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USA will never be able to adjust how they actually call travel in fiba Vs getting away with that first step without dribbling in the nba

These commentators are absolute dipshits. 

These ad boards along the sidelines that play fast moving ads has to fuck with the players visions.

Shit is non stop haha

1 hour ago, UpperWestside said:

99-72 sounds about right for a final score. 

10 points under the spread?

Fire Kerr …

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12 minutes ago, dogbreath said:

South Sudan v Puerto Rico is fun. PR wins in OT. 

That would’ve been awesome had South Sudan won. Puerto Rico probably advances with that win.

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I never see the ESPN site for the US because of a trip in January that linked me to the Aussie version, but I saw a Windhorst article on there about the game.

Reaves is the fan favorite because, Lakers. I am sure that can be annoying to other fanbases, but the team has the biggest worldwide fanbase so he gets the biggest cheers. 
 

The first unit seems to have been surprised that the All Blacks would come out and play physical. That part is on the coaches as they should have probably emphasized that point more. If New Zealand was competing in a croquet match they’d find a way to be physical and smash mallets. Physicality is kind of their national trait. The 2nd unit seems to have picked up on that and pushed the pace according to Windhorst. This team is going to have to push end-to-end to win the tournament. Perhaps inserting Reaves in with the starters might make sense as he plays a style that works in international play.

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The Germans took a close with one the Boomers 85-82. In the NBA saying this would be laughable, but Australia not having Landale hurts against a team with the size that Germany has in the frontcourt. 

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Canada won 128-73 against Lebanon. They darn near had the whole team in double figures and set a new FIBA assist record with 44. 

Canada has a nice squad but this France team is terrible. They just lost to Latvia who has one very middling NBA player. 

10 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

It doesn’t work as well w/o huge props and hookers.

 

 

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Canada has a nice squad but this France team is terrible. They just lost to Latvia who has one very middling NBA player. 

I haven’t seen France but sounds like their offense/ point guards are abysmal.

Oh well…. I didn’t want Rudy playing too much into Sept anyways
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1 hour ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:


I haven’t seen France but sounds like their offense/ point guards are abysmal.

Oh well…. I didn’t want Rudy playing too much into Sept anyways

France has completely collapsed. Getting the doors blown off in the first game seems to have destroyed any shot they had. Losing today probably gets them a whole new coaching staff and management team going forward.

US is playing right now. Not sure how much I'll be able to watch. 

We're handing Greece a conservative asswhipping. 

Reaves pacing us with 15 off the bench.

Austin Reeves has been the best player on the team so far.

6 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

Austin Reeves has been the best player on the team so far.

I mean I'd put Ant 1st but outside of him Reaves and Haliburton probably round out the top 3. 

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On 8/28/2023 at 10:31 AM, Fastbreak said:

Austin Reeves has been the best player on the team so far.

His ascent is somewhat incredible. Two years ago he was on almost no one’s radar and now he is a major factor and component of our national team. I enjoy seeing players succeed like he has. 

Looks like we phoned it in a bit against Montenegro. Will need to play better against Lithuania. 

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Some great results today it seems like looking at the scores. If I wasn’t spending all day at the beach these would’ve been some great games to see earlier this morning. The Aussies, Spain, Canada and Serbia all done. Results like this are a huge boon for the growth of the game on a worldwide level. Luka didn’t even have to have a big game for the Slovenians to move on.


The US can’t take a single thing for granted. Thankfully having two great NBA head coaches in Kerr and Spoelstra making the decisions should be a big advantage for the final three games. Glad that both of them are leading things coaching-wise.

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On 8/30/2023 at 2:53 PM, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Good player too. Sucks he’s a laker but that’s life

I think that more teams are going to have to unearth players like this going forward. The Heat and Lakers have just been ahead of the curve on this, but eventually other organizations catch up.

US toughed it out against Montenegro. Yugoslavia would have a hell of a team if the country didn’t annihilate itself. Slovenia Serbia and Montenegro all made it the second round. 

I think that more teams are going to have to unearth players like this going forward. The Heat and Lakers have just been ahead of the curve on this, but eventually other organizations catch up.

Yep. Don’t need to score 30PPG to be a very effective player. Do everything good to well..,and nothing superb

Reaves was the best player again this morning

How does the second round of pool play work because Brazil upset  Canada? Fuckin’ Canada. 

Lol Canada lost to Brazil.

Someone tell all of the 13 year olds on nba reddit that were freaking out about the US beating Montenegro by a measly 12 points. 

Nvm.

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1 hour ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

For those who haven't been keeping up, this is the team that the Royal with Cheese is coaching. So an extra hearty Hook 'Em for this news!

US and Lithuania play tomorrow. Both have qualified for quarters.

Same for Germany and Slovenia as they play tomorrow but both are already qualified at 4-0 

Winners of tomorrow games qualify for quarters in the other brackets as all teams are 3-1. Should be some competitive games. Too bad they’re not on at reasonable times.

Italy v Puerto Rico 

Brazil v Latvia

Dominican Republic v Serbia

Spain v Canada. 

