2024 Olympic BASKETBALL Thread (pt.6: USA Men & Women Win Gold)

[chudak]

The funniest thing about the French booing Embiid is that he has no business representing France. Never ever even lived there. It's hilarious.

he owns the french citizenship which as far as I understand is not that hard to get if you are from an ex-colony of france (e.g. cameroon) and also some parts of his family live in france. So Embiid wouldve had a lot more reasons to play for France than these mercenaries like Lorenzo Brown and so on.

If he did not make clear promises to France that he later broke, to get the passport, no one would care. Dude is just a snake and his word means nothing.

I find that letter extremely funny because it went from "my aunt Suzanne, Lucie and cousin Pierre" to "s*** it French people"

[chudak]

lol I don't why people are denying it when he himself is saying he lived there.

Embiid an American. He finished high school in America, went to college in America and when he retires is gonna live in America.

I know he grew up in a Cameroon and there are a lot of French ties to that country, but he isn’t French. Lol.


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Don't forget, he played AAU basketball in the United States. Joel Embiid is a product of US basketball. The United States trained him, not France, not Cameroon.

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the man wrote a sob letter to the president begging to be french

[chudak]

Don't forget, he played AAU basketball in the United States. Joel Embiid is a product of US basketball. The United States trained him, not France, not Cameroon.

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Applying this same logic, Luka Doncic and Lionel Messi are both Spanish.

Embiid was discovered at a basketball camp at age 16 in Cameroon and brought to the US to develop his skillset. People are acting like the dude had never seen a basketball before he landed in the US.

Luka and Messi were both brought over to Spain at age 13 for the same reason.

Embiid can play for whatever team he wants to play for, but let's just call a spade a spade shall we?

When did Luka first begin playing for his country? I see that as a TEENAGER, 17 years of age Doncis lead Slovenia to a Eurobasket title. So you are wrong. His history is nothing like Embiid's. You are wrong or lying.

You are right.

Luka is nothing like Embiid.

[durden_tyler]

Embiid an American. He finished high school in America, went to college in America and when he retires is gonna live in America.

I know he grew up in a Cameroon and there are a lot of French ties to that country, but he isn’t French. Lol.


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Don't forget, he played AAU basketball in the United States. Joel Embiid is a product of US basketball. The United States trained him, not France, not Cameroon.

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the man wrote a sob letter to the president begging to be french

That was his bargaining chip to get recruited by the US and it worked. Sucks for France but money talks and well, US is richer.

[durden_tyler]

Embiid an American. He finished high school in America, went to college in America and when he retires is gonna live in America.

I know he grew up in a Cameroon and there are a lot of French ties to that country, but he isn’t French. Lol.


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Don't forget, he played AAU basketball in the United States. Joel Embiid is a product of US basketball. The United States trained him, not France, not Cameroon.

Watch on YouTube

the man wrote a sob letter to the president begging to be french

That was his bargaining chip to get recruited by the US and it worked. Sucks for France but money talks and well, US is richer.

[chudak]

Don't forget, he played AAU basketball in the United States. Joel Embiid is a product of US basketball. The United States trained him, not France, not Cameroon.

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the man wrote a sob letter to the president begging to be french

That was his bargaining chip to get recruited by the US and it worked. Sucks for France but money talks and well, US is richer.

Yes, but bargaining chips cost something and in this case it was him getting labeled a crybaby mercenary.

I am cool with what he did, but lets don't call it a smart move, lets call it what it is.

Crying his way onto a national team that didn't even really need him while showing massive disrespect to another nation.

[durden_tyler]

the man wrote a sob letter to the president begging to be french

That was his bargaining chip to get recruited by the US and it worked. Sucks for France but money talks and well, US is richer.

Yes, but bargaining chips cost something and in this case it was him getting labeled a crybaby mercenary.

I am cool with what he did, but lets don't call it a smart move, lets call it what it is.

Crying his way onto a national team that didn't even really need him while showing massive disrespect to another nation.

Yes, i agree that it was a weak move.

[Onlytimewilltel]

The were red hot from 3 for the first three quarters. Playing way above their heads of course there would be regression to the mean. Also the guys played GREAT defense down the stretch. The Serbian players lost steam in the fourth they were tried the shots were short in that quarter because the US were running them to the ground. The US played up to their potential and when they did no one was stopping them. Dont tell me all 9 threes they missed were open shots. The US played great defense in the fourth that was the difference. Heck they hit like 8 shots in a roll in the fourth against Serbia. Serbia didn’t choke the US took the game away from them

I didn’t say all the threes were open. Re read again, I said some of them were wide open (which is a fact), also the mistakes down the stretch. And that’s fine you can have your opinion. But you seem to be taking this personal and getting defensive when most people feel like Serbia could have had this game if they didn’t get jittery in the fourth quarter.

