2024 Olympic BASKETBALL Thread (Pt. 2: Let the Games Begin!)

durden_tyler · Post #321 » by **durden_tyler** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:08 pm

azcatz11 wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:France feeling it.

They're getting every call

How is that a surprise. LOL

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JustBuzzin · Post #322 » by **JustBuzzin** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:08 pm

azcatz11 wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:Chris Paul will have a resurgence assuming he’s healthy. Wemby is indeed an alien.

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Is it possible he will be the best player in the league next season?

Definitely possible. He's my current favorite to win MVP. I have Ja finishing 2nd.

CP3 is going to get him so many easy baskets. They make the playoffs he will be in the MVP discussion on his stats alone.

BarbaGrizz · Post #323 » by **BarbaGrizz** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:09 pm

If France gets these calls along the tournament than US team should be concerned in a potential gold medal game

UcanUwill · Post #324 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:10 pm

Worth to note that Brazil attempted only 7 threes.

Zeno · Post #325 » by **Zeno** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:11 pm

I went in not caring who wins but the refs ruined that for me. Foul out almost every option Brazil has defensively and then let Wemby dominate.

falcolombardi · Post #326 » by **falcolombardi** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:11 pm

azcatz11 wrote:
falcolombardi wrote:It weirds me out this is a 12 team event and not a 16 team one

It should be 24

Fiba is sadled with being so stupid

UcanUwill · Post #327 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:12 pm

BarbaGrizz wrote:If France gets these calls along the tournament than US team should be concerned in a potential gold medal game

Victor was also pretty obviously fouled on his two dunks and nothing. They called one on Frank where Yago just slipped. One thing I didnt get was what happened to Lessorts offensive foul there? Other than that, its fine, a bit whistle happy for both sides.

JustBuzzin · Post #328 » by **JustBuzzin** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:13 pm

Wemby continues to get stronger. He's about 15 pounds away from really being something we haven't seen since Shaq in terms of dominance.

durden_tyler · Post #329 » by **durden_tyler** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:13 pm

Still liking my pregame France -9.5 bet; and will add more at the half with the same line. LOL

Go Wemby

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a-French-Fan · Post #330 » by **a-French-Fan** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:16 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
BarbaGrizz wrote:If France gets these calls along the tournament than US team should be concerned in a potential gold medal game

Victor was also pretty obviously fouled on his two dunks and nothing. One thing I didnt get was what happened to Lessorts offensive foul there? Other than that, its fine.

On Lessort there was firstly a defensive foul before his offensive foul. So it was a double foul.
Victor had not and an evident and one. It is not like in NBA where superstars get so many calls.

Mirotic12 · Post #331 » by **Mirotic12** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:16 pm

AussieCeltic wrote:

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Assists were not stats until 1992. So it isn't the first time since Drazen. Because in 1984 they didn't count assists.

durden_tyler · Post #332 » by **durden_tyler** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:20 pm

Greece-Canada, perhaps the best game in Day 1 is set to tipoff 3AM my side of the world.

This is the part where you hate the Olympics. LOL

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UcanUwill · Post #333 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:21 pm

Mirotic12 wrote:
AussieCeltic wrote:

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Assists were not stats until 1992. So it isn't the first time since Drazen. Because in 1984 they didn't count assists.

If you go to 1984 fiba archive page, they counted assists. Oscar averaged 24.1 point per game, but had less than 1 assist per game, 5 total.

Pachinko_ · Post #334 » by **Pachinko_** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:21 pm

azcatz11 wrote:
falcolombardi wrote:It weirds me out this is a 12 team event and not a 16 team one

It should be 24

Well we actually have a proper world cup with 32 teams, which is a much superior basketball tournament than this afterthought here, but America informed us in unison that "THEY DON"T CARE"

UcanUwill · Post #335 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:23 pm

a-French-Fan wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:
BarbaGrizz wrote:If France gets these calls along the tournament than US team should be concerned in a potential gold medal game

Victor was also pretty obviously fouled on his two dunks and nothing. One thing I didnt get was what happened to Lessorts offensive foul there? Other than that, its fine.

On Lessort there was firstly a defensive foul before his offensive foul. So it was a double foul.
Victor had not and an evident and one. It is not like in NBA where superstars get so many calls.

Ok. I figured it might been a foul before hand, because Lessort definitely hook it up against the rules.

Mirotic12 · Post #336 » by **Mirotic12** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:24 pm

UcanUwill wrote:Yeah, I had depression for most of my life, spend entire past year in and out of hospitals, I am in hospital right now, thats why my posts have more typos snd mistakes than usual...

System is broken tho, because they always keep me around 5 weeks and let go, doesnt matter if i am better or not. Then month later, my local doctors send me back, like with police and everything. I tried s word last August, so since then they lock me in constantly, they dont want me on their conscious.

Sorry to hear that. Depression really sucks. Try to stay positive man.

UcanUwill · Post #337 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:27 pm

Pachinko_ wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
falcolombardi wrote:It weirds me out this is a 12 team event and not a 16 team one

It should be 24

Well we actually have a proper world cup with 32 teams, which is a much superior basketball tournament than this afterthought here, but America informed us in unison that "THEY DON"T CARE"

World Cup is great, but sadly its just not that popular. FIBA greatly benefits from Olympics, since Olympics is such a huge event. It would be cool, if basketball only event gattered same hype, but it just doesn't, sport is not there.
Olympics man, for example, I dont know if national tv in my country ever showed Rugby content ever, probably didn't, but they will show France - Fiji final

theFireBlanket · Post #338 » by **theFireBlanket** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:27 pm

durden_tyler wrote:Greece-Canada, perhaps the best game in Day 1 is set to tipoff 3AM my side of the world.

This is the part where you hate the Olympics. LOL

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In my case Greece' next 2 early games in Milwaukee time, make for easier viewing. Won't be able to catch it live today.

Mirotic12 · Post #339 » by **Mirotic12** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:28 pm

falcolombardi wrote:It weirds me out this is a 12 team event and not a 16 team one

It's absolutely ridiculous that they only have 12 teams. With just 12 teams it means that every Olympics has 25-33 percent of the teams being pushovers, and that 4-5 of the best teams in the world don't even participate.

falcolombardi wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
falcolombardi wrote:It weirds me out this is a 12 team event and not a 16 team one

It should be 24

Fiba is sadled with being so stupid

FIBA has changed it to be 16 teams many times. But every time they change it to 16 teams, the Olympics claims that they don't have any more room to accommodate more athletes in the Olympic village. It's been the same story for years and years.

FIBA changes it to 16 teams, then the Olympics says they don't have room to house anymore basketball players, so it stays at 12 teams.

Mirotic12 · Post #340 » by **Mirotic12** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:37 pm

UcanUwill wrote:If you go to 1984 fiba archive page, they counted assists. Oscar averaged 24.1 point per game, but had less than 1 assist per game, 5 total.

Yeah, but they were USA style assists, not FIBA assists.

They list assists for the Olympics and Team USA tracked them. But they were way different than a FIBA assist today. It's the same with the old tournaments in Europe.

For example, in old FIBA EuroLeague they used to have assists back in the 80s, but they they had no actual rules on what an assist was. It was like the NBA, where it was just the opinion of the home team scorekeepers.

They used to show stats from EuroLeague of like 20-30 assists in a game for Galis, Petrovic, Giannakis, etc.

So FIBA made it an actual official stat in 1991, and made rules on what counted as an assist. Then the same players suddenly had 3-4 assists per game.... And then they made all the assists prior to that as not being valid or recognized anymore.

Who wins the Men's Basketball Tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics?