Why are you acting like 33 is somehow old, especially someone like Jokic whose game isn't relying upon any athleticism, whatsoever?
Because Jokic is fat with a beer belly. He doesn’t take care of himself.
40 minutes per game with 6 games in 13 nights. Good luck.
France has Nolan Traore, who's currently projected to go #2 in next year's draft. He'll have a couple years of NBA experience before 2028.
France ain’t playing a 21 year old heavy minutes in the Olympics. That’s not how euro teams operate at the guard position. Try again.
They also have young guards coming through like Sidy Cissoko and Ryan Rupert.
This dude scrapin that barrel
Bro said “Ryan Rupert”
Wemby is enough on his own that in four years time he'll be running the league.
Just like Luka was enough for Slovenia, Giannis was enough for Greece, Sabonis was enough for Lithuania, etc.
You aren’t winning the Olympics without elite guard play. In fact if not for homecoming France doesn’t even make knockouts. Almost lost to intramural Japanese and this team is likely better than their 2028 team.
If those lottery picks develop into secondary stars and role players, and they build chemistry over a cycle (which Team USA won't), they're going to be a problem.
If, if, if, if. You can’t even name a French roster without pulling G league teenagers
We just saw Ant play himself off the floor when the lights shone the brightest. He completely lost his bearings when his jumper wasn't falling and he didn't know what to do -- even when he wasn't the main focus of the defense. To the contrary, we saw Shai drag his sorry ass team all throughout the QF against France, making bucket after bucket, not shying away from the moment, never losing his focus.
As the #1 option at 22 years old Ant averaged 26 ppg on 48% shooting in per 36 minutes a game during the World Cup.
4 years from now he will be fine to lead the deepest and most talented squad in the world.
Forgive me for tapering my expectations on Ant when this was supposed to be his coming-out party and he shyt the bed.
4th in scoring coming off the bench next to Lebron, KD and Curry and had 8 points in 9 minutes including 2/3 from 3 against France he shyt the bed at 23 years old
FIBA World Cup last year, Shai showed why there's levels to this shyt when he wiped the floor with Ant and Team USA (when they didn't have proven star on the international stage to anchor the team).
Brooks scored 39 points
Shai has already done that.
A bronze medal and losing in the quarterfinals at the Olympics with 10 NBA players?
If he stays relatively injury-free, there'll be nobody we can put on the floor in the next Olympics that will be able to match him.
Chet and Bam will both be 25-11 type players. Stop glazing bro.
Except it does matter, because you need generational talent and experience to give yourself the best possible chance of winning at the Olympics.
Having one generational talent doesn’t win you the Olympics. Giannis and Luka are testament to that.
You have Jovic (who should continue to flourish in the Heat system), Topic (who's projected as being one of the top Euro guards), Poku, Djurisic, Vukcevic etc all coming through. Bogdan will likely still be there, but he'll have a more reduced role.
You just listing random dudes. Stop embarrassing yourself
Bogi and Micic are the best guards Serbia has produced in 30 years and you are throwing out teenagers who hasn’t even played a professional game in the NBA
Why do you seem to think that other countries are going backwards or stagnating?
Traditional powers like Lithuania, Spain, Argentina, Greece, Italy, Brazil, all back slid over the last 15 years
France 2024 wasn’t as good as France 2021. Serbia definitely won’t be as good as 2024 in 2028.
Why do you seem to think that the amount of international players in the NBA isn't increasing every year?
This has what to do with what?
Why do you keep speaking about France in the past tense, when we're talking about what they'll potentially be in 2028?
Because you can’t even give me a concrete roster outside of G league prospects and teenagers.
What did all that "insane talent" do in this Olympics, whilst they were background characters to Bron, Steph and KD?
what did generational Shai get Canada outside of a early red eye flight for Toronto?
Are you ok?
