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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#181 » by suckfish » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:36 pm

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i've never understood fans like that,,, stand up ! its not that hard. if you want to sit quietly and watch the game unobstructed, I can direct you to the nearest HHGreg, they have tv's on sale all the time :)


I don't get it at all. If you don't want to stand up, that's fine. Just don't complain about those who are standing up. I admit, I'm kind of quiet at games. I like to sit there and really watch what is going on. I like to study the game. But I really do enjoy those fans who do get up and make noise. I stood for the whole game yesterday because I was in a block of standing Lithuanians. I couldn't see otherwise. The majority of neutral fans behind me decide to continue sitting and therefore had the view of my arse all game.

Heck, I even had one old Chinese man next to me fall asleep in his chair during the Great Britain game. It's like, what the hell are you doing here? There are loads of people who would kill to be here yet you are taking up a seat to sleep!
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#182 » by suckfish » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:36 pm

Quote of the day: "I feel great," Kirilenko said after scoring 35 points on 14-for-17 shooting against Britain on Sunday. "Look at me. I'm running like a young deer."
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#183 » by ManualRam » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:43 pm

Shved is a baller. Him and rubio will be a treat to watch. Both are creative playmakers who do it with flair. Then they add ak47's passing to the mix? I think they'll be one of the more entertaining teams to watch.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#184 » by suckfish » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:28 pm

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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#185 » by kingkirk » Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:15 am

CMON AUSSIE
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#186 » by kingkirk » Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:45 am

I jinxed it.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#187 » by Captain Thrust » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:12 pm

KingCuban wrote:I jinxed it.

You guys could have had a pretty damn solid Team if Bogut was healthy.. Patty Mills has been electric so far, him and Andrew would have been a nice 1-2 punch!

Also If Kyrie would have joined that would have been one hell of a team..
But alass...
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#188 » by suckfish » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:45 pm

Shved is lighting up this tournament. Take him out of the game though and Russia could be in big trouble with very little guard play to be found elsewhere. I think they could definitely take a medal here though.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#189 » by suckfish » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:34 pm

10 minutes to GB vs Brazil.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#190 » by ManualRam » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:05 pm

deng the playmaker?
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#191 » by suckfish » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:19 pm

GB only took 3 guards. One of whom tore his calf a few days before the Olympics. Instead of replacing him with another guard, we didn't. That guard didn't play vs Russia but came in vs Brazil, only to walk off limping after minutes.

So now we play the rest of the tournament with 2 guards. Mostly using 1 guard at a time, with Debg at the 2, and 3 power forwards.

Stupid.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#192 » by ManualRam » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:28 pm

suckfish wrote:GB only took 3 guards. One of whom tore his calf a few days before the Olympics. Instead of replacing him with another guard, we didn't. That guard didn't play vs Russia but came in vs Brazil, only to walk off limping after minutes.

So now we play the rest of the tournament with 2 guards. Mostly using 1 guard at a time, with Debg at the 2, and 3 power forwards.

Stupid.


its not like they had a lot of options.

was carrying van oostrum completely out of the question?
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#193 » by suckfish » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:36 pm

ManualRam wrote:
suckfish wrote:GB only took 3 guards. One of whom tore his calf a few days before the Olympics. Instead of replacing him with another guard, we didn't. That guard didn't play vs Russia but came in vs Brazil, only to walk off limping after minutes.

So now we play the rest of the tournament with 2 guards. Mostly using 1 guard at a time, with Debg at the 2, and 3 power forwards.

Stupid.


its not like they had a lot of options.

was carrying van oostrum completely out of the question?


Most people including me felt Van Oostrum should have been in the squad. It's not like he would make a huge difference, but he can certainly handle the ball and offer some penetration. Our current ball handler Nate Reinking is actually a shooting guard who can really shoot. He's having to do all the ball handling so it takes him away from working off the ball and looking for his offense.

We need two guards out there at a time because the spacing with Reinking, Deng, Sulivan or Clark, Pops, and Freeland is horrendous. Considering we now only have 2 guard total, we can only really run one out at a time.

Bonsu on the perimeter is a spinmove turnover waiting to happen. Clark can't guard 3's or put the ball on the deck. Sulivan is a 3 with the footspeed and handle of a 4.

Lenzly the guard who has torn calf isn't bad. He can make threes and doesn't seem to fold under ball pressure. But he's injured and it was a huge gamble bringing him to the tournament.

A 3rd guard right now would really friggin help.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#194 » by suckfish » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:39 pm

And Brazil have been horrendous.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#195 » by suckfish » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:41 pm

Not to mention Van Oostrum is the arguably alongside Freeland our biggest prospect for the future. He should be here developing, and it's not like he wouldn't help us in the PG department big time either.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#196 » by aaqubed » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:17 pm

Deng with back to back big threes. Terrible shooting game overall but picking it up late.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#197 » by suckfish » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:18 pm

Deng with a huge three! GB by one! Huge upset on the cards.
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#198 » by rob32 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:37 pm

Poor Deng has no offensive game besides jacking up three's. I hope he can get better at shooting the three.

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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#199 » by AAU Teammate » Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:28 pm

rob32 wrote:Poor Deng has no offensive game besides jacking up three's. I hope he can get better at shooting the three.

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You're really taking this small a sample size? What about his 37% from last year?
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Re: OT: London 2012 Olympic Basketball Thread 

Post#200 » by Rerisen » Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:37 pm

Deng has never been a great creator, and that extends to Olympic competition.

But geez, he really can't hang on to the ball. He did have a very good defender on him, but he seemed to be getting it poked away and losing it over and over. Have to think some of that is related to his wrist.

Contrary to the beginning of last year, when he looked vibrant physically, he is also going up very weak and timid around the basket, and didn't get any calls.

He did the prior game, but I can't say it was on account of real aggressive or powerful moves.

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