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QU!K said:
Where’s the negative press questioning if team usa can win the fiba?
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I dunno. They were probably the tournament favorites. You making it sound like they were projected to be the 1992 squad.

This team losing isn't remotely surprising, just disappointing.
 
RyGuy45 said:
I ask this honestly, but do other top countries throw their team together for the first time a couple months before a tournament begins? (not their fault if they don't, I admit that)
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A lot of countries have the same core like spain’s core is Llull Rubio Fernandez Gasol’s and lately the hernangomez’s . Aus’s core is bogut mills ingles etc, Argentina is campazzo scola garino so most of the time chemistry is not that big of an issue.They start practicing about a month and a half before like the US. A lot of international players also skip fiba tournaments.
 
addict4sneakers said:
The fact that Team Canada thought they could send 3rd/4th tier players and still moon walk through the tournament shows the arrogance y’all have
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Wait. Canada has a team?

Whats the selection process?

Do they just pick random guys off the street and pay them in bagged milk?
 
USA shot poorly from 3 and the free throw which was a trend all tournament. Team full of streak shooters that never got in rhythm. Kemba was getting lit up. He can't be your best player because of his defense plus his offense can be shutdown in these situations and now you're running everything thru your second option who in most cases wouldn't even be as good as Mitchell.
 
Vincent Van Goat said:
Spain, Australia, France, Serbia didn't send their best?
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They all had injuries , key players pulling out. USA just had the worst case . Serbia lost their starting PG , Spain didnt have mirotic or Ibaka. I didnt see Huertel , Diot for france as well. They couldve been anticipating Parker to play as well
 
This USA team was a disgrace. In the future, the team needs to consist of players that WANT to be there. Should’ve sent the select team coached by Van Gundy.

Or get creative with the roster. This was just a hodgepodge of good but not great players. All of them were exposed.

The funny part is - nobody on this USA team has accomplished a damn thing in the league. There should be no entitlement. This was their chance to actually play for something. Now they can get back to their nba careers. Kemba can get back to doing what he does best. Dropping 40 in a truly meaningless game vs the Pistons.
 
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Vincent Van Goat said:
You're moving goalposts onto hockey rinks. The evidence you bring doesn't prove that many believed this tournament would be a moon walk
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Being tournament favourites isn’t evidence team usa thought they were gonna moonwalk through the tournament?
 
pums said:
They all had injuries , key players pulling out. USA just had the worst case . Serbia lost their starting PG , Spain didnt have mirotic or Ibaka. I didnt see Huertel , Diot for france as well. They couldve been anticipating Parker to play as well
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Milos got hurt during tourney play, Spain is rolling without those guys and Parker would be good but I don't think he's that big of a factor at this point

For the most part, the main countries were able to get their best out there
 
j rain said:
This USA team was a disgrace. In the future, the team needs to consist of players that WANT to be there. Should’ve sent the select team coached by Van Gundy.

Or get creative with the roster. This was just a hodgepodge of good but not great players. All of them were exposed.

The funny part is - nobody on this USA team has accomplished a damn thing in the league. There should be no entitlement. This was their chance to actually play for something. Now they can get back to their meaningless nba careers. Kenba can get back to doing what he does best. Dropping 40 on the Bulls in November.
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Why do you think these players on the team didn't WANT to be there?
 
Online sportsbook BetOnline has the U.S. National Team as the -225 fave to win its third FIBA World Cup championship in a row. Following the NBA talents of the U.S. is Serbia (+350), Greece (+1000), Spain (+1600), France (+2800), Canada (+3300), Australia (+4000), Lithuania (+5000), Argentina (+8000) and Russia (+10000) to round out the top 10.

Why Is USA Such a Big Favorite?
Unless this is your first time watching international basketball, you’re probably quite aware that the United States National Team is the dominant force of this sport. The roster is littered with high-end talent from the NBA. They’ve won the last two FIBA World Cups and the senior team hadn’t lost a contest in international competition since 2006 before falling to Australia in a World Cup tune-up game on August 24.

However, we need to acknowledge that this U.S. team isn’t the strongest. There are a lot of key absences on this roster from the NBA circuit like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Klay Thompson, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard and 2014 FIBA World Cup MVP Kyrie Irving.

That being said, the Americans still have decent players like Khris Middleton, Kemba Walker and Donovan Mitchell to lead the new wave of U.S. basketball supremacy. But I’m not certain they can win the tournament with the way this roster is constructed. It would not shock me to see the Americans lose due to complacency from sending a B squad.
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j rain said:
This USA team was a disgrace. In the future, the team needs to consist of players that WANT to be there. Should’ve sent the select team coached by Van Gundy.

Or get creative with the roster. This was just a hodgepodge of good but not great players. All of them were exposed.

The funny part is - nobody on this USA team has accomplished a damn thing in the league. There should be no entitlement. This was their chance to actually play for something. Now they can get back to their meaningless nba careers. Kenba can get back to doing what he does best. Dropping 40 on the Bulls in November.
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I'm almost certain the guys that didn't want to be there, weren't
 
The gap between USA players and other countries is not that big. Look at the amount of international players in the league.

That is probably why a lot of the big names didn't participate b/c they know it's not as easy as people think it is.
 
curtis50cent said:
The gap between USA players and other countries is not that big. Look at the amount of international players in the league.

That is probably why a lot of the big names didn't participate b/c they know it's not as easy as people think it is.
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Imo, the best Americans would win gold but the reason they didn't play was because a lot of those players have already sacrificed summer(s) in the past

Once you've done one or two there's nothing left to gain or prove

That doesn't mean the gap isn't closing around the margins, I'm just saying it's not that close in terms of the very top tier talent
 
The top tier talent probably didn't want to play because they figured they'd probably be able to make the Olympic Team anyways and don't have to risk injury.

Not really sure about the other fringe guys.
 

But I’m not certain they can win the tournament with the way this roster is constructed. It would not shock me to see the Americans lose due to complacency from sending a B squad.
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Basically most peoples' sentiment. No one talking about them "moonwalking" like you alluded to.
 
curtis50cent said:
The gap between USA players and other countries is not that big. Look at the amount of international players in the league.

That is probably why a lot of the big names didn't participate b/c they know it's not as easy as people think it is.
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Yeah it is closing. But our A team would run through every time I do not care what anyone says. B team would still win gold just not as easy.
 
Vincent Van Goat said:
Milos got hurt during tourney play, Spain is rolling without those guys and Parker would be good but I don't think he's that big of a factor at this point

For the most part, the main countries were able to get their best out there
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Aus should be the favorites if Simmons played
 
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