Brazil qualifies. Greece beats Croatia. Canada opens against Greece on July 27th 3pm
Spain beats Bahamas, unfortunately. This version of Spain is super boring and old and not that good. But Bahamas lack of depth hurt them a lot today.
Last spot is between Puerto Rico and Lithuania
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Edgecombe will be a problem in CBB:
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Rudy Fernandez his 6th Olympics for Spain. Thatās crazy.
Jose Alvarado is so fun. Carried Puerto Rico to the Olympics.
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Donāt forget about Will Wade and his boy Tremont Waters.
https://x.com/bengolliver/status/1810423860489240949?s=46&t=OMxEAgg62bsLI0mWenDZ7w
They lost to the select team yesterday. Win by 1 today
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I have to say that Flagg is holding on his own against the USA team. Heās only 17 and is playing like this? 6ā10" who can guard 1-4 with shot-blocking ability is rare. His shooting is his weak point and itās not that bad in this scrimmage.
EDIT: USA basketball mustāve found out and made them take it off public on their YT channel.
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How did I not know heās gonna be crazy young for his year too?! Dec 2006 birthday?!
EDIT: he looks to me like heās giving up an inch or two to AD and Bam. He might not be done growing ofc, but interesting to note imo. Also yeah lol hasnāt quite filled out like those two just yet.
He reclassified from 2025
a lot of those guys do so bc theyāre old already!
fwiw, reporters were allowed to watch 10 minutes of practice, which is what is generating these headlines.
Flagg looks good! Iām just saying maybe that and semi-annual āwow the select team is really pushing these guys!ā headers are getting a little over heated (because they always do)
Cade was best player on the player on the court last year, supposedly.
Which is more exaggerated, the media talking about the select team, or Pistons fans talking about the latest acquisition?
It wasnāt the local peeps saying it. National peeps were saying that Cade was so good that they basically benched him to give the national team a chance.
Whatever happened between then and last season, it didnāt materialize but itās hard to do with the roster that Weaver has put out for Cade and absence of coaching from Monty.
I know, I was just saying that āSelect Team beats National Team, Player X shows outā is an annual thing.
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These are practicesā¦ right?
The Flagg thing is notable given the age difference, but Cade Cunningham ā NBA starter and potential future star ā outplaying a bunch of other pros in a practice setting isnāt really a meaningful datapoint 
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Looks like heās listed as 6ā8 or 6ā9 so I guess that tracks
It mightāve been meaningful since that Team USA squad finished 4th in the FIBA tourney they were practicing for. 
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Cade is better than D Book and isnāt on Team USA 
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