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1 Eye Jack said:
Nothing motivates someone like Dame more than being benched. Guarantee this will make him a better player, and maybe something he needed in his career. Great part is Pop did it, Chauncey had to love this.
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i agree with you but we have no evidence how he will react. he has never been held accountable like this
 
SlyPokerCat said:
Oh. So I guess ranking all time greats is stupid. Might as well sit around a campfire and sing kumbaya and give them all participation trophies.

Dame is awesome. You're being a homer if you don't like hearing Durant is better than Dame.
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Sure. Until Durant has a bad game with a tough matchup and Dame hits 8 threes to keep them alive in the tournament. You guys are pretty funny.
 
I thought Holiday played better and deserved to be in there at the end. But he was sloppy with the ball a few times early in the game. Dame missed some easy shots but he needs to play big minutes too. Rubio pretty much killed everyone who guarded him. Booker certainly could not guard him.

I thought the US played best with KD, Tatum, and LaVine on the court together. A lot of length there and good 3 pt shooting.
Bam needs to be part of the group as well only because there is no one else. I didn't think Draymond looked very good. But they should not waste their time trying to get BAM involved in the offense, not when you have other stars who need to find a rhythm. He just did not look comfortable out there IMO.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Sure. Until Durant has a bad game with a tough matchup and Dame hits 8 threes to keep them alive in the tournament. You guys are pretty funny.
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Do you seriously think Dame is a better player than Durant? Come on man.
 
This is nuts. What happened to Rubio? It's like the bizarro-version. Is it really Juan Carlos Navarro in disguise?
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Everyone's bitching about Dame, but look at Middleton:
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twobullz said:
Check out Booker to. Not sure why he was playing so much
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Booker was +22, so whatever he was doing, we were winning while he was doing it.

Meanwhile, board fave Jerami Grant got a whopping 37 seconds of playing time.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Booker was +22, so whatever he was doing, we were winning while he was doing it.

Meanwhile, board fave Jerami Grant got a whopping 37 seconds of playing time.
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Booker's defense was spectacular for him. His rotations in particular were sharp and on point.

Thing is, these are things that don't require athletic abilites. Just being smart and knowing where to be. Dame and CJ could learn something....
 
SlyPokerCat said:
Do you seriously think Dame is a better player than Durant? Come on man.
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I think I said they were different players with different strengths and skill sets playing different positions being asked to do different things.
Again I’m laughing at the stretches you are making.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
I think I said they were different players with different strengths and skill sets playing different positions being asked to do different things.
Again I’m laughing at the stretches you are making.
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What stretches. It is a simple question. Do you think Dame is better than Durant?

They can be different players at different positions. You can still take all that information and make a call on who you think is a better basketball player.

If that is too complex of a concept for you just say so.
 
B-Roy said:
Booker's defense was spectacular for him. His rotations in particular were sharp and on point.

Thing is, these are things that don't require athletic abilites. Just being smart and knowing where to be. Dame and CJ could learn something....
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Dame and CJ do need to learn a lot but the way that Booker slides on rotations does take really good lateral movement which comes down to a mix of specific athletic ability and footwork. One of those things is impossible to learn (CJ will never have it) and footwork is very hard learned and usually innate with the best defenders. Angles and initial positioning can be learned and both Dame and CJ find themselves out of position constantly and take bad angles on rotations... so there is room for improvement. Bottom line is that Booker is very athletic, has longer strides than both Dame and CJ and exhibits good footwork... along with fundamentals that either weren't taught or reinforced during Terry's tenure.
 
SlyPokerCat said:
What stretches. It is a simple question. Do you think Dame is better than Durant?

They can be different players at different positions. You can still take all that information and make a call on who you think is a better basketball player.

If that is too complex of a concept for you just say so.
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I feel Dame is a much better Point Guard and shooter. 6'-2"
I feel KD is a much better combo Forward and all around scoring threat. 6'-10"
Both would be great to have on the Blazers because they could win a lot of games together. Unfortunately we only have Damian Lillard.

Do you understand yet? If that is too complex for you just say so.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
I feel Dame is a much better Point Guard and shooter. 6'-2"
I feel KD is a much better combo Forward and all around scoring threat. 6'-10"
Both would be great to have on the Blazers because they could win a lot of games together. Unfortunately we only have Damian Lillard.

Do you understand yet? If that is too complex for you just say so.
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You still didn't answer. Would you take Dame over Durant?
 
If Australia plays at their best, and the USA plays at their best, USA wins. If Australia plays poorly, and USA plays poorly, USA wins. If Australia plays poorly, and USA plays at their best, it'll be a massacre. If Australia plays at their best, and USA plays poorly, USA still probably wins, but Australia might have a chance.
 
Just about half an hour and we get to see Dame play some basketball!!!
 
DUB said:
If Australia plays at their best, and the USA plays at their best, USA wins. If Australia plays poorly, and USA plays poorly, USA wins. If Australia plays poorly, and USA plays at their best, it'll be a massacre. If Australia plays at their best, and USA plays poorly, USA still probably wins, but Australia might have a chance.
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Save that mate! Your island of criminals has NO chance today bro!
 
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MickZagger said:
Oh shit. I might catch the first glimpse of Olympic basketball since the games began. What channel?
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It's on Peacock... so if you have a smart tv you can just download it for free and watch the game live streaming. It's been seamless for me so far. If you don't have a smart tv and have a video game console or cable box you should be able to download the channel on that.
 
blazerkor said:
It's on Peacock... so if you have a smart tv you can just download it for free and watch the game live streaming. It's been seamless for me so far. If you don't have a smart tv and have a video game console or cable box you should be able to download the channel on that.
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Thanks. I have streaming and already got peacock. Excited to peep this
 
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