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

CobraCommander · Post #1381 » by **CobraCommander** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:14 pm

MagicMamba88 wrote:

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This dude is an actual Demi-god

UcanUwill · Post #1382 » by **UcanUwill** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:14 pm

Heat3 wrote:
Slava wrote:Why are Lebron and jokic still hanging around in garbage time here?

cause points matter for standings

You guys really think USA can drop games in this group and point dif will matter? Come on

Post #1383 » by **bisme37** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:14 pm

Day off for men's basketball now and then they're back at it Tues and Wed...

Tuesday, July 30:
Spain vs. Greece, 5 a.m. | E!
Canada vs. Australia, 7:30 a.m. | USA
Japan vs. France, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock
Brazil vs. Germany, 3 p.m. | Peacock

Wednesday, July 31:
Puerto Rico vs. Serbia, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock
United States vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. | USA

eyeatoma · Post #1384 » by **eyeatoma** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:14 pm

IG2 wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:
Kerr knows what most on here know. Dude is above average at everything, that's it.

Must admit he looked pretty ordinary in the exhibition games. But not getting any playing time outright after winning a ring a mere month ago? That's gotta feel pretty ****.

I mean, he wasn't great in the playoffs either though. He has benefited from fantastic team building, and a lot of team help his whole career.

levon · Post #1385 » by **levon** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:14 pm

bigboi wrote:
Bourne85 wrote:
bigboi wrote:
Tatum is better than Booker at literally everything. No excuse for this bs

Booker is on literal fire. Booker is a better scorer. And a knock down shooter. Tatum shot 20% from 3 in the finals and has been pretty bad throughout all the friendly games. Easy choice to bench him, excellent coaching

Tatum is better than Booker at literally everything and has great previous Olympic experience. Oh well, motivation for mvp and repeat next season

Lol, he's not getting MVP.

AleksandarN · Post #1386 » by **AleksandarN** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:14 pm

Slava wrote:Why are Lebron and jokic still hanging around in garbage time here?

Point differential matters in the Olympics

Godfather13 · Post #1387 » by **Godfather13** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:15 pm

Johnny Tomala wrote:KD is the best player in USA Basketball history so it's not surprising what he has done in the first half.

23 points on 9 shots will never not be surprising - in the best way!!

xb3at band1tx · Post #1388 » by **xb3at band1tx** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:15 pm

Movics wrote:Mirotic12 is in shambles

euro league super fans not happy :lol:

Bourne85 · Post #1389 » by **Bourne85** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:15 pm

ForeverTFC wrote:
IG2 wrote:Any particular reason Tatum didn't play?

LeBron and KD are better than him and Kerr is trying to build rhythm and chemistry.

I’d add Ant is also a tier above him. And White while not necessarily better, he plays his role better. Tatum goes iso too many times trying to get his and that’s not something USA needs with all these better scorers around

bigboi · Post #1390 » by **bigboi** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:15 pm

AleksandarN wrote:
bigboi wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:You’re using logic and intelligence that might be too much for his “trust me bro” logic.

How does it feel to be constantly wrong? Lmao. And yes, Wemby is all the difference

When has he been the difference maker with France? What are their record this year? How did France do against Serbia. Man you are easy work.

We will see buddy. When France ends up with silver, can’t wait to see the meltdown

_jin · Post #1391 » by **_jin** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:15 pm

I like what I'm seeing from Booker, a player I'm usually not a fan of. He realized there are 10 players on the roster who are first options on their team but not everyone can be the first option on Team USA and he embraced the role player role, unlike some other stars who struggled to figure out their role on the team like Tatum.

Godfather13 · Post #1392 » by **Godfather13** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:16 pm

levon wrote:
bigboi wrote:
Bourne85 wrote:
Booker is on literal fire. Booker is a better scorer. And a knock down shooter. Tatum shot 20% from 3 in the finals and has been pretty bad throughout all the friendly games. Easy choice to bench him, excellent coaching

Tatum is better than Booker at literally everything and has great previous Olympic experience. Oh well, motivation for mvp and repeat next season

Lol, he's not getting MVP.

