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Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Thu Aug 4, 2016 3:52 pm
by Saberestar
I think that it would be great to have a thread to talk about the tournament.
We have just one player representing the Phoenix Suns, Leandrinho Barbosa. Hopefully he plays great and he arrives in shape for training camp.
Brazil is gonna be a fun team to watch and they have a competitive roster with some other NBA players like Neto, Huertas, Felicio and Nene Hilario.
Spain has a very good team with tons of talent and Lithuania has an interesting team to watch too.
Really excited about watching good basketball again.... October is too far away and I can't wait anymore.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Thu Aug 4, 2016 7:28 pm
by bwgood77
Saberestar wrote:Brazil is gonna be a fun team to watch and they have a competitive roster with some other NBA players like Neto, Huertas, Felicio and Nene Hilario.
Spain has a very good team with tons of talent and Lithuania has an interesting team to watch too.
There is a nice detailed list of each roster in this spreadsheet on the 8th tab.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T2Eg_zvqNqQD_5TpE4Ns6xhElatXdLpYG1roZtRLyvE/edit?usp=sharing
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Aug 7, 2016 12:11 am
by Saberestar
Australia won easily today against France. I really like their team.
Bogut is in shape and Dellavedova/Patty Mills is a pretty good backcourt.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Aug 7, 2016 1:08 am
by bwgood77
Saberestar wrote:Australia won easily today against France. I really like their team.
Bogut is in shape and Dellavedova/Patty Mills is a pretty good backcourt.
That's a bit surprising though considering France's team started Parker, Batum, Diaw and Gobert. Especially that they got beat by more than 20.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Aug 7, 2016 3:06 am
by batsmasher
bwgood77 wrote:Saberestar wrote:Australia won easily today against France. I really like their team.
Bogut is in shape and Dellavedova/Patty Mills is a pretty good backcourt.
That's a bit surprising though considering France's team started Parker, Batum, Diaw and Gobert. Especially that they got beat by more than 20.
That's what they get for dogging out Fournier.
Apparently Batum looked completely half assed.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Aug 7, 2016 3:44 am
by bwgood77
batsmasher wrote:bwgood77 wrote:Saberestar wrote:Australia won easily today against France. I really like their team.
Bogut is in shape and Dellavedova/Patty Mills is a pretty good backcourt.
That's a bit surprising though considering France's team started Parker, Batum, Diaw and Gobert. Especially that they got beat by more than 20.
That's what they get for dogging out Fournier.
Apparently Batum looked completely half assed.
Why did they dog out Fournier? I see Bogdanovich scored 19 in their win.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Aug 7, 2016 4:09 am
by batsmasher
bwgood77 wrote:Why did they dog out Fournier? I see Bogdanovich scored 19 in their win.
He wanted to play, they were like "ye nah we're cool we'll just play Nando De Colo instead".
He didn't play in the qualifiers (like Diaw and Gobert) but it was expected he'd be able to come in for the Olympics.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Aug 7, 2016 1:55 pm
by MrVince
France looked horrible yesterday. I expected them to be one of the better teams in this Olympics, maybe it was just a horribly off night for them though. Good to see my Aussies play well though.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Mon Aug 8, 2016 12:06 am
by Saberestar
Barbosa played a great game today but his team lost against Lithuania. 21 points in 29 minutes.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Mon Aug 8, 2016 2:08 am
by bwgood77
Anyone see the ending of that women's bike race? Crazy.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Mon Aug 8, 2016 2:15 am
by dremill24
Saric with the GW block on Gasol for Croatia's upset of Spain
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Mon Aug 8, 2016 3:23 am
by kennydorglas
I like what Leandrinho is becoming as a team leader with Brazil.
He never seemed comfortable in this situation and now he almost carried us to a VERY long shot victory by himself.
He'll be a huge leader for our young guards.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Mon Aug 8, 2016 4:44 pm
by bwgood77
kennydorglas wrote:I like what Leandrinho is becoming as a team leader with Brazil.
He never seemed comfortable in this situation and now he almost carried us to a VERY long shot victory by himself.
He'll be a huge leader for our young guards.
RIO DE JANEIRO – Leandro Barbosa is a symbol of hope in the Olympic host country. He is proof that you can escape the hard life, outrun poverty, make it all the way to the NBA.
But fame hasn’t always been kind to the Brazilian Blur.
That’s probably why he looked exhausted after Brazil’s debut on Sunday, which resulted in an 82-76 loss to Lithuania. It wasn’t that his team felt hometown pressure, falling behind by 29 points before staging a furious rally.
It was because he once again felt the warm embrace of the home crowd, treated like the role model he is to countless Brazilian children.
“It means a lot,” Barbosa said. “The way the fans were today … I’ll never forget that.”
For more...
http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/07/bickley-phoenix-suns-leandro-barbosa-symbol-brazilian-hope/88377386/?hootPostID=8b4354df4cea467e8ed8ef4636a74bd1
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:32 am
by bwgood77
Anyone know where you can watch replays of swimming events? I wanted to see a race I missed tonight but had to work really late.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:39 am
by bondom34
bwgood77 wrote:Anyone know where you can watch replays of swimming events? I wanted to see a race I missed tonight but had to work really late.
Think you can stream some here:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimmingAlso some cable setups may allow it too (I know I can watch basketball replays on Comcast), and they re-show stuff late night.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:39 pm
by Saberestar
Great game between Argentina and Croatia yesterday. Scola/Ginobili/Nocioni are fun to watch together fight against father time.
Saric is a good player, he knows how to play but he is not explosive.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:28 pm
by lilfishi22
Aussies giving the US a run for their money
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:05 am
by bwgood77
lilfishi22 wrote:Aussies giving the US a run for their money
I just saw the 4th qtr, but they were feisty. Delladova seems a lot better than most people give him credit for. He will help Milwaukee this year. Next olympics most of these guys may be too old but they will probably have Ben Simmons, Dante Exum and Thon Maker.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:16 am
by lilfishi22
This is easily the best Aussie team we've ever fielded and with the groupings, we have a chance at a medal in this Olympics. Hopefully we get through to the Finals to meet US again.
Delly definitely looks better than I gave him credit for, plus he and Patty Mills are both young enough and with the other young guys you've mentioned hopefully joining the team, the Aussie 2020 Olympic basketball team should be strong.
Re: Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:11 am
by theSUNalsoRISES
lilfishi22 wrote:This is easily the best Aussie team we've ever fielded and with the groupings, we have a chance at a medal in this Olympics. Hopefully we get through to the Finals to meet US again.
Delly definitely looks better than I gave him credit for, plus he and Patty Mills are both young enough and with the other young guys you've mentioned hopefully joining the team, the Aussie 2020 Olympic basketball team should be strong.
Just gotta hope Thon is somewhere near he's actual age..Bogut and Delly combo was sweet. Pretty disappointing in Cousins. If anyone thinks he is gonna be our saviour just watch this game. He's contribution was kevin love-esq.