2024 Paris Olympics

[MuggsyB]

Total loss of poise by Team USA after being in complete control.   Value the basketball. 

[MuggsyB]

Unconscionable turns from Team USA.  Lazy, and a total lack of focus.  Deal with the physicality by attacking downhill. 

[MuggsyB]

Curry saved the day.  I have zero respect for the FIBA refs or the hack fest by this French team.  Wemby was terrific, as well as Yambusele, but if this game was officiated competently, we would have won by 20+   That said I respect the game Serbia played vs us. 

[The Sultan]

Too bad the team failed by not winning every game by 20+. Should refuse their medals.

[MUfan12]

Yeah, some silly turnovers but that game was freaking great. Incredible theater.

Muggs may disagree but its way better when the US doesn't coast to a gold.

[MU82]

Gutsy performance by our plucky young lads on the hardcourt.

[forgetful]

Curry is the greatest.

[MuggsyB]

Yeah, some silly turnovers but that game was freaking great. Incredible theater.

Muggs may disagree but its way better when the US doesn't coast to a gold.

I respectfully disagree.  Although it was fun to watch Curry ginsu those hacks.  I don't mind  physicality, but there's a difference between that and what I saw out there. There's for example a no biggie moving screen vs acting like offensive lineman.  If they called it the same way for both teams I wouldn't care, but they didn't.  They did everything they could to keep France  in the game, and then we had that stretch of ridiculous turns.  I would have preferred to win by 25 and a fair whistle.

[MuggsyB]

Curry is the greatest.

There is no game plan to stop Steph when he's feeling it. 

[MuggsyB]

Gutsy performance by our plucky young lads on the hardcourt.

Tatum shouldn't have played btw.   I wonder why he sucked so badly in this Olympics?  Fatigue? 

[wadesworld]

Tatum shouldn't have played btw.   I wonder why he sucked so badly in this Olympics?  Fatigue?

Because the other guys on the team that played minutes are better than him.

[MuggsyB]

Because the other guys on the team that played minutes are better than him.

He's the 10th best player on that team?  Wasn't he 1st team All-NBA?  If he isn't as good as all of those guys Mazzulla should get more recognition

Wemby is going to be a beast assuming he gains some weight/strength.  It probably will happen in '25-26.

[dgies9156]

Curry saved the day.  I have zero respect for the FIBA refs or the hack fest by this French team.  Wemby was terrific, as well as Yambusele, but if this game was officiated competently, we would have won by 20+   That said I respect the game Serbia played vs us.

Good teams react to the way the game is called. We did and that's why we have gold!

Great game by a great team.

[Galway Eagle]

If the French draft pick from this year pan out plus wemby they'll be really really good.

[JWags85]

He's the 10th best player on that team?  Wasn't he 1st team All-NBA?  If he isn't as good as all of those guys Mazzulla should get more recognition

Wemby is going to be a beast assuming he gains some weight/strength.  It probably will happen in '25-26.

He's very good but when your other 3s/wing scorers are KD (whose game is absolutely perfect for Olympic ball) and Lebron, yea he's not as good as them.  Who is he taking minutes from?  He'd get killed defensively guarding the 4, and playing him at the 2 for a few minutes here or there ruins the rotation with your better 2s.  Tatum is really but he lost out on minutes to first ballot HOFers

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Too bad the team failed by not winning every game by 20+. Should refuse their medals.

Men's national team playing Sr. Thomas?

[The Sultan]

He's the 10th best player on that team?  Wasn't he 1st team All-NBA?  If he isn't as good as all of those guys Mazzulla should get more recognition

Wemby is going to be a beast assuming he gains some weight/strength.  It probably will happen in '25-26.

FFS can't you just enjoy something without asking a million lame questions? That was an all time memorable basketball moment. Who gives two sh*ts about how much Jayson Tatum played.

[Scoop Snoop]

FFS can't you just enjoy something without asking a million lame questions? That was an all time memorable basketball moment. Who gives two sh*ts about how much Jayson Tatum played.

Obviously, the answer is no. Nervous Nellie wants constant attention.

Great game, and kudos to France for an impressive performance.

[lawdog77]

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[MU82]

Just turned on the game - surprised to see US women's team only up 2 with just 20 pts late in 2Q.

[pbiflyer]

Just turned on the game - surprised to see US women's team only up 2 with just 20 pts late in 2Q.

Playing awful. Ton of turnovers and giving up offensive rebounds.

[The Sultan]

France's pressure on the perimeter is the difference. Speeding up the U.S.

[MuggsyB]

Playing awful. Ton of turnovers and giving up offensive rebounds.

That was a brutal 1st hand pbi.  Very surprising in light of their past performances.  Move the fking basketball and settle down.  Way too much iso garbage. 

[MuggsyB]

Making 2 foot shots would also help. 

[The Sultan]

Yikes.