Is that UROS PLAVSIC??? Hunter sent that man packing all the way back to Serbia I guess
Serbia wants to press and speed us up after every make. If we only had a PG somewhere, anywhere on the roster that could annihilate that idea.
Who and why does Embiid keep getting booed?
He had a choice of playing for Cameroon USA or France (family members from France). He decided on USA and cited due to France not having great relations with Cameroon he didnât want to make either country angry.
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Ohh interesting I see
Any reason why Tatum didnât play? Hurt??
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I think they just swapped him out 1 for 1 w Durant. Not that into it but oh well?
Mostly just had way better basketball players than everybody I think. Helps to have pure shotmakers. Also liked all the turnovers we forced. Seemed like Jrue, White, and Lebron created a real shot gap that way.
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Jokic ended w a 0 plus minus in 30 minutes?! Incredible stuff.
So much for that shot gap, yeesh. Serbia had 74 FGA and 17 FTA vs 69 and 10 for USA. I think a lot of it was that rough opening 5 or so minutes? Also how Embiid ended up w a negative plus minus. The D was never particularly sharp I donât think.
But I dk, maybe they really can just make shots at a way higher level than everybody else.
~50 min total for the bigs, w Embiid getting just 11. Not sure if thatâs how I would do the distro but thatâs 10 min fewer than they were getting and thatâs good.
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https://x.com/BasketNews_com/status/1817614590756200472
jokic in a few years from carrying his teams
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Yeah this is good practice for 3 years from now when the Kroenkes insist on surrounding him w nothing but 2nd round picks and MPJ
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Your Murray take looked good yesterday too. He was -21 in 17 minutes. 2/6 shooting with 3 TOs
Ahem Christian Braun, Peyton Watson and DaâRon Holmes are late firsts!
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6 fewer ORebs and 4 more TOs. Not sure which issue is more fixable.
But yes on a per shot basis they are unbeatable by this field.
Watching Womenâs Basketball against Japan, and Iâm already irritated by their gameplan against Japan. Theyâve been going under the screen and Japan is making 3s at a pretty good rate. Theyâre bigger and more athletic than Japan. They should be pounding down low and use their size advantage over them.
I would just throw the ball down low to Aâja, Griner or Stewie and let them feast on smaller players.
Japan is so small that their tallest player is 6â1" and playing 5 out with tons of movement, screening and cutting. They have to because they are small but fast.
Is that not what theyâre doing? They have 79 points and have hit 1 3
And Aâja, Stew, Griner are the three leading scorers and also lead in shot attempts
They did in the 2nd half but they werenât doing it in the 1st half.
What if I told you that Wilson, Stewart, and Griner had 18 of their 22 first quarter points, and attempted 1 shot outside the key between them
soon to be umich legend Syla Swords made her Olympic debut today as the youngest hooper in the games
Got on the board too with 4 points vs France in 9 minutes!
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Yeah, I watched the game but that doesnât change the fact that their game plan in the 1st half wasnât good.
To expand, Embiid went through a public process of trying to gain French citizenship for a few years and finally got it a couple of years ago, leading French fans to assume he would choose their team - but then he finally chose the U.S. So they feel like he strung them along. (Though honestly they need backcourt help a lot more.)