Are these the times they will be shown on tv?
On a different tangent what do we think of the Boomers not selecting Matisse Thybulle? I knowppl think of him and Dyson Daniels as essentially the same player but still... I thought Matisse generated a lot of transition with his defense. I also think Delly is pretty much cooked at this point, doesn;t bring the spacing, perhaps an extra ball-handler.
...and am I the only one who questions why Kick Kay is there at all? Xavier Cooks looks much more ahtletic and defensively capable imho.
Not sure if Australia will even get out of the Group of death stage. Probably a dub against Greece but Spain and Canada are both 50:50 games.
While i take articles with a grain of salt, if the below is true the Embiid situtation is a bit of a joke. But well within the rules.Penny for your thoughts. So who thinks Team USA won't win the gold?
I think they probably will, but they didn;t seem to vary too much from their World Champs disaster of a small ball lineup. Very guard heavy lineup with Bron and KD likely playing a lot of frontcourt minutes. One frontcourt injury to Bam or AD and they're eina world of trouble, Embiid looks out of sorts.
On a different tangent what do we think of the Boomers not selecting Matisse Thybulle? I knowppl think of him and Dyson Daniels as essentially the same player but still... I thought Matisse generated a lot of transition with his defense. I also think Delly is pretty much cooked at this point, doesn;t bring the spacing, perhaps an extra ball-handler.
...and am I the only one who questions why Kick Kay is there at all? Xavier Cooks looks much more ahtletic and defensively capable imho.
Not sure if Australia will even get out of the Group of death stage. Probably a dub against Greece but Spain and Canada are both 50:50 games.
Thybulle was my favourite Boomer, his defense sets the tone. If only he was a few inches taller... I'd have prioritised Cooks over a few other bigs, just can't see Magnay contributing much at all behind Landale and Reath, more of a big-man insurance policy I guess.I was surprised they didnt take Thybulle, I would of taken him over McVeigh. And the Cooks snub was surprising. I think we will make it out of the group. If not from being in the top two we should at least be one of the best 3rd place teams who go through.
While i take articles with a grain of salt, if the below is true the Embiid situtation is a bit of a joke. But well within the rules.
"Obviously, I got my home country, Cameroon, which I love, and the U.S., where I've been for 14 years now, and then France, where I have a lot of family," Embiid said. "I kind of felt rushed in that decision. I wanted to take as much time as possible, and it didn't help that France had put an ultimatum on when the decision had to be made." This was the decision to either suit up for France or the USA
"As Joel Embiid prepares to play in the Olympics for the first time in his career, the former NBA MVP has opened up about his decision to suit up for Team USA instead of France."
"The Philadelphia 76ers star did say his first choice would have been to play for his home country of Cameroon if they had qualified. He also explained that he had a discussion with French President Emmanuel Macron to relay concerns he had about the country's relationship with Cameroon and other African countries."
So he wants to play for Cameroon but they didnt make it. Got given French citizenship allowing him to play for France. Four months later he gets American citizenship allowing him to play USA.
Enough of my ramble on Embiid playing for the USA.
I think they will still win but it wouldn't surprise me if its close in games or they lose some. One of the main issues they have is team chemistry. They don't play together thats why you see them playing a lot of ISO. While most international teams have been together for a while playing comps together and representing their country. You dont know who your going to get with the USA team it changes everytime they play. Half the time the players don't want to play. Alot of the other teams all played together at the FIBA world cup. You would be lucky to find more than 2 players from that tournament in the current USA team. They aren't used to FIBA rules which slows the play down and doesn't allow up tempo game play which is the total opposite of the NBA which is based around athleticism and fast play.
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