Team Canada Basketball Thread V2.0

Madvillainy2004 · Post #2421 » by **Madvillainy2004** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 8:58 am

And1Skip wrote:Starters for rest of game please. No more backup PGs. In fact Phill scrubb should be the backup PG if Nembhard is just too inexperienced don’t put Kaza in there

Nembhard got son'd by Delly in those like 2 minutes

raptor jesus · Post #2422 » by **raptor jesus** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:03 am

man this Klassen guy is just brutal on both ends.

And1Skip · Post #2423 » by **And1Skip** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:03 am

Man why isn’t Birch in there to play the rest of the game

Madvillainy2004 · Post #2424 » by **Madvillainy2004** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:05 am

Really getting killed by Delly goddamn it lmao

raptor jesus · Post #2425 » by **raptor jesus** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:09 am

yikes. left a lot of easy points behind in this quarter. botched 3 layups and a wide open back door so far.

frumble · Post #2426 » by **frumble** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:09 am

raptor jesus wrote:i don't quite understand sitting pangos and cojo at the same time

Yup.
Clearly only 3 functional guards - Joseph, Pangos, and P. Scrubb, you can't have Joseph and Pangos resting at same time.
Keane and Nembhard looked bad in the few minutes they received, and Heslip barely played.

mathgeek · Post #2427 » by **mathgeek** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:09 am

It's amazing how good some of the NBA guys are.

Madvillainy2004 · Post #2428 » by **Madvillainy2004** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:14 am

Ugh its frustrating to imagine this team with Cory, Pangos, and Birch as bench guys with a starting 5 of all our best NBA players.

raptor jesus · Post #2429 » by **raptor jesus** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:15 am

lost all the momentum when they had to rest cojo, pangos, birch. a little more depth and it's a different story. just once it would be nice to field our best squad and wreck teams like this.

And1Skip · Post #2430 » by **And1Skip** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:18 am

And the lack of depth at the 5 is gonna haunt us next game too. I’m really disappointed that Powell chose not to participate. He and Birch would have been a perfect 5 situation. Klassen is unplayable.

PoundTown · Post #2431 » by **PoundTown** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:18 am

Imagine if we just had Jamal, Olynyk and Boucher and we’d be in great shape.

Still proud of these guys for their effort this game though.... Australia’s roster is clearly more talented than ours, and that was a really fun third quarter.

And1Skip · Post #2432 » by **And1Skip** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:21 am

There’s no garbage time in fiba right? Point differential counts

RaptorPride · Post #2433 » by **RaptorPride** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:21 am

No way we can hold back JV

Post #2434 » by **Calinks** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:25 am

Frustrating! Get 2-3 more of the Canadian NBA guys and this is a different game. Canada is so much better than this.

Madvillainy2004 · Post #2435 » by **Madvillainy2004** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:26 am

RaptorPride wrote:No way we can hold back JV

They have Sabonis at the 4 too right? loll could be a rough one

RaptorPride · Post #2436 » by **RaptorPride** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:26 am

Madvillainy2004 wrote:
RaptorPride wrote:No way we can hold back JV

They have Sabonis at the 4 too right? loll could be a rough one

yea I think thats an L

And1Skip · Post #2437 » by **And1Skip** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:28 am

Only hope is Senegal beats Australia but that’s obviously a pipe dream. We’ll finish 1-2 but hope for a tie for 2nd spot?

mathgeek · Post #2438 » by **mathgeek** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:28 am

50 points on the paint that will be a problem this whole tournament. I fail to see how we beat Lithuania if we don't shoot lights out from 3pt. I thought Heslip should have played instead of Keane at the end of the 3rd q there.

And1Skip · Post #2439 » by **And1Skip** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:31 am

mathgeek wrote:50 points on the paint that will be a problem this whole tournament. I fail to see how we beat Lithuania if we don't shoot lights out from 3pt. I thought Heslip should have played instead of Keane at the end of the 3rd q there.

Yeah love Nurse but gotta question those coaching decisions that really cost the game to go in the other direction. Kaza sub and playing Klassen too much. A small ball lineup without a true 5 would have done better since they were going zone anyway

Jstock12 · Post #2440 » by **Jstock12** » Sun Sep 1, 2019 9:32 am

Madvillainy2004 wrote:
RaptorPride wrote:No way we can hold back JV

They have Sabonis at the 4 too right? loll could be a rough one

I wasn't too impressed with the JV/Sabonis pairing, they don't seem to be a great fit, at least from the exhibition games that I've watched. The court seems to be too small for the both of them together.