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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16071 Posts
On August 01 2012 07:58 DannyJ wrote: Tunisia had some pretty good play from a couple players. Definitely did. The commentators were saying they looked better today than they did against Algeria. I guess playing against the best in the world is great motivation. I love the Olympics lol. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
LBJ and KD...we could see a great friendly rivalry or whatever develop between them, though it may not last that long because LBJ will be on the cusp of being considered old in a few years. | ||
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BoZiffer
United States1841 Posts
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Holcan
Canada2593 Posts
On August 01 2012 19:14 Aerisky wrote: Yeah, US basketball is pretty monstrous. So many dunks in the olympics though :D LBJ and KD...we could see a great friendly rivalry or whatever develop between them, though it may not last that long because LBJ will be on the cusp of being considered old in a few years. lebron is 27, he has plenty of time left to be the best player in the world. On August 02 2012 01:11 BoZiffer wrote: The Tunisia game just reinforces that even though you are SUPREMELY more talented than your opponent, you still have to understand what your strengths are. I don't want to see the US shooting 3's unless its KD or Love. Thats about it. the line is in a few feet, so its more of a mid-range shot in fiba. all those players can shoot a three at a high percentage, except chandler or davis. they are not running many extravagant plays, because they don't need to. they have coach k and high basketball i.q. if it comes to a fourth quarter within 10 points. anyways, drive and kick is pretty standard in the nba, and I didnt really see any settling for threes, only taking them at opportune times. not taking threes allows the opposing defense to not guard the three, they specifically got guards with great or average mid range shots for this reason. | ||
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BoZiffer
United States1841 Posts
On August 02 2012 02:53 Holcan wrote: lebron is 27, he has plenty of time left to be the best player in the world. the line is in a few feet, so its more of a mid-range shot in fiba. all those players can shoot a three at a high percentage, except chandler or davis. they are not running many extravagant plays, because they don't need to. they have coach k and high basketball i.q. if it comes to a fourth quarter within 10 points. anyways, drive and kick is pretty standard in the nba, and I didnt really see any settling for threes, only taking them at opportune times. not taking threes allows the opposing defense to not guard the three, they specifically got guards with great or average mid range shots for this reason. I guess my counter-argument would be that they were absolutely unable to stop US penetration and finishing around the rim, so why even bother shooting the three? I agree with your viewpoint about drive and kick if the rim-finishing goes away but I was speaking more to the point of "if they can't stop it, why do anything else?" but I'm onboard with what you're saying. | ||
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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Whatson
United States5356 Posts
On August 02 2012 04:50 BoZiffer wrote: I guess my counter-argument would be that they were absolutely unable to stop US penetration and finishing around the rim, so why even bother shooting the three? I agree with your viewpoint about drive and kick if the rim-finishing goes away but I was speaking more to the point of "if they can't stop it, why do anything else?" but I'm onboard with what you're saying. It takes a lot more effort to actually put your head down and go for the rim. It looks so easy on TV but if you try playing full court 5 on 5 against the zone defense that most European teams use, and you want to drive to the rim every time, your legs and body pay the price. On a related note, Carmelo plays so much better in the Olympic setting than in the NBA. It might be because he has a solid PG helping him out, but the guy was ruthlessly efficient against tunisia. | ||
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
On August 02 2012 08:18 Whatson wrote: It takes a lot more effort to actually put your head down and go for the rim. It looks so easy on TV but if you try playing full court 5 on 5 against the zone defense that most European teams use, and you want to drive to the rim every time, your legs and body pay the price. On a related note, Carmelo plays so much better in the Olympic setting than in the NBA. It might be because he has a solid PG helping him out, but the guy was ruthlessly efficient against tunisia. http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/48375/memo-to-knicks-melo-is-a-power-forward | ||
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
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soujiro_
Uruguay5195 Posts
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4009 Posts
On August 03 2012 02:31 soujiro_ wrote: noone watching brazil vs russia ? you just had to watch last 6.1 seconds in that game  sometimes sports is cruel | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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Sponge75
England194 Posts
On August 03 2012 05:53 Telcontar wrote: How hard is it to foul someone? LOL They just stood there watching him run out about 4 seconds before they even tried to... | ||
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udgnim
United States8024 Posts
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zerious
Canada3803 Posts
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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AgentChaos
United Kingdom4569 Posts
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DMXD
United States4064 Posts
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