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So glad this little league game is on...
 
Rastapopoulos said:
France vs. Ukraine (coached by Mike Fratello and featuring prominent Ukrainian point guard Pooh Jeter) kicks off in 15 mins, at 11:30 PST.
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Andray Blatche is Filipino apparently.
 
Flurry of points by Batum (who ends up with 25) at the end but France still loses to Australia. Whose best player is the Spurs scrub Baynes.

Edit: according to this they took one of Nic's points away.

Trivia: without using the internet, which NBA teams (plural) had a player on each side of the France/Australia matchup?
 
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Would be better for Dame to:

A. Make the team and get minutes
B. Make the team as insurance, but not play much
C. Get cut from team

I think B. Might be the best option. If he makes the team and doesn't play he would still learn a lot from being there and being around those guys as they try to win it all.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
Would be better for Dame to:

A. Make the team and get minutes
B. Make the team as insurance, but not play much
C. Get cut from team

I think B. Might be the best option. If he makes the team and doesn't play he would still learn a lot from being there and being around those guys as they try to win it all.
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A or B. Whatever gets him to continue to play with and against such high quality players is a good thing.
 
B would be OK, but I don't think that is the best scenario. Playing 20 minutes every few days is not going to wear him down. I would say A is best as it gives him the best experience. If you have to travel, you might as well play. So I would put it in this order: A, C, B.

But overall he has already gotten something out of it.
 
C. no other option. It could very well impact the team if we are to be in a playoff stretch... And we know terry doesnt sit his starters.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Flurry of points by Batum (who ends up with 25) at the end but France still loses to Australia. Whose best player is the Spurs scrub Baynes.

Edit: according to this they took one of Nic's points away.

Trivia: without using the internet, which NBA teams (plural) had a player on each side of the France/Australia matchup?
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Jazz. Gelebelle(sp) and Exum

Edit: and as jlprk said, spurs. They have diaw as well.
 
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riverman said:
Aren't Gobert and the French guy with the Wizards on the team?(Seraphin maybe?)
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Gobert plays for france. I think the question is what nba teams have a player on the France roster and the Australia roster.

Gobert plays for the jazz anyways, seraphin does play for the wiz though.
 
http://espn.go.com/olympics/basketb...roster-cut-come-thursdayex_cid=espnnbaTwitter

"USAB must submit its official 12-man roster for the World Cup on Aug. 29 -- one day before the tournament starts -- but Colangelo said there remains "a possibility we could carry 13 to Spain" and then make one last cut in the final week before the tournament begins"

That would suck if Dame had to fly to Spain and then got cut....

Hopefully he will know by Thursday.
 
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Man... that team is going to suck if it's got Faried for any half-court game as a 'core' player. And I like Faried.
 
Kyrie being a lock is a bit unexpected. I thought he and Dame were neck and neck.

Damn. Dame is gonna get cut-- I feel bad for the PGs on the USA roster now. #DamegoingHAM
 
Irving is surprising... in a vacuum. If you take out Coach K's relationship with Irving as a former Blue Devil, ...Irving is a worse three-point shooter than Lillard (though still a good one), a worse defender than Lillard (and don't even get me started on the gap between Irving and the already-cut John Wall on defense), and Lillard has had fewer reported attitude issues. Irving admitted earlier this week that he hasn't been a leader "at all" in Cleveland.
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http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...cuts-coming-thursday-irving-faried-among-core
 
Spain vs. Croatia, full game:

[video=youtube;nVXBTE2OA5s]

(Fast forward to 55 mins for the first Claver sighting. But that's when Spain busts the game wide open!)
 
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KeepOnRollin said:
Sounds like Tom Thibodeau is on board with Rose getting the kinks out for Team USA instead of with his team.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/basketb...rick-rose-getting-cautious-treatment-team-usa

Sly and others thought Tibs might push for Rose not to make the team but looks to be the exact opposite.
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This is what I was thinking. Rose is using this more like a summer league, which would get to me a little that he is wearing a USA jersey and really it is about him rather than team USA . . . but reality is that is how many other NBA players are treating FIBA. Players dropping out for fatigue, contract issues and or jkust wanting some time off.

Personally I think they should go back to college players. Yes Team USA will lose, but there will be players there who will be going all out and trying to win for the USA. Right now it is a glorified summer league.
 
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Treaty_of_Batum said:
Personally I think they should go back to college players. Yes Team USA will lose, but there will be players there who will be going all out and trying to win for the USA. Right now it is a glorified summer league.
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I think they should go to places like Rucker and form a team of uber-talented guys who somehow lost their opportunity to play organized team ball. Make team USA a bunch of underdog stories. I bet they could absolutely be competitive on a world scale with a squad of the country's best unknown streetballers.
 
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