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Great passing by Spain v Tunisia.

31 assists to 16. Not just the numbers though, also the style; and always hitting the open cutter.
 
Jokic is possibly the best Center in the NBA, yet he can’t get the start for Serbia over Boban.

Similar points for each other, more rebounds for Boban, more assists, and minutes for Joker.

Their “standing” in the NBA couldn’t be more different.

Could someone please educate me?

Is it the difference between the NBA game, and the FIBA game?

Is it the way Serbia chooses to use Jokic? If so why do they do this?

Is it Grandpa Simpson? A little from column A, a little from column B?
 
DUB said:
Jokic is possibly the best Center in the NBA, yet he can’t get the start for Serbia over Boban.

Similar points for each other, more rebounds for Boban, more assists, and minutes for Joker.

Their “standing” in the NBA couldn’t be more different.

Could someone please educate me?

Is it the difference between the NBA game, and the FIBA game?

Is it the way Serbia chooses to use Jokic? If so why do they do this?

Is it Grandpa Simpson? A little from column A, a little from column B?
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It's not like he cannot start over Boban. It's just the way coach Djordjevic approached this game. And in European basketball it doesn't matter at all who starts, lineups are not like the NBA that are mostly the same throughout the year.
For sure they value Jokic more, him and Bogdanovic are their go to guys and they play through them. They have 4 Centers and especially Boban and Milutinov are more than enough to beat almost all teams in the tournament so they will try to keep Jokic's minutes low till the games that really matter.
 
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And the matchup of Giannis and the great Bojan Dubljevic is on!
 
Love to see Scola at 39 years old playing for his National Team and destroying guys like Aminu, Udoh etc. What a legend!
 
GDiama said:
Love to see Scola at 39 years old playing for his National Team and destroying guys like Aminu, Udoh etc. What a legend!
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I always thought that if I could absorb the skills of any basketball player it would be either Scola or Juan Carlos Navarro, because they can score on anybody despite having bodies of average people. (Okay, so Scola's tall, but he probably can't dunk even at his height.)

Sidenote: he finally cut his greasy locks and looks good!
 
Rudy, Claver, and.... idk the third. Rodriguez?
 
Rastapopoulos said:


Name the three ex-Blazers in this game
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Obviously Rudy and Victor. The third I didn’t spot, so I knew it must be something like a summer league spot, or Moe in the crowd, or a coach, or commentator, or ref.

Gian Clavell of Puerto Rico played for us in the 2019 summer league.
 
illmatic99 said:
Dame and CJ have been added to the camp invite list. Considering the tournament is in China, I'm expecting every player with a major shoe deal will want to go. CJ being endorsed by Li Ning prolly gives him even more incentive to try to make it.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/baske...4472/sources-lillard-beal-part-usa-hoops-camp

Camp invites so far:

Dame
CJ
Beal
Love
AD
Harden
Eric Gordon
Tatum
Mitchell
Middleton
B. Lopez
Kuzma
Aldridge
Drummond

If the Olympic dudes are out (Bron/Steph/KD/etc), I fully expect Dame to get the invite to the real team and also for him to accept it. Great chance for Dame to do some recruiting.
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It takes away from his ability to be at his max. when he plays for the Blazers. It also increases the risk of an injury.
 
More significant than Turkey beating themselves is Jayson Tatum's ankle injury. Probably minor, but still, you gotta be happy Dame and CJ aren't over there.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
More significant than Turkey beating themselves is Jayson Tatum's ankle injury. Probably minor, but still, you gotta be happy Dame and CJ aren't over there.
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These guys have been doing Team USA stuff everyday since the beginning of August and won't get home til Mid-September, then training camp starts 10 days after. The busy schedule is just too much for the players to commit too. Very understandable.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
More significant than Turkey beating themselves is Jayson Tatum's ankle injury. Probably minor, but still, you gotta be happy Dame and CJ aren't over there.
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I'm happy because it means I don't have to root against them.
 
JIngles almost getting a triple double against Senegal 17@75%/10/9

Delly not too far off either 6/8/7

Germany lead by Schroder and Theis knocked out of the World Cup by Dominican Republic and our man Luis Montero.

Canada knocked out by Lithuania, who are looking very good.

Big game coming up between Greece and New Zealand.
 
Brazil coach Aleksandar Petrovic said:
Why this sport is wonderful. You have a guy who won MVP, he’s 23 years old, and who stops him tonight? The guy who is 40 years old and kicks his ass.
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