Team Canada Basketball Thread V4.0

Tha Cynic · Post #1181 » by **Tha Cynic** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:16 pm

Is Greece the weakest team is this group? Canada is going to have to face all the tough teams lol

gp2015 · Post #1182 » by **gp2015** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:17 pm

Kingsway_fan wrote:
B-Ball Freak wrote:
HumbleRen wrote:We need Edey man. Should have suited up and played for his country. Can’t take it for granted that Team Canada basketball will always be in the Olympics.

Yeah, that was disappointing. Where the hell is Boucher?

Honestly, he's better than oknyk or lyles

Boucher at least will give you some hustle and rebounds.

mathgeek · Post #1183 » by **mathgeek** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:17 pm

GP2 wrote:
HumbleRen wrote:We need Edey man. Should have suited up and played for his country. Can’t take it for granted that Team Canada basketball will always be in the Olympics.

He chose Summer League, got injured and missed most of it. What a waste.

Better he got injured in summer league than playing for the national team I guess :banghead:

Mad Prophet · Post #1184 » by **Mad Prophet** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:17 pm

Crybaby Greeks and their cheerleader refs can go to hellas.

tms · Post #1185 » by **tms** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:18 pm

Great team win. Character-building. Esp important in a short tourney like this.

TheFutureMM · Post #1186 » by **TheFutureMM** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:18 pm

First Olympic win in 24 years. Congrats to all the die-hards who have been following the team since the dark ages.

Good win too. Must-win in my opinion. I think Spain will be just as tough and Australia will be tougher. 1 down 5 to go.

Post #1187 » by **The Duke** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:18 pm

This is likely Murray + SGA last duo in the Olympics.
We’re going to struggle to even reach the semis.
The big rotation is terrible.
As expected Canada will be in foul trouble every game.

I don’t want to mention by name who is not there, assuming the Canadian team will auto be back.

C_Money · Post #1188 » by **C_Money** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:18 pm

gp2015 wrote:
Kingsway_fan wrote:
B-Ball Freak wrote:
Yeah, that was disappointing. Where the hell is Boucher?

Honestly, he's better than oknyk or lyles

Boucher at least will give you some hustle and rebounds.

Boucher has never played for Canada. Wiggins gets all the hate but nobody ever mentions Boucher.

Tha Cynic · Post #1189 » by **Tha Cynic** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:18 pm

This team may need to use Nembhard as the initiator for the bench. Murray really isn't great at creating for others and has looked out of shape here.

gp2015 · Post #1190 » by **gp2015** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:19 pm

C_Money wrote:
gp2015 wrote:
Kingsway_fan wrote:
Honestly, he's better than oknyk or lyles

Boucher at least will give you some hustle and rebounds.

Boucher has never played for Canada. Wiggins gets all the hate but nobody ever mentions Boucher.

Has he actually been invited? No one ever mentions him. He seems to be an afterthought.

TheFutureMM · Post #1191 » by **TheFutureMM** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:20 pm

Tha Cynic wrote:This team may need to use Nembhard is the initiator for the bench. Murray really isn't great at creating for others and has looked out of shape here.

I agree. Murray needs to do less. Should be looking to shoot more and I need less creation from him.

PushDaRock · Post #1192 » by **PushDaRock** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:20 pm

Tha Cynic wrote:This team may need to use Nembhard is the initiator for the bench. Murray really isn't great at creating for others and has looked out of shape here.

He probably looked even worse than Murray out there this game.

Tha Cynic · Post #1193 » by **Tha Cynic** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:22 pm

PushDaRock wrote:
Tha Cynic wrote:This team may need to use Nembhard is the initiator for the bench. Murray really isn't great at creating for others and has looked out of shape here.

He probably looked even worse than Murray out there this game.

He's used to playing with the ball. I trust him more than Murray from that point of view. This may actually help Murray more.

And1+2 · Post #1194 » by **And1+2** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:23 pm

Refs really kept Greece in the game, wouldn't have been close if it was officiated evenly. Not even remotely.

Tha Cynic · Post #1195 » by **Tha Cynic** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:25 pm

HumbleRen wrote:Giannis doing this with absolutely 0 nba caliber players on his team is insane by the way.

I mean Canada has no big men. All Giannis is doing is out-muscling guys smaller and slower than him. Nothing insane about it

Brinbe · Post #1196 » by **Brinbe** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:25 pm

I think Australia is probably the toughest test. Spain are always a threat but not quite as dominant as their golden era.

We should be good to advance as long as we win one of next two games. And Giannis, outside of maybe Jokic, is the most dominant player in this tournament.

They got a bit shook in the 2nd half but they did still control things the whole way through even despite the uneven refereeing.

mkot · Post #1197 » by **mkot** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:27 pm

C_Money wrote:Also why isn’t Jamal Murray playing more?

He looks rusty and lost in the limited minutes he played, also missed some makable shots that should've gone in. It's probably a combination of conditioning and rep with the team. The team is not spacing the floor right when he has the ball and don't know what to do other than waiting for him to do something. Hopefully he will come around in the knock out round should we advance, we need him to knock down those shots

C_Money · Post #1198 » by **C_Money** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:28 pm

mkot wrote:
C_Money wrote:Also why isn’t Jamal Murray playing more?

He looks rusty and lost in the limited minutes he played, also missed some makable shots that should've gone in. It's probably a combination of conditioning and rep with the team. The team is not spacing the floor right when he has the ball and don't know what to do other than waiting for him to do something. Hopefully he will come around in the knock out round should we advance, we need him to knock down those shots

His defence has been awful as well. Is he playing injured or what? Certainly looks like it.

PushDaRock · Post #1199 » by **PushDaRock** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:29 pm

I think we match up a lot better with Australia than Spain. We are obviously more talented than both teams but Spain has a ton of size and scoring in the front court which is a clear weakness for us.

Mad Prophet · Post #1200 » by **Mad Prophet** » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:30 pm

Brinbe wrote:I think Australia is probably the toughest test. Spain are always a threat but not quite as dominant as their golden era.

We should be good to advance as long as we win one of next two games. And Giannis, outside of maybe Jokic, is the most dominant player in this tournament.

They got a bit shook in the 2nd half but they did still control things the whole way through even despite the uneven refereeing.

I think so too

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