Tatum MVP is hilarious fr :lol:

DarkAzcura · Post #1393 » by **DarkAzcura** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:16 pm

Bourne85 wrote:
bfchs123 wrote:
DarkAzcura wrote:
There are minutes to be had outside those 3. Booker playing over Tatum is silly. When has there been a situation where the second option from the previous gold medal team got no run at all on the very next team? It’s not a good look.

Red shirt year makes no sense for Tatum, he was the #2 option on the gold medal team 4 years ago

That was a weak team, this team has KD, Lebron, Curry, Ant, Bam, Booker etc etc. Amongst all these great players, Tatum is CLEARLY lower on the totem pole

Half the players you listed were on the last team, lol. The last team had KD, Bam, and Booker, lol. They had Lillard instead of Curry. Tatum got more minutes and shots than all of them except KD. Pop just knew how to use Tatum better. Pop is also a better coach so that makes sense.

Edwards isn’t a tier above Tatum. That’s laughable. Dude is coming off 3 straight first team all NBAs, a championship, and he has a gold medal win as a top 2 option. The Tatum disrespect on this forum is crazy. Ant has proven nothing.

durden_tyler · Post #1394 » by **durden_tyler** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:16 pm

Wargreymon wrote:
Bourne85 wrote:
Wargreymon wrote:Maybe Kerr is mad at Tatum for the 2022 NBA Finals? But GSW won so that doesn't really make sense as a motive for benching him.

Mad at what? Wiggins locked him up and Tatum basically didn’t show up lol, Kerr should be thanking him if anything

Yeah I dont know I'm just trying to figure out the reason he is DNP today when he appears healthy and available.

That’s what happens when you have a deep team. It’s only American fans that are worried about these lack of minutes— the players don’t care, their mission is to win the gold and they’ll accept whatever role they have.

That said, South Sudan and Puerto Rico coming up, won’t be surprised to see the likes of Hali ans Tatum explode on that one and limit Curry, Bron and KD minutes.

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bigboi · Post #1395 » by **bigboi** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:16 pm

levon wrote:
bigboi wrote:
Bourne85 wrote:
Booker is on literal fire. Booker is a better scorer. And a knock down shooter. Tatum shot 20% from 3 in the finals and has been pretty bad throughout all the friendly games. Easy choice to bench him, excellent coaching

Tatum is better than Booker at literally everything and has great previous Olympic experience. Oh well, motivation for mvp and repeat next season

Lol, he's not getting MVP.

We can bet your account on it.

Drax · Post #1396 » by **Drax** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:16 pm

Bourne85 wrote:That was a weak team, this team has KD, Lebron, Curry, Ant, Bam, Booker etc etc. Amongst all these great players, Tatum is CLEARLY lower on the totem pole

I see you Heat fan, trying to sneak Bam into the mix of greats. Sneaky sneaky well done.

ForeverTFC · Post #1397 » by **ForeverTFC** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:16 pm

bigboi wrote:
Bourne85 wrote:
bigboi wrote:
Tatum is better than Booker at literally everything. No excuse for this bs

Booker is on literal fire. Booker is a better scorer. And a knock down shooter. Tatum shot 20% from 3 in the finals and has been pretty bad throughout all the friendly games. Easy choice to bench him, excellent coaching

Tatum is better than Booker at literally everything and has great previous Olympic experience. Oh well, motivation for mvp and repeat next season

Booker is the better shooter/scorer which is really what they need out of that role. Tatum’s appeal is an all around game but there’s better all around players and more lethal discrete skill set on this team.

MagicMamba88 · Post #1398 » by **MagicMamba88** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:16 pm

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Black star · Post #1399 » by **Black star** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:17 pm

I'm honestly shocked that so many people in this thread think Booker is a better player than Tatum

durden_tyler · Post #1400 » by **durden_tyler** » Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:17 pm

thelead wrote:It’s crazy how great LeBron and KD still are. Especially KD due to his injuries.

But they old says most of RealGM (someone dredge up that thread).

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