FIBA World Cup Discussion (Aug. 25-Sep. 10)

Post #101 » by **Calinks** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:22 am

It's amazing how many Timberwovles we have in FIBA and this is the "off year" for international play, not the full on Olympics push. I went and subscribed to the service on FIBA site so I can catch most of the games. I am hyped to watch our guys play on teams all over the world. Going to be a really fun couple of weeks, hope I can catch a lot of games!

Rudy-France
KAT-Domincan Republic
Ant-United States
NAW-Canada
Spagnolo-Italy
Garza-Boznia
Slo-Mo-China

We got damn near every continent XD

Post #102 » by **Klomp** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 1:14 am

Calinks wrote:I would really love to see us use KAT more like that on offense. This is what I think he needed to do against he Nuggets, just be a menace on the perimeter. Maybe Gordon was shutting that type of play down or something but I would have loved to see Towns really make those bigs come out to guard him and make them run around. He has such a great shooting touch if he gets hot it would be an absolute nightmare. Seemed like we barely had him firing off from three.

A couple things to remember.

1. He's not shooting from as deep as you think. Don't forget the FIBA line is considerably shorter.
2. You're also seeing the difference when he's much closer to 100% healthy. I don't think he was much more than 70-75% healthy when he came back.

Post #103 » by **Klomp** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 1:15 am

Calinks wrote:It's amazing how many Timberwovles we have in FIBA and this is the "off year" for international play, not the full on Olympics push. I went and subscribed to the service on FIBA site so I can catch most of the games. I am hyped to watch our guys play on teams all over the world. Going to be a really fun couple of weeks, hope I can catch a lot of games!

Rudy-France
KAT-Domincan Republic
Ant-United States
NAW-Canada
Spagnolo-Italy
Garza-Boznia
Slo-Mo-China

We got damn near every continent XD

Just keep in mind that Garza (and I think Spagnolo) won't be playing when it starts for real in a week, but it's certainly been a fun month!

Murphs56 · Post #104 » by **Murphs56** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 3:53 am

Ant is really making a strong case to get to Paris next summer

Post #105 » by **Calinks** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:25 pm

Canada is going to be so good if they get all their guys together. They could even win it all IMO.

Post #106 » by **Klomp** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 6:41 pm

Murphs56 wrote:Ant is really making a strong case to get to Paris next summer

I think he’s a lock at this point

Guest84 · Post #107 » by **Guest84** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 6:50 pm

Watch on YouTube

Towns looks a bit more thin/lean

Post #108 » by **Calinks** » Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:11 pm

Didn't get to see KAT play just now but it sounds like he either got fouled out ejected from the game by the refs. Not a good look for those of us hoping he can chill out with the ref situation. Big detriment to his game when he gets in a lather.

Looks like he got two tecjs in quick succession. A lot of people are saying they were BS calls. I don't doubt it but I don't want to see him continue to have issues with officials. It might have cost the DR a huge morale win today.

Post #109 » by **Klomp** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:04 am

Calinks wrote:Didn't get to see KAT play just now but it sounds like he either got fouled out ejected from the game by the refs. Not a good look for those of us hoping he can chill out with the ref situation. Big detriment to his game when he gets in a lather.

Looks like he got two tecjs in quick succession. A lot of people are saying they were BS calls. I don't doubt it but I don't want to see him continue to have issues with officials. It might have cost the DR a huge morale win today.

20/6 in 18 minutes today though…

Post #110 » by **Calinks** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:25 am

Klomp wrote:
Calinks wrote:Didn't get to see KAT play just now but it sounds like he either got fouled out ejected from the game by the refs. Not a good look for those of us hoping he can chill out with the ref situation. Big detriment to his game when he gets in a lather.

Looks like he got two tecjs in quick succession. A lot of people are saying they were BS calls. I don't doubt it but I don't want to see him continue to have issues with officials. It might have cost the DR a huge morale win today.

20/6 in 18 minutes today though…

Yea he was balling again at least on offense. His skill really are elite, why I think his trade value will shoot up if we want to go that route. The world just has to see him at his peak again. I just think the mental stuff is holding him back more than anything else.

Post #111 » by **Calinks** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 4:08 pm

Finally, get to see Team USA on plain TV. They are on Fox right now.

Guest84 · Post #112 » by **Guest84** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:40 pm

Ant may have just avoided an injury on a rebound. Back up and stayed in though

m2002brian · Post #113 » by **m2002brian** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:40 pm

Calinks wrote:Finally, get to see Team USA on plain TV. They are on Fox right now.

Stats:

https://www.usab.com/gamecast?id=1650

Guest84 · Post #114 » by **Guest84** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:44 pm

Ant has 27 so far...30 w/ the game tying 3 in a close one

Guest84 · Post #115 » by **Guest84** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:51 pm

Ant has no help right now. He's drawing the double, making the right read but nobody can hit the open shot.

jpatrick · Post #116 » by **jpatrick** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:05 pm

Incredible game by Ant. I would give everything to pair him with Haliburton in our backcourt. They fit together so well.

Post #117 » by **Calinks** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:15 pm

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Baseline81 · Post #118 » by **Baseline81** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:19 pm

Calinks wrote:

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Slim Tubby · Post #119 » by **Slim Tubby** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:28 pm

Baseline81 wrote:
Calinks wrote:

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Jeremiah Johnson says damn straight!

firedavidkahn · Post #120 » by **firedavidkahn** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:34 pm

Calinks wrote:

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