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11 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

 

They will eventually have to either make a documentary or movie about this. This is an astounding achievement for them considering  the extremely difficult circumstances they are in as a country. I also hope this helps lead Ivey to a good head coaching job in the next 2-3 years. 

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Anyone able to watch the US right now? Lithuania came out of the blocks well it looks like.

9 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

Anyone able to watch the US right now? Lithuania came out of the blocks well it looks like.

It's on ESPN+ and it's absolutely ugly. Very little team play on offense and poor effort on defense. 

It sucks that we’re losing by 17 at the half, but it’s awesome to watch Lithuania play fundamental basketball. Helps that they haven’t fucking missed. FIBA basketball really is a superior product to the NBA in terms of officiating and pace of play.

25 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

It's on ESPN+ and it's absolutely ugly. Very little team play on offense and poor effort on defense. 

Also on espn2. 

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We don’t have anything but tennis on at work (Working the US Open) so no way I can see the game. Looks like they have closed the gap quite a bit.

49 minutes ago, Kermit said:

It sucks that we’re losing by 17 at the half, but it’s awesome to watch Lithuania play fundamental basketball. Helps that they haven’t fucking missed. FIBA basketball really is a superior product to the NBA in terms of officiating and pace of play.

No way. The officiating is pathetic. Pace of play is a push. It's a glorified college game. 

Team USA is still not built properly. Have to be able to rebound the ball and there are no rebounding bigs on this team. 

Fuck every team that's not the USA.

2 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

No way. The officiating is pathetic.

My man, do you even NBA ref? They actually call violations in FIBA.

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Pace of play is a push.

The lack of constant timeouts and commercials is not a bad thing. 
 

 

Just now, Kermit said:

My man, do you even NBA ref? They actually call violations in FIBA.

The lack of constant timeouts and commercials is not a bad thing. 
 

 

I was looking at the refereeing independently of the NBA. I don't feel that in the international game, USA gets the same calls the opposition gets.

Agreed on the lack of timeouts and commercials. FIBA doesn't have a brand to maintain and we're 'Murica so we push capitalism to the extreme, hence the incessant ads.

Just now, UDontKnow said:

I was looking at the refereeing independently of the NBA. I don't feel that in the international game, USA gets the same calls the opposition gets.

Agreed on the lack of timeouts and commercials. FIBA doesn't have a brand to maintain and we're 'Murica so we push capitalism to the extreme, hence the incessant ads.

They probably don’t. FIBA refs don’t reward the Hardenesque foul hunting calls. There’s always an adjustment and the guys who play over there obviously have an advantage. As to the commercials, there’s got to be a way ad placement can replace constant stoppages. Baseball has somewhat figured it out. Watching football this weekend was an absolute beating with all the breaks. I digress. Hopefully this turns up the heat on the guys. It’s aleays good to get that wake-up loss in a round where it doesn’t affect your chances of advancing.

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5 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

I was looking at the refereeing independently of the NBA. I don't feel that in the international game, USA gets the same calls the opposition gets.

Agreed on the lack of timeouts and commercials. FIBA doesn't have a brand to maintain and we're 'Murica so we push capitalism to the extreme, hence the incessant ads.

The officiating nuances between the international and NBA game are still new to most American players. The NBA will almost never call a travel and the international game is more physical which does not translate well for many of the American players. 

2 minutes ago, Kermit said:

They probably don’t. FIBA refs don’t reward the Hardenesque foul hunting calls. There’s always an adjustment and the guys who play over there obviously have an advantage. As to the commercials, there’s got to be a way ad placement can replace constant stoppages. Baseball has somewhat figured it out. Watching football this weekend was an absolute beating with all the breaks. I digress. Hopefully this turns up the heat on the guys. It’s aleays good to get that wake-up loss in a round where it doesn’t affect your chances of advancing.

 

1 minute ago, UpperWestside said:

The officiating nuances between the international and NBA game are still new to most American players. The NBA will almost never call a travel and the international game is more physical which does not translate well for many of the American players. 

 

Gotta go back to the 1980s NBA style ball. I am sick and tired of seeing our boys getting bodied up in these FIBA matches.

Well made it exciting at the end. Lithuania just kept counter punching our runs

Wasted a damn good game from [emoji220]

Seems like 50% of the team is tired of being there. They’re used to being “the guy” on their nba teams and can’t stand the thought of referring to others

Keep ant, bridges, haliburton, reaves and banchero


Fill the rest of the team out with bigs and 3 pt shooters

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The US got a nice break getting Italy next. After that going against a highly motivated possible opponent in Germany seems kind of daunting for this competition, especially if Schroeder continues to give the Germans elite play from the point. Best thing to happen for the US is for the Serbians and Lithuanians to play each other. Our lack of size gets painfully exposed against teams like that. I am not fully on board with loading the team up with wings with length because of that being a strength we have. Going forward we are going to have to find at least 2 bangers that do not mind physical play. Kerr may not like that, but being unbending in that respect may eventually cost the US.

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