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Good list. If they don’t get any current all nbaers I still think it’ll be an uphill battle
Particularly because a lack of playing together, having all world talent can make up for it when it matters
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Particularly because a lack of playing together, having all world talent can make up for it when it matters
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those are trash tier nba players what u expect
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I don’t care about guys being all NBA players, the pieces gotta fit better. Fournier, Boggs, and patty mills are great in FIBA because of how they’re used and the people around them compliment them.
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D'Lo for America.
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This is what happens when you cut the only killer on the squad and get a buncha Celtics to lead your team...mediocrity.
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Well, you should care if you care about putting a team that can win gold
The issue is, you can’t force guys to fit together because of the limited time they have together. Chemistry takes time. Therefore it is vital to get at least a handful of the best talent
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They need to institute hard commitments or something as well if they really care about having this kind of thing not happen.
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They should have kept Fox
I get chemistry takes time but to me it’s not a talent issue. I understand the player pool is what it is and the quick fix is throwing an alien out there.
But again, I think we need playmakers out there. We cut 2 of them. We needed bigs out there, we cut 2 of them too. There were better options out there but we picked 3 of the same dudes and tried to play small ball in a game with no defensive 3 seconds.
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And chemistry is hard to develop but it’s really hard to develop when you throw out 4 non passers on the court at the same time
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Probably some self-confidence in Pop's mind that the system could hide the individual players' defiencies as passers.
Welp.
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Yea but wasn't talking about him.
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We don’t cut Bam and Fox, we don’t lose today.
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Thought Fox would've been the perfect backup for Kemba for this team. Especially for a game like today where he's off.
If the top tier stars aren't going to play at the Olympics, I'd be surprised if he's not on the team.
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Getting stars to play in FIBA is going to be tough. It’s not the same appeal as the olympics. Let’s just do a better job picking the talent we have.
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Outside of the terrible FT misses by Smart, he and Jaylen were probably the 2nd and 3rd best players on the team today. That's an issue, as both should really just be role players for this team.
Middleton is the guy that really **** the bed most in this tourney, IMO.
Middleton is the guy that really **** the bed most in this tourney, IMO.
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That's been his MO his whole career!
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I'm voting for the Celtics in the thread poll
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I gotta dig deep into why Middleton was trash but I’m willing to bet his catch and shoot opportunities were way down which harps back to my point of no playmakers. I could be wrong though because he was awful
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Did anyone see the 30 for 30 Rodman doc, is there thread for it? Man that was Sad, hope he get's the help and peace he needs, lot of demons there
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Yeah and that's part of it, but he was trash defensively too, and at some point you should be able to make some kind of shots playmakers or not as a 28 year old max guy.
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Yea the gap thats closing is between the other countries best players and the USA's 2nd/3rd tier type players
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Without Tatum (who hadn't shot particularly well himself), the team was basically left with only 2 other guys that can consistently create off the dribble, and neither are really known as playmakers for others. And Kemba was off.
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I agree. This is also what happens with the NBA disrespects our PRESIDENT ELECT. This team was full of Libs and Soy Bois that hate our country and have allegiance to themselves. Pop and Kerr HATE AMERICA AND HATE OUR PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP CHAN. Glad these frauds lost and ai hope the NBA goes out of business. #JerryWestIsAConservative.
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Out of those names the dudes I can see playing are Steph, Klay, maybe AD and add Dame to it...Other than that its gon be some cats from this tourney and a couple youngins that balled out in the 19-20 season
Bron, KD and anybody who played a big role in getting a gold before are done with it
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