OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread

Post #61 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:24 pm

USA vs Argentina on in about 5 minutes.

It's on NBATV not ESPN. ESPN replay it later tonight.

Post #62 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:26 pm

US rocking the throwbacks.

Post #63 » by **Rerisen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:29 pm

What's with the weird lighting there. Looks like astronaut gear.

And thanks for the heads up ^^^^ reminder.

Post #64 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:33 pm

I watched back the replay of the game in Manchester and realised how much ESPN enhance the colour in the shots of the cities that they always use for their production.

They made Manchester look like California or something when really it was grey and miserable.

Post #65 » by **Rerisen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:34 pm

Maybe they can add some hair for LeBron.

Ok that was pretty cheap.

Post #66 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:35 pm

Lots of empty seats in Spain. Strange. I know they have there own great national team and that, but it's still team USA.

Post #67 » by **Rerisen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:37 pm

Suck would you say Argentina plays a pure Euro style?

Seems to me more like a blend between NBA and Euro to me. But usually effective vs us.

Post #68 » by **Rerisen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:38 pm

We've carried our shooting eye across the channel.

aaqubed · Post #69 » by **aaqubed** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:39 pm

Wow, quick start for Team USA. Argentina has gotten much older, no fresh blood on that team.

Post #70 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:39 pm

Durantula. Woah.

Post #71 » by **Rerisen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:42 pm

Cmon booooring.

Post #72 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:43 pm

Rerisen wrote:Suck would you say Argentina plays a pure Euro style?

Seems to me more like a blend between NBA and Euro to me. But usually effective vs us.

They play incredibly physical that's for sure. They were near enough fighting vs Spain a couple of days ago. Lots of pick and pops and post ups.

I don't fancy them for the tournament though. Everyone keeps saying watch out for Argentina and Spain. I say watch out for Spain, Brazil, Russia, and Lithuania.

Post #73 » by **Rerisen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:48 pm

Wade was our zone buster last time around. Let's see who can do it now.

Post #74 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:48 pm

This time next week I'll be at the Olympic arena watching GB vs Russia followed by Argentina vs Lithuania. Pumped.

Post #75 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:51 pm

Argentina setting lots of illegal picks.

Post #76 » by **Rerisen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:53 pm

Fran gets concerned at every little thing, wish we'd just leave him over there. Pretty sure he's against his own country.

Post #77 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:53 pm

Although Argentina might be a bit passed it, they'll never give up. They were down 20 plus vs Spain the other night and cut it to single digits with minutes to go in the 4th.

Post #78 » by **Rerisen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:55 pm

Love with more bad defense.

Post #79 » by **suckfish** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:56 pm

Rerisen wrote:Fran gets concerned at every little thing, wish we'd just leave him over there. Pretty sure he's against his own country.

He's definitely very pro International. To the point where it's annoying even to fans of the Euro game.

I guarantee he suggests Argentina are holding back strategy tonight. Teams definitely do that sometimes, like Spain did a few years back, but most of the time a beat down is a beat down.

Like he said in the GB game that we were holding back some strategy for the Olympics. Egh, no, GB would have done anything to win that.

Post #80 » by **Rerisen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:58 pm

suckfish wrote:I guarantee he suggests Argentina are holding back strategy tonight. Teams definitely do that sometimes, like Spain did a few years back, but most of the time a beat down is a beat down.

Like he said in the GB game that we were holding back some strategy for the Olympics. Egh, no, GB would have done anything to win that.

Fans adopt that line a lot too.