2024 Olympic BASKETBALL Thread (Pt.3)

[bisme37]

Olympic Men's Basketball continues this Friday/Saturday (last round of pool play before the quarterfinals):

Friday, Aug. 2:
Japan vs. Brazil, 5 a.m. | Peacock (BRA wins 102-84)
Australia vs. Greece, 7:30 a.m. | USA (GRE wins 77-71)
Canada vs. Spain, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (CAN wins 88-85)
France vs. Germany, 3 p.m. | E! (GER wins 85-71)

Saturday, Aug. 3:
Puerto Rico vs. United States, 11:15 a.m. | NBC (USA wins 104-83)
Serbia vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. | CNBC (SER wins 96-85)

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Tues/Wed results...
Tuesday, July 30 results:
Spain vs. Greece, 5 a.m. | E! (SPA wins 84-77)
Canada vs. Australia, 7:30 a.m. | USA (CAN wins 93-83)
Japan vs. France, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (FRA wins 94-90 OT)
Brazil vs. Germany, 3 p.m. | Peacock (GER wins 86-73)

Wednesday, July 31:
Puerto Rico vs. Serbia, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (SER wins 107-66)
United States vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. | USA (USA wins 103-66)

(All times EST. Everything streams on Peacock. If it says something else, that event is on both Peacock AND the TV channel listed. Full schedule can be found later in this post, and also on the Olympics website: https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/basketball?day=27-july )





(Times all EST)

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/24/men-basketball-olympic-broadcast-streaming-schedule/74328013007/?taid=66a13c7c4486d60001aff596&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

The 12-team field for the men's basketball event at the 2024 Paris Olympics is set.

Team USA – loaded with stars such as LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid and others – figures to be a powerhouse, though there are plenty of global icons also vying for a chance at Olympic glory.

Established veterans like Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo, a two-time NBA MVP, and Serbia's Nikola Jokić, a three-time winner of the award, will join a younger crop of stars: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Murray from Canada and French phenom Victor Wembanyama are among the other standouts.


How to watch men's basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics:

Olympic action will be broadcast across the channels on the NBC network: NBC, CNBC, E!. Spanish language broadcasts will be available on Telemundo. Streaming will be available on Peacock, NBCSports.com. Streaming will also be available on Fubo.

(All times EST. Everything streams on Peacock. If it says something else, that event is on both Peacock AND the TV channel listed.)

Saturday, July 27:
Australia vs. Spain, 5 a.m. | CNBC (AUS wins 92-80)
Germany vs. Japan, 7:30 a.m. | Peacock (GER wins 97-77)
France vs. Brazil, 11:15 a.m. | CNBC (FRA wins 78-66)
Greece vs. Canada, 3 p.m. | CNBC (CAN wins 86-79)

Sunday, July 28:
South Sudan vs. Puerto Rico, 5 a.m. | CNBC (SSUD wins 90-79)
Serbia vs. United States, 11:15 a.m. | NBC (USA wins 100-84)

Tuesday, July 30:
Spain vs. Greece, 5 a.m. | E! (SPA wins 84-77)
Canada vs. Australia, 7:30 a.m. | USA (CAN wins 93-83)
Japan vs. France, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (FRA wins 94-90 OT)
Brazil vs. Germany, 3 p.m. | Peacock (GER wins 86-73)

Wednesday, July 31:
Puerto Rico vs. Serbia, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (SER wins 107-66)
United States vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. | USA (USA wins 103-66)

Friday, Aug. 2:
Japan vs. Brazil, 5 a.m. | Peacock (BRA wins 102-84)
Australia vs. Greece, 7:30 a.m. | USA (GRE wins 77-71)
Canada vs. Spain, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (CAN wins 88-85)
France vs. Germany, 3 p.m. | E! b](GER wins 85-71)[/b]

Saturday, Aug. 3:
Puerto Rico vs. United States, 11:15 a.m. | NBC (USA wins 104-83)
Serbia vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. | CNBC (SER wins 96-85)

Tuesday, Aug. 6:
Quarterfinals
TBD vs. TBD, 5 a.m. | Peacock
TBD vs. TBD, 8:30 a.m. | USA
TBD vs. TBD, 12:00 p.m. | Peacock
TBD vs. TBD, 3:30 p.m. | USA

Thursday, Aug. 8:
Semifinals
TBD vs. TBD, 11:30 a.m. | USA
TBD vs. TBD, 3:00 p.m. | USA

Saturday, Aug. 10:

Third-place game: TBD vs. TBD, 5:00 a.m. | USA

Final: TBD vs. TBD, 3:30 p.m. | NBC

Here's a link (to a link) to all the team rosters: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/mens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024/news/rosters-confirmed-ahead-of-tip-off-at-the-mens-olympic-basketball-tournament

And here's some info on the Women's Olympic Tournament:

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And here's a post from durden_tyler about the random draw that will likely come into play: https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2397427

Enjoy good pals and GO YOUR COUNTRY!

