2024 Olympics Basketball thread
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Well he has to manage not just minutes but egos. Just imagine trying to manage lesook and all the other big egos in that team. Tatum and Haliburton have rarely played. I hope they lose to France. I was disappointed that they won this morning. If Jokic didn’t have 4 fouls and micic didn’t think he was Steph curry it might have been a different game.
The dream team didn’t have role players. They had all stars except laetner. My own opinion Kerr has never been good with rotations even with golden state. Remember he tried to bench Edwards in the World Cup.
The dream team didn’t have role players. They had all stars except laetner. My own opinion Kerr has never been good with rotations even with golden state. Remember he tried to bench Edwards in the World Cup.
If anyone is seriously trying to compare the state of international basketball in 1992 to today, I don't know what to say.
Dream Team games were more akin to a Globetrotters exhibition than today's Olympic matches, so managing minutes was not exactly a concern.
Dream Team games were more akin to a Globetrotters exhibition than today's Olympic matches, so managing minutes was not exactly a concern.
What you say is accurate you can’t really compare international basketball eras. Managing minutes might have been a concern due to the amount of egos that were in that team that wanted to play.
Im happy with the state of international basketball and feel it is more competitive than previous years.
I stand my opinion on Steve Kerr though
The Dream Team players obviously had egos, but come on.
That tournament was — you have 20 minutes and you have 20 minutes and you have 20 minutes. We all have 20 minutes! Except for you John Stockton... (and Laettner as you mention but he was just happy to be there.)
No matter how big your ego is are you really going to piss and moan too much when you are crushing Angola by 70 points? When you are nearly losing to South Sudan I imagine things get a little more tense and player management and role definition becomes more important.
I'm not going to pretend I follow social media or drama filled sites but I will agree with you on Kerr if Tatum and Haliburton are spitting tacks after that game and everything is going to crap.
If the coaching staff has made them aware of their specific roles and minute expectations and the players are accepting of them then I find it harder to criticise.
That tournament was — you have 20 minutes and you have 20 minutes and you have 20 minutes. We all have 20 minutes! Except for you John Stockton... (and Laettner as you mention but he was just happy to be there.)
No matter how big your ego is are you really going to piss and moan too much when you are crushing Angola by 70 points? When you are nearly losing to South Sudan I imagine things get a little more tense and player management and role definition becomes more important.
I'm not going to pretend I follow social media or drama filled sites but I will agree with you on Kerr if Tatum and Haliburton are spitting tacks after that game and everything is going to crap.
If the coaching staff has made them aware of their specific roles and minute expectations and the players are accepting of them then I find it harder to criticise.
I am going to have to agree with you, Yeah the only players i believe didn't play as much were Stockton, Bird and Laettner. It was the first year NBA players were allowed in the olympics so the talent pool was heavily one sided. The egos probably didn't matter as much as they all wanted to be there regardless of anything and were happy to dominate everyone and everything that came their way and they did.
The international scene has now caught up with the US. With the league having so many international players now and a lot of international mvps and all stars. And the euro league and others producing good/great players. It is not as easy for the US to dominate as they once did. Which is good for the game.
That was just my opinion on Steve Kerr from watching the warriors and some US international basketball i dont follow alot of social media drama either.
In regards to Tatum his body language does not look like a man that is happy. Haliburton on the other hand looks like he is having the time of his life hahahaha.
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I think I'd be pissed if I was Tatum. I've just won the NBA title as one of the two best players on the team. Some could argue he should have won Finals MVP... This surely puts you in a good position to be one of the best players on Team USA?
If the other guys were so good at being superstars then they would have gone further in the playoffs with the role players they had (this possibly speaks to the importance of role players).
But then, seeing my fellow Celtic get minutes over me would really be a kick in the guts.
I used to be a big Tatum fan until he won the ring and went all copycat, now I've gone right off him so this isn't coming from a Tatum fanboy.
If the other guys were so good at being superstars then they would have gone further in the playoffs with the role players they had (this possibly speaks to the importance of role players).
But then, seeing my fellow Celtic get minutes over me would really be a kick in the guts.
I used to be a big Tatum fan until he won the ring and went all copycat, now I've gone right off him so this isn't coming from a Tatum fanboy.
I'm always a bit confused why people try to put down 90s basketball to the current era.
Basketball was a huge sport back then also.
The real issue is that the Americans game is quite simplistic. One out garbage and it's getting worse and worse. Their fundamentals are poor.
They don't move the ball well.
The NBA is a league for one on one players. That's not the way the game should be played.
Tatum has been hard done by for sure.
KD has been really good though, same with Booker.
Who else do you leave out?
The US team has lacked intensity and it shouldn't really have been close. They say the world has caught up
But Serbia has a bunch of no name players going up against multiple NBA MVPs. The excuses for them are wild.
I believe the world has caught up. Only because the quality of players has increased over the last 20-30 years all over the world and not just in America. Don’t take anything away from Serbia they played well and they tactically took it to them. USA seems to rely more on individual brilliance such as Curry’s 36 points (16 more than the next highest) last night than an all round team game. Is it a lack of intensity from America or is complacency because they believe they are the best and don’t think they can lose.Tatum has been hard done by for sure.
KD has been really good though, same with Booker.
Who else do you leave out?
The US team has lacked intensity and it shouldn't really have been close. They say the world has caught up
But Serbia has a bunch of no name players going up against multiple NBA MVPs. The excuses for them are wild.
Mutiple MVPs and some of the best players of all time up against Jokic and crew. Bogdan is a 6th man on a terrible ATL team and was Serbia's 2nd best player.
It shouldn't be that close.
The yanks lack toughness and the ability to play as a team, largely due to ego.
The Serbians have been tough basketballers for a long time.
I'm not gonna make excuses for an American team when they should win that game by 15 or more.
A loss for them would have been damning and deserved.
Now Olympics basketball is all over USA wins again comfortably with Steph doing Steph things at the end of the game to put multiple nails in the coffin. France had their chances but made too many mistakes down the stretch and probably didn’t have the personnel to win this in the end having to rely on people like Evan Fournier. Some of the French players looked half decent like the guy who dunked over Lebron. Congrats to Serbia on the bronze makes me feel better that we lost to them hahaha.
GarnettFan4Life
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Guerschon Yabusele - been in and out of the NBA, a couple of years with the Celtics after they drafted him then went overseas
Same as Bruno Caboclo, out of the NBA but goes good in FIBA games
Good on France for getting there, how good would it have been being a local and seeing your country get to the Gold Medal game!?!
Same as Bruno Caboclo, out of the NBA but goes good in FIBA games
Good on France for getting there, how good would it have been being a local and seeing your country get to the Gold Medal game!?!
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