Old Going For Gold: USA Men's Olympic Basketball - Next Up The Main Event vs France (8/10 @ 3:30pm ET)

Where Will The Olympic Team Medal?

  • Gold

    Votes: 168 91.3%
  • Silver

    Votes: 7 3.8%
  • Bronze

    Votes: 4 2.2%
  • No Medal

    Votes: 5 2.7%

  • Total voters
    184

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Charles Barkley take on the games are a little outdated, Yes the US has better talent but every game might not be a blowout due to the refs and due to any team getting hot from the 3 at any given moment.
Thats his shtick.

Any Barkley "analysis" is gonna include one or more of these:

"Too small. Cant win shooting jumpers. These guys soft. Back in my day. Too much money. I'm not even paying attention. Random shyt that has nothing to do with anything." Rinse repeat :unimpressed:

You want actual discussion of what what is actually happened post 1996 he is not your guy.
 
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Yeah this is my last time tuning into the Olympics. I hope no NBA player plays for this shyt ever again.
 

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Just because you have more talent does mean you are going to blow out every opponent, thats a silly argument. Last regular season the Celtics beat Detroit in OT by 6 points, these were far and away the best and worse teams in the league and at that point Detroit was 2-28. Anybody can compete on any given night.
This is especially true with the prevalence of 3 in the modern game. Anybody can get hot on any given night. And the Olympic line is just a long 2. Serbia was on fire the first 3 quarters. Then went 0 fer in the 4th when US made the comeback.
 

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Ticket TV on live saying they caught Bron and KD on hot mic talking about Kerr. Sound like AI to me but the clip is on dudes twitter below



Ay man, a part of being responsible with what's going on with AI is on consumers and users, and not just the people creating it. You know that shyt is fake. Why share it on a message board to amplify the bullshyt even more?

Do better
 

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Ay man, a part of being responsible with what's going on with AI is on consumers and users, and not just the people creating it. You know that shyt is fake. Why share it on a message board to amplify the bullshyt even more?

Do better
If i knew it was fake i wouldnt have shared it but Ticket has a decent audience size and hes saying its legit. So ofcourse id ask for other opinions.

Hes still live now swearing its legit.

 

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1. His 1st team selections were well deserved but he won by default, and had no real competition for that 2nd forward spot. Giannas is a lock. Bron, Klaw, and Durant are old, cant stay healthy and/or play on shytty teams. If Embiid stays healthy, Tatum probably doesnt make 1st team this past season.

2. Ive said this many times but just because somebody makes 1st team in one era, that doesnt make them better than a guy who playee in a different era. Drop 24-26yo Pierce on this Celtics team the last 3 seasons, and he would make 1st team too. Alternatively, Tatum would never make 1st team in the 2000s.

3. I dont know what games you are watching but as a pure basketball player, Pierce is/was better than Tatum.

4. My angle is that Tatum isnt as good as multi-time 1st team players from the past. This is exactly why old KD and Bron are playing over him despite Tatum being in the prime of his career. He’s winning these awards by default but he not that level of player.

The best ability is availability, and his durability adds on to how valuable Tatum is. We don’t have to plan the team with a mindset that we’ll be without Tatum (or JB for that matter) for an extended period of time

Truthfully, I really don’t care whether Tatum is better than Pierce or not. I care about banners being put on the board. Protecting Paul Pierce’s legacy is not my priority as a Celtics fan, he has his own lane and pocket. What’s yours?

Tatum is 3x All-NBA because he was considered a top 2 forward for two seasons and a top 5 player for another. Whether or not he would’ve made it in 2004 is not apart of the voting criteria
 
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