(thread continued from here: https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2397352 )

[JustBuzzin]

Would love to see us vs France. Wemby might be the best player for this type of competition. Giannis like Jokic doesn't seem to have much help. In the end I think Canada will likely be USA biggest threat imo.

[xb3at band1tx]

Opposing teams have to pray US has an off day and even still would have to have a perfect day from their own guys just to have a semblance of a chance. I think any of them can get a run in on the first starting minutes against the 5 starters, but once the bench comes in its a different story as they analyzed what they could do and start going to work, all while the us starters start picking them apart in the later quarters.

I thought USA was sloppy against Serbia and they still devastated them near the end to the point of Serbia chucking 3's cause they had no hope inside. France's backcourt is a major weakness and Canada is the most well-rounded opponent but man for man, US clears and still probably overwhelms them as they can just find different ways to win.

[Hoop Hunter]

Haliburton played good in the first two or three practice games. He had one of the highest +/- at that point. He even made some defensive plays. When White arrived he got Hali's minutes. Hali's still the best passer on the team. I think he could help.

I doubt there will be any complaining from him, I think he's happy to be there. Still has been one of the biggest cheerleaders from the bench. I'd like him to get some playing time, but I care more about the Pacer season than the Olympics. He can't get hurt if he don't play, so there's that.

I don't get the Embiid thing, he's been one of the worst players by far. Why does he get a free pass?

[azcatz11]

Would love to see us vs France. Wemby might be the best player for this type of competition. Giannis like Jokic doesn't seem to have much help. In the end I think Canada will likely be USA biggest threat imo.

Saw your bet in the other thread..I like your buddies bet

[durden_tyler]

The no overthinking bets— if they are good enough to win, they are good enough to cover. With all teams thinking position and point differential, there’ll be no let up for the winning teams:

Greece -3.5 vs Spain
Greece-Spain Under 162.5
Canada -5.5 vs Australia
Canada-Australia Over 179.5
France -17.5 vs Japan
France-Japan Under 164.5

Let’s go *teams* LOL


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[Benedict_Boozer]

Canada vs Australia will be a good game. Canada has the guard play to give us trouble, but not sold on their front line.

[Pachinko_]

Ιt will probably take 100 losses before people stop worrying about Spain LOL
I know I am, I'd sure feel better if Lull was retired already

[DWadeno3]

Would love to see us vs France. Wemby might be the best player for this type of competition. Giannis like Jokic doesn't seem to have much help. In the end I think Canada will likely be USA biggest threat imo.

Right now I would see Germany on a similar level to Canada threat wise because they are well coached by Herbert, have a lot of familiarity with one another and their NBA guys set the tone and perform well on a FIBA level, allowing their other players to benefit from this.

This wouldn't be as much of an issue if our coaching staff was better at adapting to the opposing team's strategy, but that always appears to be an issue.

[art_tatum]

Kd should've taken more shots
Lebron more point role

[Buckets22]

Hernangomez with a filthy poster on Giannis. Also Spains jersey looks like the Lakers.

[lambchop]

Ιt will probably take 100 losses before people stop worrying about Spain LOL
I know I am, I'd sure feel better if Lull was retired already

Yea once Llull and Fernandez retire they will finally be done after a 25 year run of dominance/relevance. Pretty amazing for sure.
They'll still continue to play well at the youth competitions though.

[CodeBreaker]

Wow, Llull and Fernandez still playing for Spain

[Pachinko_]

Fkn Lull man...

[Buckets22]

The first team that stops hitting their shots will be blown out of the building.
Spain will take it me thinks.

[Buckets22]

Giannis might be the worst 2 time NBA MVP in the history of basketball. Utter muppet when he cannot bulldoze his way to the basket.

[durden_tyler]

Uh oh Greece. What’s happening? Live score viewing sucks, can’t watch the game yet!!!


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[Buckets22]

Uh oh Greece. What’s happening? Live score viewing sucks, can’t watch the game yet!!!


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Spain is clubbing them like a baby seal Greece stopped hitting their shot(rather bad shots I might add) and Spain continued pouring it in.

[Pachinko_]

that new defensive scheme where you give everyone open threes maybe doesn't work after all

[lambchop]

Giannis might be the worst 2 time NBA MVP in the history of basketball. Utter muppet when he cannot bulldoze his way to the basket.

It's the NBA MVP, not the MVP of basketball. That said, it's a pity he was never able to develop a jump shot. Greece does look pretty terrible though. His team is significantly better than what prime Nowitzki had to play with for Germany, but still not very good.