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Risacher has definitely grown. Dude is a legit 6-10 if not 6-11. He is barely shorter than Sarr.

Btw the euro basket package is like $19 to watch the next 2 months of games. Been worth the ticket already. Not just for watching les Wiz kids.

Fun to see how players like Giannis can truly dominate. The NBA stars genuinely look like they are having fun in these games. Less of a grind than the NBA. More pure joy, so far.

This Finnish kid provided the highlight of the day.

Nice!

Fun to see Latvia vs Serbia (Vukcevic vs Jokic) though I watched it for the Wizards scrubs (Davis Bertans vs Vukcevic). Vuk got benched after giving up layups to Bertans. That guy. How is it he was flabby and plodding with us but quick footed and high effort overseas? I still hate his dumb ginger beard. Looks like a rabid woodchuck.

A performance spoiled by his low class move at the end of the game that has gone viral.

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A performance spoiled by his low class move at the end of the game that has gone viral.

True but it wasn’t as pointless as it seems. In group play point differential helps determine seeding for the next round. You’re supposed to play till the end. But yeah at the point where you’re hugging it out and nobody is playing defense you’re supposed to dribble it out I guess. The most annoying part is it took five minutes to sort out the replay afterwards from all the pushing and shoving. And then Slovenia ended up hitting a three on the final play so it worked against the team. No big deal. Francisco apologized to everybody as the teams were shaking hands or whatever.

He had a hell of a game. He has a buyout clause next summer. I expect he’s on a lot of teams radar right now. Hopefully ours too. He and Sarr have excellent chemistry.

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A performance spoiled by his low class move at the end of the game that has gone viral.

True but it wasn’t as pointless as it seems. In group play point differential helps determine seeding for the next round. You’re supposed to play till the end. But yeah at the point where you’re hugging it out and nobody is playing defense you’re supposed to dribble it out I guess. The most annoying part is it took five minutes to sort out the replay afterwards from all the pushing and shoving. And then Slovenia ended up hitting a three on the final play so it worked against the team. No big deal. Francisco apologized to everybody as the teams were shaking hands or whatever.

He had a hell of a game. He has a buyout clause next summer. I expect he’s on a lot of teams radar right now. Hopefully ours too. He and Sarr have excellent chemistry.

Thx for the additional information. You mentioned in another thread that NBA scouts we’re checking these guys out, it will interesting to which non- NBA player will generate the most interest.

closg00 wrote: Thx for the additional information. You mentioned in another thread that NBA scouts we’re checking these guys out, it will interesting to which non- NBA player will generate the most interest.

Jordan Loyd of Poland is having a hell of a tournament. Clutch.

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Nice! In fact... wow!

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Yyyyyyyep.

And he’s still improving.

Imagine a frontcourt of Sarr, Avdija, and Coulibaly/George, with a backcourt of McCollum, Tre Johnson, and — soon — Darryn Peterson.

That’ll have you banging your head for years.

This might be never be on the order of the Webber trade when it comes to setting back the franchise, but it’s inching closer and closer …

If we still had Deni (and were healthy), we'd be in Portland's situation, fighting for a playoff spot and quite unlikely to keep the pick that would let us take Darryn Peterson. One reason they traded him was he was ahead of the curve on the rebuild. I thought he was worth more but if your object is to get Peterson, Deni's an obstacle.

I liked Deni here; glad he's blowing up even if it isn't for us.

A team can always lose.

You can compete hard, and hang in there … and lose. By 1, by 2, by 3.

You can do this game after game.

And see growth in the players … and fulfill the main objective.

Unresolvable issue.

The risk can't be denied. Sometimes you can outsmart, but not always.
Look at Portland's record last two seasons.

Time to treat this as ancient history.
We can't read yet another "See! Bad!" post after every terrific performance by Deni.