Official USA Basketball/Olympics Thread

[mastaWONG]

i like the starting lineup of 
Lowry
Klay / Jimmy
PG
KD
Deandre
 
the best

 

[mastaWONG]

i think it's better to start with the defense first and bring the instant offense guys off the bench. When KD and PG get their first rest then u run it through cousins and have kyrie, klay, melo, draymond ready to shoot off of the double teams he'll command. Demar and Harrison better not get that much time tho. they kill me out there 

 

[mastaWONG]

Lithuania took out Spain twice this week. Nice nice

what u got in terms of biggest threats to win a medal this year? like top 5 or 6 in order

 

[mastaWONG]

Lithuania took out Spain twice this week. Nice nice

i think 
 
USA
Serbia
Lithuania
Spain
France
 
are the top 5 in my mind but idk the order cuz I'm not even caught up with who is playing this year or not

 

[Paulius]

what u got in terms of biggest threats to win a medal this year? like top 5 or 6 in order

Usa
Lithuania/spain
Spain/lithuania
Serbia
France

 

[mastaWONG]

I wonder how many NBA teams could win gold at the olympics.

well keep in mind that not that many NBA teams have US big men so that may be a problem for some of these teams lol 
or do they get to keep their international players as well? 

 

[mastaWONG]

Usa
Lithuania/spain
Spain/lithuania
Serbia
France

fasho, same here. do u know who is playing for spain / france this year?

 

[Paulius]

I mean teams in these kinda tournaments need lots of luck too . Its a one game elimination after the groups. Some teams choke early, sometimes theres a cinderalla team . Usa is gold no doubt but the rest of the spots can go so many different ways

 

[mastaWONG]

To be fair I did think Wiggins was playing when I said Canada

But as for the Aussies

Bogut, Ben Simmons, Ingles, Baynes, Mills, Exum, & Delly. A significantly better squad than Lithuania.


And who the fuck cares if they are 3rd in FIBA rankings? The Celtics were tied for 3rd in the Eastern Conference -- doesn't mean they were gonna beat the Cavs


Again, the US if/when they play Lithuania will win by 30+. I'm willing to bet on it; there isn't a team in this Olympics with a real chance to even come close outside maybe Spain, but I still see a steamroll

Australia has a better list of names but Lithuania is one of the best international teams out there dude

 

[Paulius]

fasho, same here. do u know who is playing for spain / france this year?

Spains got everyone except for marc and ibaka. But ibaka rarely ever played anyway during their success. Everyone tho, navarro, reyes, rubio, pau, rudy, rodriguez, mirotic

And then france got parker, diaw, batum, fournier, and all their guys. De colo was the qualifying mvp somehow lol

 

[mastaWONG]

Spains got everyone except for marc and ibaka. But ibaka rarely ever played anyway during their success. Everyone tho, navarro, reyes, rubio, pau, rudy, rodriguez, mirotic

And then france got parker, diaw, batum, fournier, and all their guys. De colo was the qualifying mvp somehow lol

oh okay cool, ya it's a bummer ibaka didn't get to play more but i suppose because their two best players the gasols haha. no marc will hurt them but pau their dude anyways

 

[mastaWONG]

Spains got everyone except for marc and ibaka. But ibaka rarely ever played anyway during their success. Everyone tho, navarro, reyes, rubio, pau, rudy, rodriguez, mirotic

And then france got parker, diaw, batum, fournier, and all their guys. De colo was the qualifying mvp somehow lol

i really like those french players, they breed some dope players. 
 
Parker
Fournier
Batum
Diaw
Gobert
 
is an NBA lineup lol

 

[Paulius]

oh okay cool, ya it's a bummer ibaka didn't get to play more but i suppose because their two best players the gasols haha. no marc will hurt them but pau their dude anyways

I wish we woulda lost last thursday vs spain just for a cold shower u know, since we play them foreal in the groups again, and three in a row gonna be tough..... We havent lost once and played 9 friendlies, and that kinda scares me for sure but as long as we dont get 2nd or 4th spots in the group, then we shoul be alright cuz then we wont see USA until finals if we make it, and obviously can play with any team except USA so gotta get 1st or 3rd spots in the group stages. Gonna be fun

 

[Paulius]

i really like those french players, they breed some dope players. 
 
Parker
Fournier
Batum
Diaw
Gobert
 
is an NBA lineup lol

Yea no doubt . Deff scary. They won the qualifies pretty easily too

 

[Paulius]

Draymond should be kicked off team usa

 

[Mexi]

Any idea who NBC's announcer will be?
In 2012 it was the Warriors announcer

Im guessing Tirico since NBC just hired him and he wont be doing basketball anymore

And in the past we've heard Doc Rivers or Doug Collins as color announcer

Wonder if it'll be someone new, or Doug again

 

[Pugz]

when is the first usa game?

 

[Paulius]

when is the first usa game?

China tmrw

 

[Pugz]

China tmrw

fitna dvr it

 

[bosoxlover12]

Any idea who NBC's announcer will be?
In 2012 it was the Warriors announcer

Im guessing Tirico since NBC just hired him and he wont be doing basketball anymore

And in the past we've heard Doc Rivers or Doug Collins as color announcer

Wonder if it'll be someone new, or Doug again

Mike Gorman!! (With Frascilla)
 
Now you'll actually hear how great he is without him spewing Celtics bias