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

[GunRanger]

Curry made sure he brought her in for that hug

 

[Stick Up Kid]

KD, Steph & LeBron legacy went to new heights this Olympics, if that was even possible

 

[Braman]

Depends

If we’re looking forward to 2028 his competition at PG as of now would project to be Brunson, Maxey, Ja, Cade, Trae

I suppose Derrick White also, he’ll be the same age that Jrue is now

Nah Halliburton is in. He’s gonna avg 20 and 10 on elite efficiency plus they have an ascending squad. Plus that continuity across Olympic teams is needed

Brunson will be old. Maxey and Cade can still get in. Ja is in. Trae, nope. Derrick white, hell no.

All the shyt I was saying before this Olympics as far as we need to stop purposely selecting role players is gonna be even more true in 2028. Go ahead and add Derrick white for feel good purposes nggas will lose

 

[GunRanger]

Dennis was a bad pick. He was unplayable today and awful last game too. Bogi should be above him

 

[Braman]

Tatum has been better than KD & Bron for the last 3 seasons

Tatum was the 2nd leading scorer on the last Olympic team

And ppl think he's the 11th best player on this team, FOH

The disrespect is crazy

I'm not taking nikkas like Bam, Book, Ant, Jrue, White, etc over him

The plan should've been to start him so he'd be ready to lead the team in 2028

If I'm him, I absolutely pass on LA

France gonna smoke the US in 4 yrs without him

Facts. And the real issue is we now have a backlog bc nggas like Lebron dont wanna stop playing. shyt it’s not even a guarantee all these old nggas don’t play


We gotta get off the Lebron teet. There’s hella talent and with the right coaching and the right PGs we can dominate again. But we gotta up the tempo. Our advantage is athleticism. Playing nggas like Jrue and Derek white for ‘defense’ actually just evens the playing field more. This shyt should not have been in his hard

Imagine a 2028 team with a small ball lineup of Ja,, Ant, Tatum, Chet, and Zion. We gotta reset our brain tho nggas giving ‘the international game’ too much respect

 

[SchoolboyC]

Nah Halliburton is in. He’s gonna avg 20 and 10 on elite efficiency plus they have an ascending squad. Plus that continuity across Olympic teams is needed

Brunson will be old. Maxey and Cade can still get in. Ja is in. Trae, nope. Derrick white, hell no.

All the shyt I was saying before this Olympics as far as we need to stop purposely selecting role players is gonna be even more true in 2028. Go ahead and add Derrick white for feel good purposes nggas will lose

Brunson will be 31 in 2028, it’s not far fetched at all that he could still be playing at a high enough level to warner consideration. Kyle Lowry made the team in 2016 around the same age, as did Dame in Tokyo

But in any event, 4 years is a long time in the sports world

 

[mson]

 

[Belize King]

Steph is a top 10 player of all time

Who you knocking out?

Wilt, Russ, Shaq, or Duncan?

Is Bird top ten still?

 

[SchoolboyC]

KD already on it

 

[ThrobbingHood]

KD already on it

Damn, isn’t it like 1am over there in France? KD never misses.

 

[Braman]

My 2028 USA fever dream pause

Small ball closing lineup:

Ja, Ant, Tatum, Paolo, Chet

Killer 2nd unit:

Lamelo, Maxey, Booker, Zion, Bam

 

[JoelB]

KD doesnt miss anything on the internet

 

[Braman]

Brunson will be 31 in 2028, it’s not far fetched at all that he could still be playing at a high enough level to warner consideration. Kyle Lowry made the team in 2016 around the same age, as did Dame in Tokyo

But in any event, 4 years is a long time in the sports world

I think you’re probably right and I think it’ll cause us to lose we’ve been good enough to pick whoever and pick stand up guys and ‘leaders’ and role players. But in 2028 that won’t cut it. We SHOULD have lost to Serbia.

But it’s Cacs in charge so I wouldn’t be suprised at all if there’s no Ja and instead we have an aging leader Brunson, and good guy vet Derrick white. And we will get smacked

 

[Controversy]

My 2028 USA fever dream pause

Small ball closing lineup:

Ja, Ant, Tatum, Paolo, Chet

Killer 2nd unit:

Lamelo, Maxey, Booker, Zion, Bam

That squad ain't winning gold unless Chet is 2001-07 KG...US bigs aren't elite anymore

 

[BlackMajik]