FIBA World Cup 2019

[SIeepwalker]

What a wasted opportunity to get to the World Cup Finals. Disgusting performance. Thoses guys played with no heart the whole game and all the big names were fucking ghosts. What a disappointment after beating team USA.

23/59 shooting, 7/31 from three and 13/25 from the line.

I hope Argentina wins it all

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Poor Patty is going to be kicking himself:

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Scola finishes with 28/13 in 33 mins. Dude hits threes now.

Even Aaron Baynes hits threes now.

 

[illmatic99]

Even Aaron Baynes hits threes now.

I'm just sayin, this guy was part of the 04 Olympic Gold medal team and just flat out destroyed Jokic and Gobert in back to back games.

He's about to run the table on Marc Gasol in the finals.

And he got rid of his greasy mane. Needs to get back to the league.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Claver looks good! I'd welcome him back.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I'm just sayin, this guy was part of the 04 Olympic Gold medal team and just flat out destroyed Jokic and Gobert in back to back games.

He's about to run the table on Marc Gasol in the finals.

And he got rid of his greasy mane. Needs to get back to the league.

Agreed - especially about the hair. He deserves back much more than Iso Joe.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Forgot Scola went to Indy for a while there.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I'm also intrigued by Ponitka, as he seems to be a do-everything forward with good athleticism

He's like the poor man's Polish Ginobili

 

[riverman]

Scola is a FIBA legend...he's like Melo when it comes to international play....Scola is amazing in these competitions...always has been.

 

[Haakzilla]

Claver looks good! I'd welcome him back.

...yes he does, especially if he can drain 3s like this at a high clip!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Anyone who thinks the international game is soft should watch this game:

Batum dragged France home on this one.

We need an Argentinian and then the Blazers would've had ex-players on all four final squads. Props to Patty, Batum, Rudy and Victor.

 

[DUB]

I had to take a bit of a break from basketball after Australia's losses at the World Cup. I'm gutted, but really we've only got ourselves to blame. We made errors (turnovers, dumb fouls, missed easy baskets) at crucial points in the last couple of games.

Well done Spain, Argentina, and France.

 

[DUB]

Poor Patty is going to be kicking himself:

He will be, but plenty of other Aussies should also share the blame. There were worse mistakes made at other key moments of the game.

 

[DUB]

Anyone who thinks the international game is soft should watch this game:

The Australia v Lithuania game was even more brutal.

Batum dragged France home on this one.

Certainly did. Stepped up when they needed someone.

We need an Argentinian and then the Blazers would've had ex-players on all four final squads. Props to Patty, Batum, Rudy and Victor.

I can't believe it's been almost 10 years since Fabricio Orberto played for us, seems like yesterday.

 

[DUB]

Seems Patty may have been in the World Cup All-Star Five until Rubio's performance in the Final pushed Patty out.

“Well that’s awks,” Mills tweeted on Tuesday night. “Not the ultimate award I was after, but I was told by Basketball Australia on the bus post-game that I made the All-Star Five … don’t know what happened after that. It’s not the ultimate prize but man it’s one hell of a prestigious acknowledgment.”

“Don’t think there’s any conspiracy,” he added. “Just was told by Basketball Australia that I had to go to the Gold Medal game to be presented. Found out by my teammates at team dinner that things had changed.”

https://www.news.com.au/sport/baske...d/news-story/dae57c453537aa90fa9fad0e189290cd

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Seems Patty may have been in the World Cup All-Star Five until Rubio's performance in the Final pushed Patty out.

A lot of people can claim to have been screwed: Campazzo was amazing right up to the final. Joe Ingles was at least as important as Patty. Gobert was probably MORE important than Fournier. Bogdanovic looked like tournament MVP but then Australia went further than Serbia, so maybe Patty over Bogdanovic?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[GDiama]

Lmao at the Nigerian coach reaction for the top play. No wonder they couldn't set up a right play and played endless ones on ones. This guy is all for a good show.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

@DUB

 

[Rastapopoulos]