2024 Olympic BASKETBALL Thread (Pt.3)

AleksandarN · Post #681 » by **AleksandarN** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:10 pm

JustBuzzin wrote:I never seen LeBron so aggressive. He wants that MVP lol

Last chance to shine on a big stage. The Lakers won’t be getting there. Wait I lied there is always the IST. His only chance to equal Jordan in nba championships

JustBuzzin · Post #682 » by **JustBuzzin** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:11 pm

AleksandarN wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:This big win could very well mean Serbia’s rematch with the US happens in the gold medal round.

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With all due respect I'm tired of beating Serbia. It's clear we are just better. Would love to see a more competitive matchup.

Better than any other so I don’t think it really matters at this point. Unless they take games for granted. No one is beating this team.

Disagree I think Germany and Canada can at least make us earn the GOLD.

Love Jokic and Giannis, but it's clear they don't have enough help around them. I would like to see a competitive game that's all.

jbsays · Post #683 » by **jbsays** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:14 pm

Was hooping and only got home to watch the end. Seems like ball moves a lot better with that Lebron, Davis, Holiday, White, and Booker lineup than the end unit with Edwards, Tatum, Holiday, Haliburton, and Bam. Edwards dribbles too much with all that talent around him. I like his game in NBA though. But there's no need to pound the ball with this team.

Mirotic12 · Post #684 » by **Mirotic12** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:16 pm

bb22 wrote:If anyone watched the 2014 World Cup, Curry wasn’t all that impressive. He never found his stroke there, either. Kyrie, Klay and AD were much more impactful then.

Curry wasn't good in the 2010 FIBA World Cup or the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

greg4012 · Post #685 » by **greg4012** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:16 pm

kwajo wrote:
Triple M wrote:Bam has looked amazing all summer. Will be interesting if he plays more 4 in double big lineups with Mia. The heat never had that option b4

Truly shining like a rich man’s Kelly Olynyk out there.

cdubbz · Post #686 » by **cdubbz** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:20 pm

Steph definitely hasn't looked good and his shot has been off.

It's funny that Steve Kerr doesn't know how to use Steph in a lineup that uses his skills better. I've mentioned the LBJ/Curry lineup doesn't work well to do LBJ ball dominance & Steph is just a screener and spot shooter. He needs to be in a lineup without a ball dominating player and a lineup that moves the ball: Curry/White or Hali/Booker or Edwards/KD/Bam.

Still confident he will have some real nice games going forward

AleksandarN · Post #687 » by **AleksandarN** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:31 pm

Mirotic12 wrote:
lambchop wrote:Caboclo fouling out/ playing limited minutes due to foul trouble every single game is comical. It's usually the young inexperienced guys who are about two years away that struggle with this kind of stuff.

His basketball IQ is really low. All last season, he looked totally lost on defense in EuroLeague with Partizan. It was a very strange fit with him and Obradovic.

Just shows you that Euro league players are overrated

Mirotic12 · Post #688 » by **Mirotic12** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:33 pm

AleksandarN wrote:
Mirotic12 wrote:
lambchop wrote:Caboclo fouling out/ playing limited minutes due to foul trouble every single game is comical. It's usually the young inexperienced guys who are about two years away that struggle with this kind of stuff.

His basketball IQ is really low. All last season, he looked totally lost on defense in EuroLeague with Partizan. It was a very strange fit with him and Obradovic.

Just shows you that Euro league players are overrated

You need to up your trolling schtick game, because it reads like something from a 1980s google groups forum archive.

jbsays · Post #689 » by **jbsays** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:35 pm

Regarding Lebron's aggression. Anyone think he can be more aggressive because he doesn't have to pick his spots and he's playing with a stacked team so he can do more off the ball stuff (cutting). He's only going to play 20 minutes per game. That give and go with Davis was a thing of beauty. Other teams have to focus on 5 guys on USA. On Lakers how many guys do they really have to worry about at one time?

Rainwater · Post #690 » by **Rainwater** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:36 pm

levon wrote:This is probably Steph's last year as a star. Maybe GS should hold off on trading to compete

Calm down lol

levon · Post #691 » by **levon** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:36 pm

Rainwater wrote:
levon wrote:This is probably Steph's last year as a star. Maybe GS should hold off on trading to compete

Calm down lol

He's a 6 2 guard that's going to be 37 by the time the play-in tournament starts.

