OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread

Post #481 » by **suckfish** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:30 am

I keep forgetting Shevd is a legit 6ft6 out there.

Captain Thrust · Post #482 » by **Captain Thrust** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:21 pm

Shved FTW!!!!!!!!!! AK47 FtW!!!!!!!!!
For Mother Russia!!!!!!
Bronze!!!!
What a great tourney for Russia and a great team they have going/developing!
Shved, Fridzon, Mozgov, Kaun all in their mid 20's along with a lot of other good young talent and AK+Kryapa will give it a go too likely in 2014/2016 so a lot of good ball yet to come for Russia!
Heres to another medal at FIBA 2014 and Olympics 2016!!!

Also a BiG BIG Congratz and salute to Argentina as this may have been their last run together with everybody..
What a great great run this has been for the "Golden Generation"!!
Over a decade together, hundreds of games, Gold, Bronze, Galiaths Taken Down, tons of blood+sweat+tears over a magnificent decade+ of b-ball!
It was a great run and will NEVER be forgotten!!

Unfortunately the talent well(youngins) looks very dry for ARG as of now but wish them all the best going forward!

MrSparkle · Post #483 » by **MrSparkle** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:15 pm

Argentina I'm afraid is gonna be like Croatia. Had some great players/friends co-exist at the same time... But after Kukoc/Petrovic/Radja, there was a long drought. Similarly, I don't see Argentine remotely close to Manu and Scola's levels.

Post #484 » by **suckfish** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:52 pm

rosadengrich wrote:Shved FTW!!!!!!!!!! AK47 FtW!!!!!!!!!
For Mother Russia!!!!!!
Bronze!!!!
What a great tourney for Russia and a great team they have going/developing!
Shved, Fridzon, Mozgov, Kaun all in their mid 20's along with a lot of other good young talent and AK+Kryapa will give it a go too likely in 2014/2016 so a lot of good ball yet to come for Russia!
Heres to another medal at FIBA 2014 and Olympics 2016!!!

Also a BiG BIG Congratz and salute to Argentina as this may have been their last run together with everybody..
What a great great run this has been for the "Golden Generation"!!
Over a decade together, hundreds of games, Gold, Bronze, Galiaths Taken Down, tons of blood+sweat+tears over a magnificent decade+ of b-ball!
It was a great run and will NEVER be forgotten!!

Unfortunately the talent well(youngins) looks very dry for ARG as of now but wish them all the best going forward!

Blatt just stepped down as coach.

BeKuK · Post #485 » by **BeKuK** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:03 pm

Over or under 20pts victory??

BeKuK · Post #486 » by **BeKuK** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:11 pm

C'mon guys...box them out!

What a stupid Foul! Tried to kill KD^^

U.S. are leading, but I don't like the way they are playing. Just playing around the threepoint line. Shooting way too much.

Ricky ROY Rubio · Post #487 » by **Ricky ROY Rubio** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:17 pm

Stop those threes!

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BeKuK · Post #488 » by **BeKuK** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:38 pm

WTF are they doing? Spain with a 19-8 run.

Post #489 » by **suckfish** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:52 pm

Navarro is quite simply god. Look at the man and his physical disadvantages. Yet he's a machine.

burlydee · Post #490 » by **burlydee** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:58 pm

They called an unsportsmanlike foul on that? C'mon refs. USA defense is really bad. They can't stop penetration and they are getting beat up on the inside. The lack of size is catching up with them. They have to play the Gasol's brothers more straight up.

Plus play some actual offense. Stop shooting so many 3s.

Post #491 » by **suckfish** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:01 pm

burlydee wrote:They called an unsportsmanlike foul on that? C'mon refs. USA defense is really bad. They can't stop penetration and they are getting beat up on the inside. The lack of size is catching up with them. They have to play the Gasol's brothers more straight up.

Plus play some actual offense. Stop shooting so many 3s.

Iggy held him down.. that's unsportsmanlike.

I agree the refs have been bad, but bad both ways. It's just bad refereeing full stop.

BigUps · Post #492 » by **BigUps** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:01 pm

Ugly game, which is exactly what Spain needs it to be. Pretty poor PG play from the US in comparison to Spain. I'd like to see more Love and less Chandler. Love is just better and is built for the international game.

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Post #493 » by **suckfish** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:06 pm

Game still favours US largely. It's high scoring and Spain are in foul trouble. Marc has 4.

BigUps · Post #494 » by **BigUps** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:14 pm

suckfish wrote:Game still favours US largely. It's high scoring and Spain are in foul trouble. Marc has 4.

I don't think Navarro can keep this up either. USA 3's should start dropping as well.

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BeKuK · Post #495 » by **BeKuK** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:18 pm

Spain using the P&R perfectly.

aaqubed · Post #496 » by **aaqubed** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:19 pm

Going to be a little unpatriotic here but I'm kinda hoping Spain can pull this off.

BigUps · Post #497 » by **BigUps** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:23 pm

Kobe is about to win this or lose this.

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BeKuK · Post #498 » by **BeKuK** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:23 pm

Stop shooting those stupid threepointers....dammit.

aaqubed · Post #499 » by **aaqubed** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:25 pm

That Lebron/KD handoff was a great play.

Mech Engineer · Post #500 » by **Mech Engineer** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:29 pm

Spain has to go on a zone but somehow stop the only consistent shooter in Durant. Kobe, LeBron all can go cold in a hurry unlike Durant.