Props to them for making it an awesome game, but it’s a game they could and should have won if they didn’t tighten up and play so crappy in the fourth (and still almost won despite that and all the mistakes late). The way I see it this was definitely a choke job. Serbia choked

You’re acting like the US didn’t play balls out defense in the fourth. This was all US. Serbia didn’t choke the game because the US was the team that everyone thought they were in the fourth. When the US played the way they did in the fourth no one was beating them. You talked about a mistake here and there and a couple of missed shots. Serbia had to play perfect ball for 4 quarters to beat this team. That’s unrealistic. The team had the better talent and it showed in fourth. To say Serbia should have won the game is ignoring the talent this team had. They have way better talent than Serbia minus Jokic. Not one player would make team USA on that Serbian team other jokic.

I agree US has the better team I’d never argue that. I agree US was the favored to win. The only thing we disagree on is you don’t think Serbia could have won in the fourth quarter unless they played perfect since the US turned it on in the fourth. Which I think is nonsense since they almost won anyway despite playing like crap in the fourth.

All they needed to do was have a decent fourth quarter and not…. well.., choke it away hah (my opinion at least). They could have still won this game man. This was a winnable game for them after the first three quarters were done. It’s way way too late here, good night kind sir.

[mcmurphy]

It’s 5:30 am in Paris and KD claps back at a Denver Nuggets media YouTuber lmao. KD and social media never disappoints.

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[mcmurphy]

I didn’t say all the threes were open. Re read again, I said some of them were wide open (which is a fact), also the mistakes down the stretch. And that’s fine you can have your opinion. But you seem to be taking this personal and getting defensive when most people feel like Serbia could have had this game if they didn’t get jittery in the fourth quarter.

Props to them for making it an awesome game, but it’s a game they could and should have won if they didn’t tighten up and play so crappy in the fourth (and still almost won despite that and all the mistakes late). The way I see it this was definitely a choke job. Serbia choked

You’re acting like the US didn’t play balls out defense in the fourth. This was all US. Serbia didn’t choke the game because the US was the team that everyone thought they were in the fourth. When the US played the way they did in the fourth no one was beating them. You talked about a mistake here and there and a couple of missed shots. Serbia had to play perfect ball for 4 quarters to beat this team. That’s unrealistic. The team had the better talent and it showed in fourth. To say Serbia should have won the game is ignoring the talent this team had. They have way better talent than Serbia minus Jokic. Not one player would make team USA on that Serbian team other jokic.

I agree US has the better team I’d never argue that. I agree US was the favored to win. The only thing we disagree on is you don’t think Serbia could have won in the fourth quarter unless they played perfect since the US turned it on in the fourth. Which I think is nonsense since they almost won anyway despite playing like crap in the fourth.

All they needed to do was have a decent fourth quarter and not…. well.., choke it away hah (my opinion at least). They could have still won this game man. This was a winnable game for them after the first three quarters were done. It’s way way too late here, good night kind sir.

If Steph Curry (36 years old) and Lebron (40 years old) they hadn't had an A+ game there would have been no game

My max respect for the 2 old guys

[AleksandarN]

I didn’t say all the threes were open. Re read again, I said some of them were wide open (which is a fact), also the mistakes down the stretch. And that’s fine you can have your opinion. But you seem to be taking this personal and getting defensive when most people feel like Serbia could have had this game if they didn’t get jittery in the fourth quarter.

Props to them for making it an awesome game, but it’s a game they could and should have won if they didn’t tighten up and play so crappy in the fourth (and still almost won despite that and all the mistakes late). The way I see it this was definitely a choke job. Serbia choked

You’re acting like the US didn’t play balls out defense in the fourth. This was all US. Serbia didn’t choke the game because the US was the team that everyone thought they were in the fourth. When the US played the way they did in the fourth no one was beating them. You talked about a mistake here and there and a couple of missed shots. Serbia had to play perfect ball for 4 quarters to beat this team. That’s unrealistic. The team had the better talent and it showed in fourth. To say Serbia should have won the game is ignoring the talent this team had. They have way better talent than Serbia minus Jokic. Not one player would make team USA on that Serbian team other jokic.

