July 6, 20214 yr Let's start this off with, no joke, a video of Zach Lavine learning what a travel is, as he prepares to compete in a tournament where they actually call traveling violations. The number of genuine questions he has about what constitutes a travel cracks me up. he's like, "so if i take two steps without dribbling...that's a travel?" Edited July 6, 20214 yr by shadow_operative
July 6, 20214 yr 9 hours ago, jeevsie said: "But it's literally called a Euro step!!" Dude's got a point.
July 6, 20214 yr I read some article about this the other day. The NBA has something called the "gather provision". I'm not sure when it was instituted, but suffice to say some time between my last high school game in 1995 and now, a change was made. Or at the very least a change in how the rule is interpreted was explicitly changed by NBA head honchos. It boils down to how lenient the NBA is vs other leagues on the gather step. Essentially the NBA doesn't count the gather step as part of your 2 allotted steps after picking up your dribble. Edited July 6, 20214 yr by Catdaddyhorn
July 6, 20214 yr Ultimately you end up with shit like this. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CP3qvInAMO2/?utm_medium=copy_link
July 7, 20214 yr Can't blame Pop... https://nypost.com/2021/07/06/gregg-popovich-was-ready-to-beg-to-get-kevin-durant-to-olympics/amp/
July 8, 20214 yr 15 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said: man the tip off times fucking blow. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone
July 8, 20214 yr There's a little grumbling in SA re: Pop. San Antonio (Santa Antonions?) Got spoiled with success and his political stances don't make the $ people nor ownership particulary happy. The team is down. I think he'll take more crap if we don't win it all. Great coach.
July 8, 20214 yr Obviously a number of top guys aren't playing on the team, and there has been criticism of the roster (Love). After seeing today that Japan is in a State of Emergency, I wondered....are the participants required to be vaccinated? Is that what turned a number of players away?
July 8, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Don Johnson said: Obviously a number of top guys aren't playing on the team, and there has been criticism of the roster (Love). After seeing today that Japan is in a State of Emergency, I wondered....are the participants required to be vaccinated? Is that what turned a number of players away? I'm not aware of any NBA players who aren't already vaccinated.
July 8, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, aggie08 said: I'm not aware of any NBA players who aren't already vaccinated. Most haven't said one way or the other, which is strange because they could really do a lot to promote it.
July 8, 20214 yr Just now, Don Johnson said: Most haven't said one way or the other, which is strange because they could really do a lot to promote it. The NBA had a different set of protocols if a teams had over 75 or 85% of their players vaccinated. When Dennis Schroeder went on an extended quarantine it meant that at least 2 of the Lakers weren't vaxed at the time. People theorized that it was Schroeder and Lebron who weren't vaccinated at time because comments made by Schroeder about this length of his quarantine. I say all this to say that a certain point of the season most teams were over that 85% threshold.
July 8, 20214 yr I would say that the short off-season from a cramped season that had its own short off-season is the main reason for players dropping out. Everybody and their mother getting hurt in the playoffs only confirmed the decisions that they had probably already made in their heads.
July 8, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, aggie08 said: I would say that the short off-season from a cramped season that had its own short off-season is the main reason for players dropping out. Everybody and their mother getting hurt in the playoffs only confirmed the decisions that they had probably already made in their heads. Absolutely I see that as the main reason. Just seeing the State of Emergency in Japan made me wonder if any players would drop out due to it, especially if not vaccinated. The it hit me that they probably are required to be vaccinated for international competition and anyone who isn't wouldn't be allowed to be on the team. It really is amazing that a league as socially conscience as the NBA hasn't had players front and center promoting the vaccine. Think about how influential it would be for Lebron to video himself getting the shot on his twitter. I bet over a million people across the world would follow suit. Instead, his coyness (he's not alone) on the issue leads one to believe he isn't vaccinated. Make me wonder if the players have an agreement that vaccinated players will not promote the vaccine as it would indirectly shame those who haven't promoted.
July 9, 20214 yr 12 hours ago, Don Johnson said: Obviously a number of top guys aren't playing on the team, and there has been criticism of the roster (Love). After seeing today that Japan is in a State of Emergency, I wondered....are the participants required to be vaccinated? Is that what turned a number of players away? We're in a transition period where a lot of guys shouldn't be expected to keep coming back for the Olympics (like Curry, LeBron, Kawhi, Harden, Durant). And on top of that there have been a bunch of injuries combined with some shortened season stuff. It's why Durant playing is so amazing and why he deserves the lion's share credit if/when we win. This roster could have been a huge question mark but he stepped up despite coming off of an Achilles injury and burning himself out during the playoffs. Pretty legendary stuff - there's no reason for him to be on this roster. He just loves hooping.
