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

[NYC Rebel]

Curry’s play has been poor.

 

[DraymondT]

Puerto Rico the weakest team in the tourney

They got Jose Alvarado and a bunch of random Ricans. The athleticsm and size difference against Sudan was comedy

 

[Numpsay]

KD might be the best player on the team

Ain't no "might" about it.

 

[Braman]

Its dominance in 2024 when everyone has a couple of NBA players on their team.

Dream Team were playing people who wanted pictures after the game. That does not happen anymore.

Avg Point differential:

1992 +43.5

1996 +31.5

2000 +21.6

2004 +4.6 (3 losses)

2008 +27.5

2012 + 31.5

2016 +22.5

2020 +15 (1 loss)

The takeaway is, when we come with our A squad, which we didn’t in 2020 and 2004, we STILL dominate. And when we really bring a squad (08, 12), we’re damn near as dominant as the 90s

Yall gas that ‘the world has caught up’ shyt. Yes every year there are 1 or 2 teams that will give US problems. Going back to 2008 when we ‘only’ beat Spain by 11. This year that seems to be Canada and France. But other than them, we should dominate.

The world has caught up but we don’t play ‘team world’. The improvement is not centralized. Great players are scattered among countries. So we should ragdoll 98% of teams and if we ain’t the coach is the problem

 

[cartierhoe]

Avg Point differential:

1992 +43.5

1996 +31.5

2000 +21.6

2004 +4.6 (3 losses)

2008 +27.5

2012 + 31.5

2016 +22.5

2020 +15 (1 loss)

The takeaway is, when we come with our A squad, which we didn’t in 2020 and 2004, we STILL dominate. And when we really bring a squad (08, 12), we’re damn near as dominant as the 90s

Yall gas that ‘the world has caught up’ shyt. Yes every year there are 1 or 2 teams that will give US problems. Going back to 2008 when we ‘only’ beat Spain by 11. This year that seems to be Canada and France. But other than them, we should dominate.

The world has caught up but we don’t play ‘team world’. The improvement is not centralized. Great players are scattered among countries. So we should ragdoll 98% of teams and if we ain’t the coach is the problem

I do think the whole "the world has caught up" shyt is overblown, however he is right in the fact that the Dream Team only played 9 NBA players. This team will face 61 NBA players. shyt is different.

 

[Mister Terrific]

By far. There are decent teams missing from Olympics like Slovenia, Lithuania, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Argentina. One of them could have easily made games more challenging. Puerto Rico are just happy they somehow made it.

Purrto Rico beat Italy and Lithuania to qualify. A lot Euro teams have fallen off

 

[Damnshow]

Purrto Rico beat Italy and Lithuania to qualify. A lot Euro teams have fallen off

They had a home crowd and were cooking. Congrats to them

As you can see, without their home court they can't do shyt even against South Sudan.

 

[CHICAGO]

My boy Ant said fukk sportsmanship wish he did a windmill

Why do these points matter? What matters beyond S Sudan beating or losing to Serbia?

1. IT COUNTS TOWARDS
THE SEEDING IN THE ELIMINATION ROUNDS.

WHAT IF THERES 3 UNDEFEATED TEAMS
ENTERING THE ELIMINATION RDS?
POINT DIFFERENTIAL WILL DECIDE
THE SEEDING.

2. A THIRD TEAM FROM 2 GROUPS
WILL ALSO MAKE THE ELIMINATION RDS
SO ONCE AGAIN IF THESE TEAMS AT
THE BOTTOM ARE TIED
THE PT DIFFERENTIAL WILL DECIDES
WHO MAKES IT.







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[Pressure]

KD our best player by far. 14/3/3/2 on 5 shots after havin 23pts on 9 shots against Serbia comin off couch wit no exhibition practice lol

Bron stat paddin at the end is nikka had 6 turnovers too tryna do too much. He tryna make the All Tournament 5 man lineup so hard. KD just coolin and dominatin effortlessly they was down 6 to Serbia and tied against Sudan when KD checked in and broke the game to start the blowout

He looks like this on a stacked team and all he has to do is get buckets.
Very similar to his GSW days. He was an idiot to leave.

 

[mastermind]

Avg Point differential:

1992 +43.5

1996 +31.5

2000 +21.6

2004 +4.6 (3 losses)

2008 +27.5

2012 + 31.5

2016 +22.5

2020 +15 (1 loss)

The takeaway is, when we come with our A squad, which we didn’t in 2020 and 2004, we STILL dominate. And when we really bring a squad (08, 12), we’re damn near as dominant as the 90s

Yall gas that ‘the world has caught up’ shyt. Yes every year there are 1 or 2 teams that will give US problems. Going back to 2008 when we ‘only’ beat Spain by 11. This year that seems to be Canada and France. But other than them, we should dominate.

The world has caught up but we don’t play ‘team world’. The improvement is not centralized. Great players are scattered among countries. So we should ragdoll 98% of teams and if we ain’t the coach is the problem

I don’t know what you are writing or what any of this has to do with nations being better at basketball today than 1992.

edit: I also never said the world has caught up

 

[CHICAGO]

KD our best player by far. 14/3/3/2 on 5 shots after havin 23pts on 9 shots against Serbia comin off couch wit no exhibition practice lol

Bron stat paddin at the end is nikka had 6 turnovers too tryna do too much. He tryna make the All Tournament 5 man lineup so hard. KD just coolin and dominatin effortlessly they was down 6 to Serbia and tied against Sudan when KD checked in and broke the game to start the blowout

HE IS BUT BRON
IS STILL 1B
AND WAS CARRYING
THESE DUDES BEFORE KD CAME BACK






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[AAKing23]

I hope Embiid continues to get DNP’s

 

[10bandz]

KD and Bron doing they shyt so far

 

[havoc]

The Dream Team was playing against cobblers and blacksmiths. Game is different now (because of the Dream Team). Dominance hasn't been the goal for awhile now. Gold is.

Some people forget that basketball has evolved and competition has gotten tougher.

 

[Black Haven]

Got damn nbc takes a decade to show the highlights