Team USA Loses 10-Minute Scrimmage To Select Team By 21

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:36 am

Team USA lost to the Select Team twice during 10-minute scrimmages on Wednesday. The Select Team is largely comprised of G League players who helped the United States qualify for the World Cup.

The first loss was by three points with the second loss in front of media ending at 38-17.

With many top players dropping from the World Cup team, there have been concerns about the quality of the roster.

The Select Team is coached by Jeff Van Gundy.

Via Sam Amick/The Athletic

GaaBaaBoo · Post #2 » by **GaaBaaBoo** » Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:12 pm

So Jeff Van Gundy is officially coaching again?

BasketballJunky · Post #3 » by **BasketballJunky** » Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:45 pm

While the result isn't encouraging the playing fields aren't necessarily leveled yet.
That team coached by Van Gundy has chemistry and played quite a bit together over the last few years.
Donovan Mitchell
Kemba Walker
Jayson Tatum
and company
will not lose to any country in the FIBA world cup. I promise you

zappafrank · Post #4 » by **zappafrank** » Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:54 pm

yeah except the select team is not the world cup team playing in this tourney.
maybe pop takes some of those guys to his team?

jacoby1us · Post #5 » by **jacoby1us** » Thu Aug 15, 2019 5:16 pm

why bother?

This roster is horrendous, nothing against any of these guys but this is not a good roster at all to compete against the best in the world.

alienpick · Post #6 » by **alienpick** » Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:39 pm

Haha

Maybe you shouldn’t have turned down Carmelo.

PAflet0001 · Post #7 » by **PAflet0001** » Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:00 am

Does it really matter, most NBA teams can play from behind by 21 and still win 10 minutes is 38 minutes until the end of the game.

IAMZOOTED2 · Post #8 » by **IAMZOOTED2** » Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:06 am

GaaBaaBoo wrote:So Jeff Van Gundy is officially coaching again?

JVG has coached the national team since '17. If you listen to interviews of him talking about his role/ coaching it is more than apparent the guy takes the job very seriously. His scouting of opposing teams' strengths and weakness is incredible.

Hard to believe there are so many teams mired in mediocrity and none of them willing to give JVG another shot.

GaaBaaBoo · Post #9 » by **GaaBaaBoo** » Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:09 pm

IAMZOOTED2 wrote:
GaaBaaBoo wrote:So Jeff Van Gundy is officially coaching again?

JVG has coached the national team since '17. If you listen to interviews of him talking about his role/ coaching it is more than apparent the guy takes the job very seriously. His scouting of opposing teams' strengths and weakness is incredible.

Hard to believe there are so many teams mired in mediocrity and none of them willing to give JVG another shot.

Thanks. He's one of my favorites.