AleksandarN · Post #692 » by **AleksandarN** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:37 pm

Mirotic12 wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:
Mirotic12 wrote:
His basketball IQ is really low. All last season, he looked totally lost on defense in EuroLeague with Partizan. It was a very strange fit with him and Obradovic.

Just shows you that Euro league players are overrated

You need to up your trolling schtick game, because it reads like something from a 1980s google groups forum archive.

The only person I say Euro League players are overrated is you. Because you are the one who overrates them by a fair margin. You down play NBA players all of the time. Before you call me xenophobic or some lame crap. My favorite player is Jokic and my parents are European

IceColdCubano · Post #693 » by **IceColdCubano** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:37 pm

cdubbz wrote:Steph definitely hasn't looked good and his shot has been off.

It's funny that Steve Kerr doesn't know how to use Steph in a lineup that uses his skills better. I've mentioned the LBJ/Curry lineup doesn't work well to do LBJ ball dominance & Steph is just a screener and spot shooter. He needs to be in a lineup without a ball dominating player and a lineup that moves the ball: Curry/White or Hali/Booker or Edwards/KD/Bam.

Still confident he will have some real nice games going forward

Curry would love those Bams screens, would eat for days on open threes. Very similar to GSW team mate Bam is also an amazing dribble hand off passer.

Rainwater · Post #694 » by **Rainwater** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:38 pm

picc wrote:I don't like this player PR the commentators do to make sure we know people's feelings aren't hurt. "He's not playing but look how happy he is! See? Everything's fine!"

These are grown men and so are we. Let us mock and speculate like the Internet is supposed to.

You mean gossip lol

Rainwater · Post #695 » by **Rainwater** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:40 pm

RB34 wrote:Kerr is a joke if a coach.

He won both games by 20, what else do you want?

Mirotic12 · Post #696 » by **Mirotic12** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:45 pm

AleksandarN wrote:
Mirotic12 wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:Just shows you that Euro league players are overrated

You need to up your trolling schtick game, because it reads like something from a 1980s google groups forum archive.

The only person I say Euro League players are overrated is you. Because you are the one who overrates them by a fair margin. You down play NBA players all of the time. Before you call me xenophobic or some lame crap. My favorite player is Jokic and my parents are European

You can update your trolling schtick to the current time. I have faith in you.

Mirotic12 · Post #697 » by **Mirotic12** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:46 pm

Rainwater wrote:
RB34 wrote:Kerr is a joke if a coach.

He won both games by 20, what else do you want?

Durant said they should win every game by 40 to 50.

AleksandarN · Post #698 » by **AleksandarN** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:47 pm

Mirotic12 wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:
Mirotic12 wrote:
You need to up your trolling schtick game, because it reads like something from a 1980s google groups forum archive.

The only person I say Euro League players are overrated is you. Because you are the one who overrates them by a fair margin. You down play NBA players all of the time. Before you call me xenophobic or some lame crap. My favorite player is Jokic and my parents are European

You can update your trolling schtick to the current time. I have faith in you.

The only one who really trolls is you. Every post you attack NBA players. All the time.

Rainwater · Post #699 » by **Rainwater** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:47 pm

levon wrote:
Rainwater wrote:
levon wrote:This is probably Steph's last year as a star. Maybe GS should hold off on trading to compete

Calm down lol

He's a 6 2 guard that's going to be 37 by the time the play-in tournament starts.

I just wouldn’t use the Olympics as any gauge of what the season would look like. These guys are not being used like how they would be used on their respective teams.

Mirotic12 · Post #700 » by **Mirotic12** » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:48 pm

AleksandarN wrote:
Mirotic12 wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:The only person I say Euro League players are overrated is you. Because you are the one who overrates them by a fair margin. You down play NBA players all of the time. Before you call me xenophobic or some lame crap. My favorite player is Jokic and my parents are European

You can update your trolling schtick to the current time. I have faith in you.

The only one who really trolls is you. Every post you attack NBA players. All the time.

Nope.