2024 Olympic BASKETBALL Thread (pt.5: Men's Semifinals Thursday August 8)

Dubious Handles · Post #141 » by **Dubious Handles** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 3:54 pm

Germany got this

mpoo_sin · Post #142 » by **mpoo_sin** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 3:55 pm

Doranku wrote:How is that a goaltend on Wemby? lol maybe basketball officials are just universally bad.

Maybe you just do not know the rules?

Rainwater · Post #143 » by **Rainwater** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 3:56 pm

Neither one of these teams will beat the US. lol at those who think that Germany is on the level as the US.

Rainwater · Post #144 » by **Rainwater** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 3:56 pm

Wemby plays so soft sometimes

NoDopeOnSundays · Post #145 » by **NoDopeOnSundays** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 3:57 pm

Rainwater wrote:Neither one of these teams will beat the US. lol at those who think that Germany is on the level as the US.

Germany beats France and the US comes in to drive the Germans out of Paris, we've seen this movie before

mpoo_sin · Post #146 » by **mpoo_sin** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 3:59 pm

Rainwater wrote:Neither one of these teams will beat the US. lol at those who think that Germany is on the level as the US.

Haven t seen this opinion yet.
I personally think the US will beat everyone by 20.
But if they have an off night i would give Germany an outside chance...
Both have to win their semi first though.

Doranku · Post #147 » by **Doranku** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:01 pm

mpoo_sin wrote:
Doranku wrote:How is that a goaltend on Wemby? lol maybe basketball officials are just universally bad.

Maybe you just do not know the rules?

Neither do you apparently since this is what you decided to post instead of answering the question.

Post #148 » by **dockingsched** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:02 pm

Refs could call illegal screens on Gobert every other play :lol:

, it’s impressive what he can get away with

Rainwater · Post #149 » by **Rainwater** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:07 pm

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
Rainwater wrote:Neither one of these teams will beat the US. lol at those who think that Germany is on the level as the US.

Germany beats France and the US comes in to drive the Germans out of Paris, we've seen this movie before

As someone who loves history, this hilarious hahaha

azcatz11 · Post #150 » by **azcatz11** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:07 pm

Wemby both sides of the court. What a half so far

Buckets22 · Post #151 » by **Buckets22** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:07 pm

Someone call the Men in Black. There is an alien on the loose.

Rainwater · Post #152 » by **Rainwater** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:10 pm

mpoo_sin wrote:
Rainwater wrote:Neither one of these teams will beat the US. lol at those who think that Germany is on the level as the US.

Haven t seen this opinion yet.
I personally think the US will beat everyone by 20.
But if they have an off night i would give Germany an outside chance...
Both have to win their semi first though.

Someone in a prior thread said that Germany is on the same tier as the US lol

Bornstellar · Post #153 » by **Bornstellar** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:12 pm

France is painful to watch. They're like a worse version of the Spurs :lol:

durden_tyler · Post #154 » by **durden_tyler** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:13 pm

Both teams playing good defense-- could this be enough to slow down Team USA in the gold medal match? Or does their offense just suck.

KyRo23 · Post #155 » by **KyRo23** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:14 pm

Neither of these teams looking overly impressive thus far. Glad it’s a close game though

mpoo_sin · Post #156 » by **mpoo_sin** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:15 pm

Doranku wrote:
mpoo_sin wrote:
Doranku wrote:How is that a goaltend on Wemby? lol maybe basketball officials are just universally bad.

Maybe you just do not know the rules?

Neither do you apparently since this is what you decided to post instead of answering the question.

Your question didn t seem genuine but more like rethorical.

durden_tyler · Post #157 » by **durden_tyler** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:15 pm

2nd Quarter so far with around 2 min to go:

France 11, Germany 8

Again, maybe they play one of these teams play good defense against Team USA and force them to a grind it out affair for them to have a shot at the gold medal.

durden_tyler · Post #158 » by **durden_tyler** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:17 pm

France getting the calls again. Let's see if Germany has better composure than the Canadians.

Loaded_Hollows · Post #159 » by **Loaded_Hollows** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:18 pm

That wemby poster just wasn’t fair :lol:

RookieStar · Post #160 » by **RookieStar** » Thu Aug 8, 2024 4:18 pm

Legit fouls or are those some home-cooking like the calls on Rui?

Who wins the semifinal games on Thursday?