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cLutZ
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Vindicare605
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On August 03 2021 10:25 FlaShFTW wrote: how dare you disrespect the team that just took my caruso away from us. I still feel the pain. He left for less money than we offered him too apparently.  | ||
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andrewlt
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On August 04 2021 08:02 cLutZ wrote: At least the Hawks made the conference finals (I might be a Bulls fan and spoiled, but I understand the owner is trash so not to expect a title). This Bulls team would be lucky to win a series in the East. True. First round exit seems to be their goal. At best, their ceiling would be sneaking into the conference semifinals in years when the east is especially shallow and only has 1-3 good teams. | ||
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cLutZ
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zev318
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On August 08 2021 04:16 andrewlt wrote: I think Dame and Booker only had 1 decent game each. They were ice cold for most of the Olympics. Durant really carried that team hard. He fouled out in their 1 loss. apparently dame was playing with an injury | ||
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Vindicare605
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Poopi
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Vindicare605
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On August 10 2021 17:50 Poopi wrote: Kinda bummed we didn't manage to beat USA once again in the olympic finals, but at least we kept it close. The time was horrible though (4:30am) so I did not watch it live, and did not want to watch the defeat in replay. On the other end of the spectrum, the fact that the game was as close as it was considering the talent level France had was quite embarassing for Team USA. We won Gold sure, but it doesn't feel anywhere near as good as the last couple have. | ||
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zev318
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On August 11 2021 02:16 Vindicare605 wrote: On the other end of the spectrum, the fact that the game was as close as it was considering the talent level France had was quite embarassing for Team USA. We won Gold sure, but it doesn't feel anywhere near as good as the last couple have. the overall talents only gets u so far, this is going to be the norm for men's basketball. the days of US blowing everyone out by 20-30 points are/have been over for a while now (unless its a really bad team), so i dont see it as embarrassing at all. they dont have the BEST players play unless its the olympics (even then its a toss up), its a revolving door of a roster usually, so the chemistry isnt as good as other countries. role players on NBA rosters become michael jordan when they play in the olympics against the US all the time. letting rubio score like 38?? lol | ||
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Poopi
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On August 11 2021 02:16 Vindicare605 wrote: On the other end of the spectrum, the fact that the game was as close as it was considering the talent level France had was quite embarassing for Team USA. We won Gold sure, but it doesn't feel anywhere near as good as the last couple have. Yeah but I was far more scared of Doncic than team USA, so it’s a pity to lose after winning the hardest battle (edit: at least in my mind beforehands, not in hindsight) :/. Still a great run, and I am happy USA got their shit together and managed to win, otherwise they really need to switch things up in NBA ruling to make it more competitive / less show oriented. | ||
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andrewlt
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On August 11 2021 07:12 zev318 wrote: the overall talents only gets u so far, this is going to be the norm for men's basketball. the days of US blowing everyone out by 20-30 points are/have been over for a while now (unless its a really bad team), so i dont see it as embarrassing at all. they dont have the BEST players play unless its the olympics (even then its a toss up), its a revolving door of a roster usually, so the chemistry isnt as good as other countries. role players on NBA rosters become michael jordan when they play in the olympics against the US all the time. letting rubio score like 38?? lol It's really amazing how some NBA role players just suddenly get hot against the Team USA in international play. I don't even think Rubio can score 38 points in an NBA game even if you leave him open the entire game. This particular team just had a lot of challenges coming together. Some players played a lot of minutes during the NBA season and some made deep playoff runs. A lot of those players took time off afterwards and weren't in shape at the start of training camp. Bradley Beal, who was one of their better players, was put in covid protocols just before the start of the Olympics and had to miss it. They also had 3 players play in the NBA Finals and arrived in Tokyo the day of the their first game. One of the players, Jrue Holiday, was arguably the 2nd or 3rd best player on the team for the entire run. The main reason the team won was because they had Kevin Durant and no other country did. They dug themselves a double digit deficit early in almost every game and depended on him to carry them back. | ||
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