Basketball - Quarterfinals Aug. 16/17

Post #201 » by **Mr. E** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:01 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:Kyrie out here playing James Harden defense.

What's funny is that the last time Harden was on the National Team he actually did play defense and it carried over into the next season.

Hawk · Post #202 » by **Hawk** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:01 pm

Do you guys know of any other USA player with a worse vertical than Cousins?

lambchop · Post #203 » by **lambchop** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:02 pm

let me see barnes get some shine

Post #204 » by **Mr. E** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:03 pm

Finally got here in time to see the fourth quarter.

Looks like Team USA showed up!

bb22 · Post #205 » by **bb22** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:04 pm

Boogie is really playing hard.

bb22 · Post #206 » by **bb22** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:06 pm

Argentina's offense is just playing into what team USA wants. Tough threes and little movement. This is nothing like Australia/Serbia/Spain

Hawk · Post #207 » by **Hawk** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:07 pm

bb22 wrote:Argentina's offense is just playing into what team USA wants. Tough threes and little movement. This is nothing like Australia/Serbia/Spain

Vs Spain will be a completely differente game

Sedale Threatt · Post #208 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:09 pm

Impressed with George tonight. Good job Paul...

CIB24 · Post #209 » by **CIB24** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:09 pm

Scola always spins the same way. I like his game a lot usually but it is amazing he could make it to the NBA without a post move that has him spinning to use his left hand to finish.

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Sedale Threatt · Post #210 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:10 pm

Mr. E wrote:Finally got here in time to see the fourth quarter.

Looks like Team USA showed up!

Sort of. Argentina isn't very good so we should be whipping their butts. Spain's gonna be a whole different beast. Might actually be able to beat us after all these years.

bb22 · Post #211 » by **bb22** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:11 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:Impressed with George tonight. Good job Paul...

He needs to play more point

Winsome Gerbil · Post #212 » by **Winsome Gerbil** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:11 pm

Depending on how the garbagetime goes it may obscure their +/- contributions, but despite minimal statistical contributions, after the Durant/George/Cousins trio it was Butler and Lowry who really made a difference here by roleplayering up. Too few guys have been willing to do that with this team.

Post #213 » by **Mr. E** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:13 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:
Mr. E wrote:Finally got here in time to see the fourth quarter.

Looks like Team USA showed up!

Sort of. Argentina isn't very good so we should be whipping their butts. Spain's gonna be a whole different beast. Might actually be able to beat us after all these years.

So keep my expectations low. Got it!

What's the deal with Argentina? Has age caught up with them? I saw some comments about depth and I don't think that I recognized any names at a quick glance.

Post #214 » by **Rich Rane** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:13 pm

No idea what the crowd is saying, but they seem really enthusiastic.

Sedale Threatt · Post #215 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:14 pm

bb22 wrote:
Sedale Threatt wrote:Impressed with George tonight. Good job Paul...

He needs to play more point

I'm not worried about our offense. This team still needs to tighten up in a big way on D.

bb22 · Post #216 » by **bb22** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:14 pm

I can't believe how useless Draymond looks out there.

Post #217 » by **Mr. E** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:14 pm

Rich Rane wrote:No idea what the crowd is saying, but they seem really enthusiastic.

I wish that we had crowds like this in the United States. Not just for basketball, but for all sports. The closest thing that we probably have is NCAA Football.

Sedale Threatt · Post #218 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:14 pm

Mr. E wrote:
Sedale Threatt wrote:
Mr. E wrote:Finally got here in time to see the fourth quarter.

Looks like Team USA showed up!

Sort of. Argentina isn't very good so we should be whipping their butts. Spain's gonna be a whole different beast. Might actually be able to beat us after all these years.

So keep my expectations low. Got it!

What's the deal with Argentina? Has age caught up with them? I saw some comments about depth and I don't think that I recognized any names at a quick glance.

Age, no size, no depth. They came out really strong, led 19-9, and totally fell apart.

Pitimiquel · Post #219 » by **Pitimiquel** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:15 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:
Mr. E wrote:Finally got here in time to see the fourth quarter.

Looks like Team USA showed up!

Sort of. Argentina isn't very good so we should be whipping their butts. Spain's gonna be a whole different beast. Might actually be able to beat us after all these years.

Spain had a much better team in 2008 and 2012 (US too). Spain will be tougher than Arg but his chances to win are very very low.

Sedale Threatt · Post #220 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:17 pm

Pitimiquel wrote:
Sedale Threatt wrote:
Mr. E wrote:Finally got here in time to see the fourth quarter.

Looks like Team USA showed up!

Sort of. Argentina isn't very good so we should be whipping their butts. Spain's gonna be a whole different beast. Might actually be able to beat us after all these years.

Spain had a much better team in 2008 and 2012 (US too). Spain will be tougher than Arg but his chances to win are very very low.

As you note, same could be said of us. This team isn't nearly on the same level as 08 and 12, either in terms of talent or teamwork. We should still be big favorites but it feels like we're ripe to be beaten with our weak defense.