FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 – (Aug. 25 - Sept. 10)

Post #121 » by **Darthlukey** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:40 am

Imagine being team usa and not only do you have austin reaves on your roster, not only do you play him bulk minutes, you have him taking key shots....

Bar Fight · Post #122 » by **Bar Fight** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:48 am

KO is a Bronze medalist

zoyathedestroya · Post #123 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:01 am

USA lost. Fire Mazzulla.

Smart2Nesmith43 · Post #124 » by **Smart2Nesmith43** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:29 pm

bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:I always want him paired with Tatum, either him or Our Man Coop...

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I guess we'll have to trust Kyrie to sabotage the Mavericks and force Doncic to ask out.

zoyathedestroya · Post #125 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 1:02 pm

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We instead got the Kyrie Experience. Fire Danny!

Half-Full · Post #126 » by **Half-Full** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:04 pm

Congratulations to Germany! They put together a good team, and they played tough. I had viewed them as a dark horse, but they showed they are deserving of the title.

Hal14 · Post #127 » by **Hal14** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:23 pm

Half-Full wrote:Congratulations to Germany! They put together a good team, and they played tough. I had viewed them as a dark horse, but they showed they are deserving of the title.

It seems like Schroder, Franz and Theis have good chemistry together. They complement each other too - a PG, a wing and a big.

And they all played together and were able to develop chemistry at last year's EuroBasket. That's one area where these teams from other countries have an advantage over the US - continuity. Other countries will have guys play for their national team in a tournament and then another tournament the next year and then another tournament a year or 2 later, etc.

The US puts out a whole different team every tournament. Every tournament, the US puts out a team with all guys who have never played together before.

flintsky21 · Post #128 » by **flintsky21** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:48 pm

Happy for Theis. He's a World Champ now. Who would've thought Theis at the 4 could work? :roll:

Hal14 · Post #129 » by **Hal14** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:42 pm

Mo Wagner is a funny guy haha.

He makes 3 jokes in a 17 second video haha.

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The world champion line was probably my favorite - clever..and quick the way he came up with that line on the fly

ConstableGeneva · Post #130 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 6:24 pm

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bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #131 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 6:57 pm

Germany: Why can't the Celtics get players like that?

zoyathedestroya · Post #132 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:54 am

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MeanGeraldGreen · Post #133 » by **MeanGeraldGreen** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:43 pm

Oh **** lol

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Hal14 · Post #134 » by **Hal14** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:53 pm

MeanGeraldGreen wrote:Oh **** lol

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Well, we better win the ring in 2024. Otherwise, we'll all be freaking out scared that Tatum will get hurt in olympics or that the Olympics will put too much wear and tear on him so he'll be less effective by the time the 2025 playoffs get here.

Celtics title in 2024..let's get it!

MeanGeraldGreen · Post #135 » by **MeanGeraldGreen** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 2:01 pm

Post #136 » by **bisme37** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:08 pm

James has spoken to Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum and Draymond Green, and they are all prepared to commit as well. Separately, Devin Booker, Damian Lillard, De’Aaron Fox and Kyrie Irving also have serious interest in committing, league sources said.

Kinda cool how Bron called his buddies and Tatum was on his short list.

The old guys were like "yo if we're doing this at 200 year old we need Tatum to carry the load."

MeanGeraldGreen · Post #137 » by **MeanGeraldGreen** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:12 pm

bisme37 wrote:
James has spoken to Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum and Draymond Green, and they are all prepared to commit as well. Separately, Devin Booker, Damian Lillard, De’Aaron Fox and Kyrie Irving also have serious interest in committing, league sources said.

Kinda cool how Bron called his buddies and Tatum was on his short list.

The old guys were like "yo if we're doing this at 200 year old we need Tatum to carry the load."

The way the league and players view Tatum is a lot different than even this board does lol.

Hal14 · Post #138 » by **Hal14** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:56 pm

bisme37 wrote:
James has spoken to Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum and Draymond Green, and they are all prepared to commit as well. Separately, Devin Booker, Damian Lillard, De’Aaron Fox and Kyrie Irving also have serious interest in committing, league sources said.

Kinda cool how Bron called his buddies and Tatum was on his short list.

The old guys were like "yo if we're doing this at 200 year old we need Tatum to carry the load."

He's a no-brainer to be on the short list. 1st team all-NBA 2 years in a row. Top 4 in MVP voting last season. Tatum is the only guy who finished top 5 in MVP voting last season who was born in the US. And he's entering his prime, where guys like LeBron, KD and Curry are past theirs.

Bar Fight · Post #139 » by **Bar Fight** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:48 pm

Half those guys won't be healthy next summer

Tatumfor2 · Post #140 » by **Tatumfor2** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:57 pm

Hal14 wrote:
MeanGeraldGreen wrote:Oh **** lol

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Well, we better win the ring in 2024. Otherwise, we'll all be freaking out scared that Tatum will get hurt in olympics or that the Olympics will put too much wear and tear on him so he'll be less effective by the time the 2025 playoffs get here.

Celtics title in 2024..let's get it!

As long as he skips the All-star game we should be set.