July 9, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, ztejas said: We're in a transition period where a lot of guys shouldn't be expected to keep coming back for the Olympics (like Curry, LeBron, Kawhi, Harden, Durant). And on top of that there have been a bunch of injuries combined with some shortened season stuff. It's why Durant playing is so amazing and why he deserves the lion's share credit if/when we win. This roster could have been a huge question mark but he stepped up despite coming off of an Achilles injury and burning himself out during the playoffs. Pretty legendary stuff - there's no reason for him to be on this roster. He just loves hooping. Curry has actually never played in the Olympics. A little shocked he’s not playing.
July 9, 20214 yr 21 hours ago, Don Johnson said: Absolutely I see that as the main reason. Just seeing the State of Emergency in Japan made me wonder if any players would drop out due to it, especially if not vaccinated. The it hit me that they probably are required to be vaccinated for international competition and anyone who isn't wouldn't be allowed to be on the team. It really is amazing that a league as socially conscience as the NBA hasn't had players front and center promoting the vaccine. Think about how influential it would be for Lebron to video himself getting the shot on his twitter. I bet over a million people across the world would follow suit. Instead, his coyness (he's not alone) on the issue leads one to believe he isn't vaccinated. Make me wonder if the players have an agreement that vaccinated players will not promote the vaccine as it would indirectly shame those who haven't promoted. They have. They've had numerous PSAs with some of the league's stars, including some of the "elder statesmen" like Russell, Kareem, Magic, and Irving. Steph has pushed the hell out of the vaccine, has CDC links on his webpage, and has interviewed Fauci on his podcast. So really you're mostly talking about LeBron. Agreed that him being more up front would be beneficial, but, as others have mentioned elsewhere, the history of injections and black Americans is a complicated one. To the point of your initial post, I highly doubt the potential need to be vaccinated for international play made anyone's decision not to play in Japan.
July 9, 20214 yr 26 minutes ago, aggie08 said: They have. They've had numerous PSAs with some of the league's stars, including some of the "elder statesmen" like Russell, Kareem, Magic, and Irving. Steph has pushed the hell out of the vaccine, has CDC links on his webpage, and has interviewed Fauci on his podcast. So really you're mostly talking about LeBron. Agreed that him being more up front would be beneficial, but, as others have mentioned elsewhere, the history of injections and black Americans is a complicated one. To the point of your initial post, I highly doubt the potential need to be vaccinated for international play made anyone's decision not to play in Japan. No. I'm talking about most of the league's stars. Guys who have a lot of influence. Good for Steph. I don't get why anyone would get vaccinated and be secretive about it when they have the ability to save lives.
July 9, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, conVINCEd said: Curry has actually never played in the Olympics. A little shocked he’s not playing. Good point.
July 10, 20214 yr On 7/8/2021 at 11:17 PM, conVINCEd said: Curry has actually never played in the Olympics. A little shocked he’s not playing. Yeah, that's crazy. He's one of the best fits for international ball too.
July 10, 20214 yr 19 minutes ago, Llogg said: Yeah, that's crazy. He's one of the best fits for international ball too. 2012 I think he was hurt and if we’re being honest probably a borderline selection at that point. 2016 he opted out to recover from the playoff run, pretty sure his wife was pregnant as well and there was the whole Zika thing going on in Brazil.
July 10, 20214 yr 17 hours ago, Brothahorn said: Just cancel the Olympics. Shit is boring anyway. I would fight you over this post if this were Barcelona in 1992. Shit's never been the same since.
July 10, 20214 yr i really enjoyed the 2008 olympics in bejing. 2012 and (especially) 2016 weren't all that memorable. i like basketball, swimming, some of the track stuff, beach volleyball if the chicks are hot, soccer and, to a lesser extent, tennis, boxing and golf.
July 11, 20214 yr Light just went off in my head. If Popp is gonna start Dame and bring Draymond in with the second unit he might want to rethink that. Those two need to share the floor 80% of the time either is out there.
July 11, 20214 yr 48 minutes ago, Message Board User said: RIP KD. Umm fuck you for this. I can't find any news about an injury.
July 11, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Llogg said: Umm fuck you for this. I can't find any news about an injury.
July 11, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, Message Board User said: Just some incredible shooting from Nigeria - I think that's 22 made 3s tonight. I think it said 20/42 which is ridiculous. I wasn't able to watch much. Let's see how they play in game 2. This roster isn't exactly optimal - they'll need some time to figure things out. I think Booker will make a difference, too. I trust him much more than Beal or Lavine who would probably make this team better by opting out.
July 11, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, gsoda3 said: We lost to Nigeria. Only our third exhibition loss since 1992. That seems not to bode well.
July 11, 20214 yr Author of we lost another star or two to long term injury in the olympics i am going to be both irate and crestfallen. i wish we could have found a way to field of team of lesser stars who almost exclusively did not go past the first round of the playoffs.
July 11, 20214 yr Author people who know more than i do: what would the Team USA roster look like if it were all guys 25 and under?
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