2023 Team Outlook

[NolongerWarriors]

Hopefully more of these moments this coming year.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g44V_Wo3lHM

Scoring against a crappy Georgetown team?

[tower912]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bga7YEXTQ8Q


If you would like to see Ben make a 3, finish with his left hand, go up and take a hit.....    you know, MU BB stuff......

[Uncle Rico]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bga7YEXTQ8Q


If you would like to see Ben make a 3, finish with his left hand, go up and take a hit.....    you know, MU BB stuff......

Getting tempered enthusiasm vibes from Ben Gold

[tower912]

In the highlights of the two games, I have seen him take a lot of contact from grown men.    I have seen that he has a good handle, is ambidextrous around the basket, is agile.    He has gotten bounced around.    But..... he hasn't played a ton of basketball the last few years.    And these national teams, though not as athletic or talented, are certainly nearly as physical as the Big East.    So, good experience for the kid.   

[Newsdreams]

In the highlights of the two games, I have seen him take a lot of contact from grown men.    I have seen that he has a good handle, is ambidextrous around the basket, is agile.    He has gotten bounced around.    But..... he hasn't played a ton of basketball the last few years.    And these national teams, though not as athletic or talented, are certainly nearly as physical as the Big East.    So, good experience for the kid.   

Against the easy FIBA teams.

[tower912]

Probably.  But the kid needs run and reps.

[MU82]

Gold looks like he has good form on his shot and a pretty nice all-around offensive game, and I like that he's been able to finish through contact. It was a highlight reel, so couldn't really tell anything about rebounding and D, but we'll find out soon enough.

Put me down for cautiously optimistic.

[tower912]

Early on, Gold gets a block just as the cut starts.   He ends up on his butt, the offensive player recovers the ball and lays it in.   But if you watch it a couple of times, Gold gets a block.

[bilsu]

Gold's defense and ability not to foul will determine his playing time.

[Uncle Rico]

Gold's defense and ability not to foul will determine his playing time.

I'd say that's an accurate statement. 

[tower912]

By what criteria shall we judge that?



What will be the Gold standard?

[Newsdreams]

By what criteria shall we judge that?



What will be the Gold standard?

24 carat 99.9

[GoFastAndWin]

Getting tempered enthusiasm vibes from Ben Gold

Uh oh. Another video of Rob Lo(w)e.

[tower912]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/300674012/tall-blacks-thump-jordan-to-improve-to-60-in-fiba-world-cup-qualifying-play

[MU82]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/300674012/tall-blacks-thump-jordan-to-improve-to-60-in-fiba-world-cup-qualifying-play

1. This line might be of utmost interest to folks here: The Marquette-bound Ben Gold offered more than a hint of his potential with 15 points (on 6-of-12 shooting) and 7 boards

2. Not sure how the NZ team name would fly in the U.S. Actually, I am sure ... and it wouldn't.

3. Love the phrasing throughout the article, such as this paragraph:

Jordan, now 3-3 in qualifying, had been tabbed to give the New Zealanders a few anxious moments after running them close at the recent Asia Cup where Cameron's men pipped them 83-75 to clinch the bronze medal. But they were never in this contest after trailing the red-hot shooting Tall Blacks 29-10 at the end of the opening quarter, and never got within challenging distance thereafter.

[Herman Cain]

Good experience for Ben. These opponents are very physical albeit not super quick or speedy, which is what he will face from Big East opponents .

[tower912]

It is a take off of the name for the national Rugby team.  And no, it doesn't play well.

[brewcity77]

1. This line might be of utmost interest to folks here: The Marquette-bound Ben Gold offered more than a hint of his potential with 15 points (on 6-of-12 shooting) and 7 boards

2. Not sure how the NZ team name would fly in the U.S. Actually, I am sure ... and it wouldn't.

3. Love the phrasing throughout the article, such as this paragraph:

Jordan, now 3-3 in qualifying, had been tabbed to give the New Zealanders a few anxious moments after running them close at the recent Asia Cup where Cameron's men pipped them 83-75 to clinch the bronze medal. But they were never in this contest after trailing the red-hot shooting Tall Blacks 29-10 at the end of the opening quarter, and never got within challenging distance thereafter.

The nickname's origin dates back to the 19th Century. Many rugby teams wore variations of blue uniforms, but New Zealand's national rugby team wore all black uniforms, so when they toured England, newspapers referred to them as the "all blacks" in reference to those uniforms. Similar to how in today's Premier League, Liverpool are still referred to as the Reds, Chelsea the Blues, or they frequently talk about the red (United) and blue (City) sides of Manchester.

[The Sultan]

New Zealand's soccer team is called the "all whites" because that is primarily the color they wear.

It's just a nickname.  And I don't think we have to worry about how it would "fly in the U.S." They don't play here.

[jficke13]

New Zealand's soccer team is called the "all whites" because that is primarily the color they wear.

It's just a nickname.  And I don't think we have to worry about how it would "fly in the U.S." They don't play here.

Yup. Why are we trying to demand New Zealand conform to our linguistic sensibilities?

File this one under "not a problem to anyone who matters."

[Lennys Tap]

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2. Not sure how the NZ team name would fly in the U.S. Actually, I am sure ... and it wouldn't.

OMG

The idea that racism isn't rooted in reality but rests only in the "feelings" of someone claiming victim status is losing steam. I guess some haven't gotten the memo.

Their rugby team is the "All Blacks". Who cares?

[panda]

OMG

Lol

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I don't think reasonable people have an issue with the NZ national basketball team being named the Tall Blacks assuming they know the etymology

No program in the USA (other than maybe a historically black organization) is naming themselves the Tall Blacks anytime in the near future.

Both of these statements can be true.

[Jay Bee]

Next interview Q for Gold should be if he supports a move back (officially) to Warriors.

[JWags85]

New Zealand's soccer team is called the "all whites" because that is primarily the color they wear.

It's just a nickname.  And I don't think we have to worry about how it would "fly in the U.S." They don't play here.

Not to mention a substantial number of the All Blacks roster, and many of their stars for years, have been of Maori and other Pacific Islander descent.