OT Mens/Womens Olympic basketball thread

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Pinwheel1]

I think Cousins is a good player, and I would still like to have him on our team, but trading a lot to get him should not be an option. He is especially useless in the Olympics because they already have plenty of scorers. And although he is a very good passer, running the offense though a center rarely happens anymore.

And his D?

NOT
Impressed
At all

 

[ripcityboy]

If they can keep that kind of production going into next season..... I'll be happy.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Love how many techs us has been getting. We are represented by a bunch of whiney bitches and sadly, its an accurate representation of how whiney this country has become.

 

[riverman]

Serbia played a hell of a game!

 

[HailBlazers]

Serbia played a hell of a game!

Team USA sucks at basketball!

http://www.foxsports.com/olympics/s...91-rio-why-garbage-bad-poor-play-awful-081216

 

[Sinobas]

I think team USA should not be filled with all-stars. They just take turns playing one on one, and we are barely beating teams that don't even have any nba talent. Get some mid-level talent that might be more eager to prove themselves.

 

[BonesJones]

Draymond Green is so overrated. Had he gone somewhere else he wouldn't be an "all-star". The dude doesnt CREATE for others, nor does he score much offensively (12ppg). His percentages are okay because of the space he gets from the attention paid to Curry and Klay.

The Olympics are showing that right now. He's trash. I wouldn't be surprised if he fades into mediocrity next season.

And if one of Klay/Durant plays like this, then they're very beatable.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Draymond Green is so overrated. Had he gone somewhere else he wouldn't be an "all-star". The dude doesnt CREATE for others, nor does he score much offensively (12ppg). His percentages are okay because of the space he gets from the attention paid to Curry and Klay.

The Olympics are showing that right now. He's trash. I wouldn't be surprised if he fades into mediocrity next season.

And if one of Klay/Durant plays like this, then they're very beatable.

I think gutting the bench for Durant might have been their worst move they could have made. They were a well oiled TEAM machine. Now they will all need to make major adjustments, and sometimes that's very tough for stars.

 

[riverman]

Kerr is going to be severely tested trying to make his new roster work...Golden State doesn't really have offensive sets...they run iso ball off screens or drive and dish but they are a good defensive team or were, that have chuckers who make ridiculous shots..if the mojo slumps...they are in trouble. Durant shot 4 times in the game against Serbia...I can see that happening in GS...Curry likes the ball a lot

 

[Rastapopoulos]

This US team has enough talent so that if you made an all-star team from all the other teams, it should still beat it. But it's looking more likely to lose a game than any US team in a decade.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

...however, they may not simply because the other good teams are weaker than they have been. If the US was playing the peak Spain or Argentina teams of the past decade then I'd seriously bet against them. But this is a sort of in-between generation internationally. Ginobili, Parker, Gasol - all old.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

De Colo's much-improved since he went back to Europe. Maybe it's the hair. (Remember, France left Evan Fournier off their squad by choice.)

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I think gutting the bench for Durant might have been their worst move they could have made. They were a well oiled TEAM machine. Now they will all need to make major adjustments, and sometimes that's very tough for stars.

I think it'll be a lot like the Heat(les). Everyone thought they'd trample roughshod over the league but it took them a season to gel.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Carmelo is so bad on defense. I know this is nothing new, but dang he's getting killed.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

"Slick" oop from Irving to Durant right thur. Damn!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[riverman]

Team USA needs to keep Durant the number one option...glad to see Irving help out with that

 

[Rastapopoulos]

France has rested Tony Parker basically the whole game.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Heurtel is not as good as Team USA is making him look.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Nice to see Draymond and Barnes getting minimal PT.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Heurtel is not as good as Team USA is making him look.

So he isn't John Stockton 2.0? Damn, was looking forward to that.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

A French 3 at the buzzer makes it 100-97 USA. Against a basically Parker-less (not to mention Noah and Fournier-less) France. A French team that the Aussies DESTROYED in their first game.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[ripcityboy]

I honestly think we should be playing amateurs in the Olympics. Even if other countries are putting In NBA caliber players. These guys are playing down on their ability. I liked that the Olympics once gave our best talent a show case for upcoming glory. Players would be motivated to play at the highest level. Guys you'd see rubbing shoulders in the NBA in a few years.

The Olympic baseball team was always like this. It had players who you'd see as future stars. Of course the IOC got rid of baseball and so the Commissioner started the World Baseball Classic. Which helped promote the game better.
Now they realized they fucked up and are bringing it back in 2020. But thanks IOC. You complete morons.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I honestly think we should be playing amateurs in the Olympics.

Why? The only possible reason is so, if you're beaten, you can say "well, if we'd've sent our BEST players we'd've won!"

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

China and Venezuela sure helped with that 23.4 MOV...

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Cuban is probably feeling better about getting Bogut right now.