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2023-24 NBA Thread

Started by Uncle Rico, June 27, 2023, 10:42:28 AM

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TAMU, Knower of Ball

Quote from: HutchwasClutch on September 04, 2023, 12:24:46 AM
Yes, it's a tough task, but this is what Kerr signed up for as our national coach.  Coach K was 75-1 doing it.

Coach K's FIBA rosters also included the best of the best players and there was more disparity between the US and the rest of the world at the time. There is no one on the current roster even close to the level of Lebron, Curry, Wade, Kobe, peak Carmelo, etc. And K had multiple guys of the caliber on every one of his rosters.
Quote from: Goose on January 15, 2023, 08:43:46 PM
TAMU

I do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.


MuggsyB

Italy not posing much of a challenge.  Bridges is playing lights out today.  Amazing how Jay Wright developed his game. 

Its DJOver

The Italians just lost focus. Product of bad coaching.
Quote from: nyg on May 13, 2024, 02:07:11 PM
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold.  He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.

tower912

Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

Scoop Snoop

Quote from: MuggsyB on September 05, 2023, 08:24:07 AM
Italy not posing much of a challenge.  Bridges is playing lights out today.  Amazing how Jay Wright developed his game.

Of course they did not pose much of a challenge. The average Italian man is 5'9". Their last king, Victor Emmanuel, was 5'0". It's inexcusable that they are shorter than Americans. They deserved to lose.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

MuggsyB

Team USA might want to consider playing some freaking defense???   I assume they'll wear them down but Germany has to be shooting 65%. 

MuggsyB

On another note that Durant trade might wind up being an all-time great one for the Nets. 

MuggsyB

Germany up 10 to start the 4Q.  Unfreaking real.  We better get our heads out of our asses.  94 pts for Germany through 3Q. 

MUfan12

I do think the international three point line needs to match the NBA's at this point. The game has changed.

Anyway, USA down 10 going into the fourth... stinks that they won't get gold, but it's the C team so not all that surprising.

MUBurrow

Quote from: MUfan12 on September 08, 2023, 09:08:15 AM
I do think the international three point line needs to match the NBA's at this point. The game has changed.

Anyway, USA down 10 going into the fourth... stinks that they won't get gold, but it's the C team so not all that surprising.

Yep. I'm not able to watch today, so I don't mean this as a comment on this game in particualr, but the US frontcourt is straight bad.  Especially given the generally versatile bigs in the international game, and Jaren Jackson Jr is borderline useless.

MuggsyB

Our defense is the problem.  Very frustrating .

MuggsyB

Plenty of time.  No need to over pressure defensively. 

MuggsyB

Awful execution there.  Smh.

CreightonWarrior


MuggsyB

Quote from: MUfan12 on September 08, 2023, 09:08:15 AM
I do think the international three point line needs to match the NBA's at this point. The game has changed.

Anyway, USA down 10 going into the fourth... stinks that they won't get gold, but it's the C team so not all that surprising.

Shouldn't a shorter 3 ball help us??  And as far as this being our C tean we have way, way, way more talent than Germany.  We got destroyed by F. Wagner and Theis.  That cannot happen.

MuggsyB


JWags85

Quote from: MuggsyB on September 08, 2023, 09:36:01 AM
Shouldn't a shorter 3 ball help us??  And as far as this being our C tean we have way, way, way more talent than Germany.  We got destroyed by F. Wagner and Theis.  That cannot happen.

To be fair, Franz Wagner is really good and will be an all star very soon.  Schroder cooking the US in key moments is far more inexcusable

Uncle Rico

Maybe they should worry about China instead of being woke and they'd win more games
Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass.

MUfan12

Quote from: MuggsyB on September 08, 2023, 09:36:01 AM
Shouldn't a shorter 3 ball help us??  And as far as this being our C tean we have way, way, way more talent than Germany.  We got destroyed by F. Wagner and Theis. That cannot happen.

I don't think it does help, because no one in the NBA shoots from a foot inside the three point line. It helped guys like Carmelo on the international stage, but for the most part that shot is highly discouraged.

Getting back to this game... of course it can happen. Happens all the time. That's sports.

Germany had more size and were able to exploit the US switching everything. Schroeder played terrific.

Johnny B

I get top guys not playing in this but it's still disappointing to see the USA lose to a team like Germany.

MuggsyB

Why on God's Green Earth did Jaren Jackson play the entire 4Q?  He wasn't rebounding the ball or contesting shots.  Frankly we shot the ball well on offense even though a lot of it was iso ball.  I wasn't impressed at all with the coaching.  Why the auto-switch?  We also overpressured to a fault.  I'm sorry but this was a bad loss with no adjustments whatsoever defensively.  Was Wojo consulted or something?  It was that bad. 

WhiteTrash

As for the NBA, this is yet another embarrassment for the Bulls: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38293507/from-chicagoooo-why-chicago-bulls-value-bringing-hometown-players

You can not publicly admit you factor Chicago as a home town into talent acquisition. This article paints the Bulls front office as a group who's talent evaluation process is so shallow and elementary that a player's home town becomes a factor.

Even if you pick players to be PR puppets, you can't admit it publicly. Just say "we picked the best players, who occasionally and coincidentally come from Chicago".

Well done Jerry  ::)

MuggsyB

Quote from: WhiteTrash on September 08, 2023, 10:32:56 PM
As for the NBA, this is yet another embarrassment for the Bulls: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38293507/from-chicagoooo-why-chicago-bulls-value-bringing-hometown-players

You can not publicly admit you factor Chicago as a home town into talent acquisition. This article paints the Bulls front office as a group who's talent evaluation process is so shallow and elementary that a player's home town becomes a factor.

Even if you pick players to be PR puppets, you can't admit it publicly. Just say "we picked the best players, who occasionally and coincidentally come from Chicago".

Well done Jerry  ::)

Good grief.  The franchise needs to completely start over.

MuggsyB

We need to reevaluate how to choose players and coaches for USA Basketball. 

MUfan12

Quote from: MuggsyB on September 10, 2023, 05:38:02 AM
We need to reevaluate how to choose players and coaches for USA Basketball.

LOL. Because of this?! If they crap the bed with a full squad in the Olympics I'll be right there with you. But this tournament means nada.