2024 Olympic Basketball Discussion Thread

[California Gold]

You’re embarrassing yourself.

Their country doesn’t give two flying ****s about basketball and yet are capable of taking down our supposedly unbeatable team of stars.

Not this again... no team in the history of team sports is unbeatable.

Pipe down nancy.

I wrote “supposedly,” and I certainly wasn’t of the people saying that.

Well done. You certainly win the gold for grade school insults.

Saying Germany should stick to hotdogs and sausages is hardly an insult. We can add Lagers in there if that makes you feel better.

[Dennis Reynolds]

Also, I'm no fan of KD but he needs to come back asap and save us from supposed top 10 players like Tatum and Edwards, at least according to this board. Booker is making my eyes hurt as well.

And Embiid is supposed to be top 4. Durant needs to come back.

Embiid can't guard pick and pop, has played very little defense overall from what I've seen and has not been boxing out. At least he seems to be getting his offense back on track but he has been a massive disappointment in general.

[Revived]

Everyone but LeBron is playing scared as hell

This team needs a CP3 type player to set the offense.

Right now it’s overly reliant on LeBron.

[Dennis Reynolds]

Somebody needs to tell Curry these games don't matter cause he's stinking it up like it's a close playoff game.

I honestly think the ball is throwing him off, everyone says it's a little more slick because of the painted parts.

You can give him that excuse for missing good looks but what's his excuse for getting blocked by Schröder with 2 minutes left in a close game?

[Loaded_Hollows]

Missed the game. But what is everyone crying about? USA won again

[Loaded_Hollows]

Everyone but LeBron is playing scared as hell

This team needs a CP3 type player to set the offense.

Right now it’s overly reliant on LeBron.

LeBum teammates always get put on the back burner with his style of play. Horrible.

[RookieStar]

Dennis Schroeder and LBJ.. willing team USA to victory!

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Somebody needs to tell Curry these games don't matter cause he's stinking it up like it's a close playoff game.

I honestly think the ball is throwing him off, everyone says it's a little more slick because of the painted parts.

You can give him that excuse for missing good looks but what's his excuse for getting blocked by Schröder with 2 minutes left in a close game?

The ball slipped because of the implication.

[peja_the_legend]

Embiid should be the third option behind Davis and Bam.They don't need scoring from center position,they need defence and he provides none.

[Rainwater]

Everyone but LeBron is playing scared as hell

This team needs a CP3 type player to set the offense.

Right now it’s overly reliant on LeBron.

LeBum teammates always get put on the back burner with his style of play. Horrible.

They couldn’t do anything when he wasn’t touching the ball. Did you even watch the game? Curry couldn’t make a shot to save his life, embiid was garbage, Edwards was just giving away the ball. LBJ had to save this team again

[_jin]

Missed the game. But what is everyone crying about? USA won again

It's a preparation game, the result is secondary, everybody sucked, if it wasnt for Lebron's heroics in the 4th it'd have been a loss.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Embiid should be the third option behind Davis and Bam.They don't need scoring from center position,they need defence and he provides none.

They needed his scoring today, he and LeBron were playing a two man game in the 4th.

[bisme37]

Fun game! (I was behind and just finished it haha)

Bronny Senior saved the day again!

USA got a bit lucky Dennis chucked so many bad shots in the 4th. Germany has a terrific team though.

I try not to get mad at coaches because I always figure a professional basketball coach knows more about this stuff than I do, but man Kerr is driving me kinda nuts with these lineups and rotations.

Onto the Olympics!

[Dennis Reynolds]

I honestly think the ball is throwing him off, everyone says it's a little more slick because of the painted parts.

You can give him that excuse for missing good looks but what's his excuse for getting blocked by Schröder with 2 minutes left in a close game?

The ball slipped because of the implication.

Can't argue with that.

Probably the same reason Schröder had no issue blowing by him the few times they were matched up, he's too damn slick.

[Chokic]

This us team would be so much better without lebron. Dude is a ball stopper.

[Calinks]

Just like Steve Rogers, Lebron is a geriatric man from World War II who carried America to victory against the Germans.

[AleksandarN]

I am trying hard not to blame him but Embiid is killing the team. He is just slow.

He's been fantastic this game. Not sure which game you're watching.

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Maybe he is not wearing the same glasses you are wearing. You know the rose coloured ones.

[eyeatoma]

I am trying hard not to blame him but Embiid is killing the team. He is just slow.

He's been fantastic this game. Not sure which game you're watching.

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Maybe he is not wearing the same glasses you are wearing. You know the rose coloured ones.

Ah, this seems to be more you're wearing the glassed. You know the ones you wore when you thought Jokic was the MVP the season Embiid won.

[zimpy27]

Team USA should keep Bron out until the last quarter. Try win with 10 all NBA players.

Just unleash him if you're losing.

[EmpireFalls]

This us team would be so much better without lebron. Dude is a ball stopper.

Everyone but LeBron is playing scared as hell

This team needs a CP3 type player to set the offense.

Right now it’s overly reliant on LeBron.

LeBum teammates always get put on the back burner with his style of play. Horrible.

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