I agree US has the better team I’d never argue that. I agree US was the favored to win. The only thing we disagree on is you don’t think Serbia could have won in the fourth quarter unless they played perfect since the US turned it on in the fourth. Which I think is nonsense since they almost won anyway despite playing like crap in the fourth.

All they needed to do was have a decent fourth quarter and not…. well.., choke it away hah (my opinion at least). They could have still won this game man. This was a winnable game for them after the first three quarters were done. It’s way way too late here, good night kind sir.

I disagree. But I enjoyed our discussion. Have a good night as well sir.

[chudak]

I mean they could, but they played over their physical limits for 3/4 and were mostly gassed and didn't have another quarter in them.

Dobric doesn't miss that wide open 3 in the fist quarter.

This is not a very athletic team that can sustain what they did for 3/4 before that.

USA was deeper, more athletic, more talented overall although some of that talent was aging, and also got a benefit of a whistle a few times.

USA had another gear in them and Serbia did not.

Yes, with a bit more luck they could have pulled it off and completed an upset, but I wouldn't take anything away from them.

[KG Leonard]

Replying to someone said if he were Tatum or Hali and knew he wouldn’t play much in the Olympics they wouldn’t have gone.

IT’S THE OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE!!! With the greatest trio of this generation! They get to experience this moment, Paris, with other elite athletes and meet people and attend games and matches AND win a Gold. Tatum brought his kid with him and he gets to experience France. Kerr can’t play everyone every game.

I understand you play Embiid against Serbia for match up, KD is the best USA Olympics player of the last generation but it is insulting to bench a great player who is at worst 6th best in the NBA for Ant with his iso turnovers or Bam shooting 3s. Booker is good for spacing guard shooting but Tatum should have played a lot with the bench.
You embarrassed a great player that is 26 years old with zero minutes before the whole world for no reason and played mostly old players for reputation sake. Tatum will be seen as a weak mentally superstar if he says yes to 2028 Olympics now...

Haliburton is miles away from the level Tatum has earned in the NBA, he is barely an all-star, is happy to be there. He wasn't destroying Dallas in finals game 5, 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds.

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[lambchop]

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A few techs were called and the Curry no call with 20 seconds to go might have been debatable, but I don't think they can pin this on the refs. The US played better down the stretch and Serbia missed some easily makeable shots.

The Curry "elbow" definitely wasn't a foul imo. Aleksa exaggerated the contact. And I say that as someone who wanted Serbia to win. As for the backcourt violation, I feel as though KD tipped the ball first, therefore, Bogdanovic should have been able to continue his dribble right there. However, he put himself and the refs in tough spot by choosing to pull off that move so close to half court.

He isn't a PG and his lack of experience/elite ball handling showed right there. Though, of course, I've also seen the likes of CP3 make uncharacteristic mistakes down the stretch of games.

And, yea, Serbia still could have won this, but they started disintegrating after missing some open looks and their fatigue was visible when all of a sudden the US was able to get transition baskets. LBJ, Curry, KD still had their legs towards the end of the fourth, while the Serbs couldn't keep up with them anymore.

They were also simply unlucky that Steph chose THIS game to get hot. Had he continued his previous shooting, Serbia probably could have won by 5 to 7 points.

[chudak]

Serbia
GDP: $81.9 billion
GDP per capita: $12,384
Population: 7.1 million

France
GDP: $3.7 trillion
GDP per capita: $54,625
Population: 67.8 million

USA
GDP: $26.7 trillion
GDP per capita: $79,800
Population: 334.8 million

Germany
GDP: $4.5 trillion
GDP per capita: $53,333
Population: 84.4 million

These figures provide a snapshot of each country's economic size, average economic output per person, and total population​ (World Population Review)​ (Worldometer)​ (Statistics Times).

Embiid is counted in Population twice (for USA and France).

Serbian NT salaries

Nikola Jokic - Denver Nuggets (NBA): $54.4 million per year
Bogdan Bogdanovic - Atlanta Hawks (NBA): $18 million per year
Vasilije Micic - Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA): Estimated $7.8 million per year
Nikola Jovic - Miami Heat (NBA): $3.4 million per year
Nikola Milutinov - Olympiacos (Greece): $1.3 million per year
others - under $1M

[KG Leonard]

I have a feeling Tatum will have plenty of opportunities to shine in 2028. There's always going to be a couple odd-men out on a roster this stacked.

