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BilboBanginz wrote:Nembhard also may be out..
And1Skip wrote:Oakville_Raptor wrote:Doug Smith needs to retire...
I respect him and his career, but yes I think its time. The guy writes stupid articles for the Star after each Team Canada exhibition game and he's not even there and he didn't know where to get the box score until the middle of the first game in Australia. There's no interesting parts in his content. He just summarizes the game in 3-4 paragraphs. At least someone like Blake Murphy though not being there in person, would offer insight to other things like who's gonna make the team, etc.
Oakville_Raptor wrote:And1Skip wrote:Oakville_Raptor wrote:Doug Smith needs to retire...
I respect him and his career, but yes I think its time. The guy writes stupid articles for the Star after each Team Canada exhibition game and he's not even there and he didn't know where to get the box score until the middle of the first game in Australia. There's no interesting parts in his content. He just summarizes the game in 3-4 paragraphs. At least someone like Blake Murphy though not being there in person, would offer insight to other things like who's gonna make the team, etc.
It’s pretty shameful that Doug hasn’t tweeted about giving out false information. Terrible journalism on his part.
vergogna wrote:- game starts at 3.50
- nice passing at 4.15
- BARGS REBOUND at 4.47
- BARGS REBOUND (almost) at 6.23
BilboBanginz wrote:New World Cup Power Rankings. Canada 17th, behind Tunisia and China..
http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/news/fiba-basketball-world-cup-power-rankings-volume-2
frumble wrote:Latest odds on winning group H.
Australia +125
Lithuania +145
Canada +300
Senegal +20,000
https://www.oddsshark.com/nba/fiba-world-cup-betting-odds
Anyone remember what they were back in July? (I can't find the page in this thread where we were discussing them).
Re the other Americas teams, the US and Argentina are favored in their groups, and PR and Brazil are second favorites in theirs.
mojo13 wrote:
We never had pool odds - only odd for winning the whole thing.
Lithuania is looking way stronger than Australia to date.
TrueNorth31 wrote:Doug Smith stands by his Cory Joseph story. I think it's hard to cover this development from Canada - there seems to be some disconnect between Team Canada management and the coaching staff on the ground . I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens. I do think there's a fair bit of shooting the messenger going on now though......
https://www.thestar.com/sports/doug_smiths_sports_blog/2019/08/21/big-test-passed-as-canada-beats-new-zealand-in-ot.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=900am&utm_campaign_id=Sports&utm_content=canadanewzealanddougsmithsportsblog
TrueNorth31 wrote:Here's the box score
https://www.fibalivestats.com/u/AUSO/1310979/
- Birch did not play - looked okay( load management ? )
- The broadcasters mentioned Keane who also didn't play will likely be back Monday
- Still no Heslip ( ? ) The Canadian media coverage of this team is rather shameful - It's not on the writers, but their bosses who are so obsessed with hockey and only hockey in this country that make the travel decisions.
- We apparently have a new sponsor judging by our jerseys - Sportsbet an Australian online bookmaker . Perhaps the Chinese Triads ( read Mafia ) will sponsor us when we hit their fair shores.
- Nembhard looked somewhat okay after the game.
- Best appeared to turn an ankle as well, but walked it off .
- Rowan Barrett has apparently been kidnapped - no sign of him with the team. This appears to be a Toronto Raptor coaching show - even Phil Handy there.
- Give the CBC credit for showing these games - I think they want the team in the Olympics even more than us ( they have the Tokyo 2020 media rights ).
And1Skip wrote:TrueNorth31 wrote:Doug Smith stands by his Cory Joseph story. I think it's hard to cover this development from Canada - there seems to be some disconnect between Team Canada management and the coaching staff on the ground . I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens. I do think there's a fair bit of shooting the messenger going on now though......
https://www.thestar.com/sports/doug_smiths_sports_blog/2019/08/21/big-test-passed-as-canada-beats-new-zealand-in-ot.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=900am&utm_campaign_id=Sports&utm_content=canadanewzealanddougsmithsportsblog
Man, I don't know what's wrong with Doug but Nick Nurse here sounds pretty convinced that Corey Joe is gonna meet them in China. Why would Nurse lie about a conversation he had with Corey in the morning. Unless Doug knows something that SacTown will eventually not let Corey go (that Corey doesn't know yet).
Bobby Plump wrote:What is the date when all the World Cup teams have their 12 man rosters finalized?
The FIBA-approved list of players will appear on the website with a week to go before the start of the tournament on August 24, 2019. It is the deadline for teams to enter their official player lists.
The 12-man World Cup rosters will be finalized and confirmed during the Technical Meetings to be held on August 29 and August 30, two days before the teams tip off their campaigns.
kwajo wrote:With the current state of the roster, Nurse is the most exciting thing about this team IMO, and he's not even Canadian