Reaves is due to make $14 million.

 

[Cladyclad]

Reeves need to cut his hair. It’s too cac’ky. Once he get the buzz cut and some tats. Pray for the rest of the league

 

[MikelArteta]

I still can't believe nobody offered Reaves a poison pill max in free agency. Yes, the Lakers would have matched but he's on the best deal in the league by a mile right now. What a bargain.

Giannis could be a free agent while Reaves is due to make $14 million.

His game is silky smooth

I still can’t believe a dude like this was undrafted

 

[Voice of Reason]

These are hyping the heck out of Reaves.

 

[42 Monks]

These are hyping the heck out of Reaves.

its deserved ngl

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

Austin reaves the best player on the team

Some dudes just thrive in the FIBA game, and he's one of them.

It's good because we need more Americans who can deal with the lane clogging and the refs swallowing whistles on very physical play.

On another note, I am looking forward to seeing Jaren Jackson continue to adjust and be a monster in the lane on defense through this tournament. I feel like there's more young guys who are fit for the FIBA game in the pool than there have been for a minute.

 

[cobra]

Comparing the world baseball classic to this…baseball may have passed up the basketball globally

I don’t really care that 100 million Chinese buy nba jerseys