You can say that about Haliburton, a bad luck he isn't good enough to play out many mins but it is false statement about Tatum completely. The factually best current USA player in the NBA and by the performance of the last 4 years. He isn't been benched by KD from 2019 but he is benched by the guy that was swept by Ant & Gobert.

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These are the NBA facts that Kerr doesn't care about with crazy dismissal av Tatum.

[Ruma85]

Serbia
GDP: $81.9 billion
GDP per capita: $12,384
Population: 7.1 million

France
GDP: $3.7 trillion
GDP per capita: $54,625
Population: 67.8 million

USA
GDP: $26.7 trillion
GDP per capita: $79,800
Population: 334.8 million

Germany
GDP: $4.5 trillion
GDP per capita: $53,333
Population: 84.4 million

These figures provide a snapshot of each country's economic size, average economic output per person, and total population​ (World Population Review)​ (Worldometer)​ (Statistics Times).

Embiid is counted in Population twice (for USA and France).

Serbian NT salaries

Nikola Jokic - Denver Nuggets (NBA): $54.4 million per year
Bogdan Bogdanovic - Atlanta Hawks (NBA): $18 million per year
Vasilije Micic - Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA): Estimated $7.8 million per year
Nikola Jovic - Miami Heat (NBA): $3.4 million per year
Nikola Milutinov - Olympiacos (Greece): $1.3 million per year
others - under $1M

What's the point of pointing this out?

[chudak]

Serbia
GDP: $81.9 billion
GDP per capita: $12,384
Population: 7.1 million

France
GDP: $3.7 trillion
GDP per capita: $54,625
Population: 67.8 million

USA
GDP: $26.7 trillion
GDP per capita: $79,800
Population: 334.8 million

Germany
GDP: $4.5 trillion
GDP per capita: $53,333
Population: 84.4 million

These figures provide a snapshot of each country's economic size, average economic output per person, and total population​ (World Population Review)​ (Worldometer)​ (Statistics Times).

Embiid is counted in Population twice (for USA and France).

Serbian NT salaries

Nikola Jokic - Denver Nuggets (NBA): $54.4 million per year
Bogdan Bogdanovic - Atlanta Hawks (NBA): $18 million per year
Vasilije Micic - Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA): Estimated $7.8 million per year
Nikola Jovic - Miami Heat (NBA): $3.4 million per year
Nikola Milutinov - Olympiacos (Greece): $1.3 million per year
others - under $1M

What's the point of pointing this out?

I am more interested in your profile about me being linked to a premature ejaculation app?

[Badlands]

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Lol why exactly is Lebron getting blame? Him embiid Durant and Curry brought them this W down the stretch and he's getting criticized

Blind hatred should have Lebrons face on it because stuff like this is ridiculous. If anyone should be criticized it's only 1 dude....Steve Kerr. His lineups and rotations damn near cost them the game.

Dude had a triple double guarded Jokic and all you see is hate. People got issues.

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Why do you continue to post tweets from this absolute moron?? I clicked over to block him on Twitter, but found I already had.

An almost 40 year old LeBron is leading the team in points, rebounds, assists and FG percentage, but he is "bailed out" if doesn't score all the points himself? Like no actual person believes this nonsense, right?

[Ruma85]

Serbia
GDP: $81.9 billion
GDP per capita: $12,384
Population: 7.1 million

France
GDP: $3.7 trillion
GDP per capita: $54,625
Population: 67.8 million

USA
GDP: $26.7 trillion
GDP per capita: $79,800
Population: 334.8 million

Germany
GDP: $4.5 trillion
GDP per capita: $53,333
Population: 84.4 million

These figures provide a snapshot of each country's economic size, average economic output per person, and total population​ (World Population Review)​ (Worldometer)​ (Statistics Times).

Embiid is counted in Population twice (for USA and France).

Serbian NT salaries

Nikola Jokic - Denver Nuggets (NBA): $54.4 million per year
Bogdan Bogdanovic - Atlanta Hawks (NBA): $18 million per year
Vasilije Micic - Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA): Estimated $7.8 million per year
Nikola Jovic - Miami Heat (NBA): $3.4 million per year
Nikola Milutinov - Olympiacos (Greece): $1.3 million per year
others - under $1M

What's the point of pointing this out?

I am more interested in your profile about me being linked to a premature ejaculation app?

Don't know how that got there, so are you going to answer the question?