Tokyo Olympic Basketball Tournament Discussion

makubesu · Post #2921 » by **makubesu** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:50 am

I love that Lavine is dunking it. Bulls fans have to be psyched for how confident he’s going to come in to next season (along with the new cast)

Trey24 · Post #2922 » by **Trey24** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:51 am

Chuck Diesel wrote:Yeah I’m all set on the Dame Lillard FIBA experience. We’d have been better with Fred VanVleet.

Lamelo with a broken wrist would have been more effective.

HollowEarth · Post #2923 » by **HollowEarth** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:51 am

GSP wrote:Jrue is our 2nd best player. We look like a different team when its him out there and not Dame.

Dame just isnt built for Fiba ball. Looks for calls, harder to get 3s off, doesnt play defense.

People underestimate Jrue sometimes because he's a jack of all trades. He's not necessarily a playmaker, a scorer, a shooter. The flip side of that is that he doesn't really have a weakness. He's rock solid everywhere on offense and he can defend anybody on the perimeter

CircleCitysportsfan · Post #2924 » by **CircleCitysportsfan** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:51 am

AussieCeltic wrote:
Chuck Diesel wrote:To play like absolute **** and still be so much better than Australia that we’re only down 3 is kinda badass. Took their punch.

LOL

LOL

Dupp · Post #2925 » by **Dupp** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:51 am

Sofia wrote:
Dupp wrote:When’s the other semi?

Right now, but fading

Not until tonight you liar

walk with me · Post #2926 » by **walk with me** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:51 am

BoatsNZones wrote:I will say this is so much less fun than the old days of the Olympic teams when I grew up. It's just a boring regular basketball game now (think Nets V Kings but worse). It used to be an exhibition of dominance and amazing to watch.

Disagree.. these are fun games to watch.

Badlands · Post #2927 » by **Badlands** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:52 am

Chuck Diesel wrote:Lotta gloom and doom yappers have gone quiet in this half. Haters and traitors.

I'm old enough to remember an hour ago when people were guaranteeing the US couldn't come back and win the game.

BoatsNZones · Post #2928 » by **BoatsNZones** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:52 am

Buckets22 wrote:
Buckets22 wrote:
BoatsNZones wrote:I will say this is so much less fun than the old days of the Olympic teams when I grew up. It's just a boring regular basketball game now. It used to be an exhibition of dominance and amazing to watch.

USA lacks the over the top athletes led by a proper PG like Kidd to get the fast break dunks going

Like that alley-oop of Lavine.

Indeed. And even that was a super vanilla setup. Still can't hate on the easy win, that's how it should be for them. Frankly embarrassing otherwise.

walk with me · Post #2929 » by **walk with me** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:53 am

So happy we won this one. All the clowns hating on our odds going to have to eat crow. Just have to lock down and focus for 1 more game

GetYourPHX · Post #2930 » by **GetYourPHX** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:53 am

BoatsNZones wrote:I will say this is so much less fun than the old days of the Olympic teams when I grew up. It's just a boring regular basketball game now (think Nets V Kings but worse). It used to be an exhibition of dominance and amazing to watch.

You might just be getting old and bitter bro.

makubesu · Post #2931 » by **makubesu** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:54 am

nextlife wrote:
Steven1562 wrote:Fact that USA is only down 3 after playing like that.........

Don't matter, Australia will win. Aussies play like a team and they play hard. USA no team play, just one on one offense and lazy defense.

Oof.

RB34 · Post #2932 » by **RB34** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:54 am

Booker has a such a punchable face

Dupp · Post #2933 » by **Dupp** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:54 am

I love goats.

NaturalThunder · Post #2934 » by **NaturalThunder** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:55 am

Not sure what I want to see more. I mean part of me wants to see Luka try to completely take down the world on his way to a gold, but I'd also like to see the USA revenge game against France. Like the announcers said, three of our core players (Booker, Middleton, and Holiday) arrived the morning of our loss to France in pool play while losing nearly an entire day due to the time zone change.

Jimmy Recard · Post #2935 » by **Jimmy Recard** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:55 am

Chuck Diesel wrote:To play like absolute **** and still be so much better than Australia that we’re only down 3 is kinda badass. Took their punch.

LOL

Buckets22 · Post #2936 » by **Buckets22** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:55 am

So, story of Australia - talks the talk, gets beaten like a drum in the semis.
Clown team well suited for their annoying fans.

Heat3 · Post #2937 » by **Heat3** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:56 am

Beat down is over.

RB34 · Post #2938 » by **RB34** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:56 am

Buckets22 wrote:So, story of Australia - talks the talk, gets beaten like a drum in the semis.
Clown team well suited for their annoying fans.

Never ceases to amaze me how true Americans play to their stereotype.

Mk0 · Post #2939 » by **Mk0** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:56 am

McGee out here with the tea-bag of a dunk.

Sedale Threatt · Post #2940 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Thu Aug 5, 2021 5:56 am

1st 15 minutes: 41 points
Final 25: 37

Saint Durant kept us in it and the defense was just outstanding as the game wore on. Props to Australia though, that first half was nerve wracking. Really, really quality defensive performance.