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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: tower912 on May 13, 2024, 03:26:27 PM

Title: Ben Gold's summer
Post by: tower912 on May 13, 2024, 03:26:27 PM

He has been invited to try out for the New Zealand national team.

Good luck and stay healthy, young man.

Title: Re: Ben Gold's summer
Post by: JakeBarnes on May 13, 2024, 03:33:39 PM

Quote from: tower912 on May 13, 2024, 03:26:27 PM

He has been invited to try out for the New Zealand national team.

Good luck and stay healthy, young man.

It's actually winter there.

Title: Re: Ben Gold's summer
Post by: tower912 on May 13, 2024, 03:35:12 PM

True.

Title: Re: Ben Gold's summer
Post by: Uncle Rico on May 13, 2024, 03:41:52 PM

Quote from: JakeBarnes on May 13, 2024, 03:33:39 PM

It's actually winter there.

So much for global warming

Title: Re: Ben Gold's summer
Post by: Warriors4ever on May 13, 2024, 05:41:03 PM

So he could be in the Olympics? That would be awesome.,

Title: Re: Ben Gold's summer
Post by: Pakuni on May 13, 2024, 05:58:58 PM

Worst case, he'll learn a bad-ass haka or two.

Title: Re: Ben Gold's summer
Post by: tower912 on May 14, 2024, 06:12:13 AM

Extreme long shot, Ben ends up guarding Markus on a switch.

Title: Re: Ben Gold's summer
Post by: drewm88 on May 14, 2024, 11:29:24 AM

For anyone wondering the process, there are 24 teams that will play this summer in 4 separate tournaments for the last 4 spots in the Olympics.

Each has two group of three. Bottom teams eliminated, remaining four into single elimination.

NZ plays in Greece. Their group has Slovenia and Croatia. Other group is Greece, Egypt, Dominican Republic.

Puerto Rico hosts with Italy and Bahrain. Other group is Mexico, Ivory Coast, Lithuania.

Games start July 2.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_FIBA_Men%27s_Olympic_Qualifying_Tournaments