2012 Olympics: Spurs Focus

[ace3g]

Thread to discuss the Spurs players in the Olympics and evaluate their prospects (De Colo) during their games.

Jonathan Givony ‏@DraftExpress

Olympics draw. Group A: USA, France, Argentina, Tunisia, Lithuania, Nigeria;

Group B: Spain, Brazil, Australia, China, Great Britain, Russia

Here is the schedule for each draw:

http://www.fiba.com/downloads/fe/2012/OLY/Draw-competition-schedule-OG-Men.pdf

[timvp]

I can't believe my Dominican Republic team lost because Ike Diogu hit three dagger three-pointers. In 3,000 minutes in the NBA, he has made one three-pointer. :rolleyes

Spurs Focus: Ike Diogu was on the Spurs last season for those of you who blinked.

[TE]

I can't believe my Dominican Republic team lost because Ike Diogu hit three dagger three-pointers. In 3,000 minutes in the NBA, he has made one three-pointer. :rolleyes

Spurs Focus: Ike Diogu was on the Spurs last season for those of you who blinked.


He reminded me of Zach Randolph vs Spurs circa April 2011

:depressed

[TE]

Thread to discuss the Spurs players in the Olympics and evaluate their prospects (De Colo) during their games.

Jonathan Givony ‏@DraftExpress

Olympics draw. Group A: USA, France, Argentina, Tunisia, Lithuania, Nigeria;

Group B: Spain, Brazil, Australia, China, Great Britain, Russia

Here is the schedule for each draw:

http://www.fiba.com/downloads/fe/2012/OLY/Draw-competition-schedule-OG-Men.pdf

The link above provides the date and time for each game. It's rather easy to determine who is playing who.

Here's a time conversion from UK time to Central Time for all you folks looking to tune into games featuring USA, France, Argentina, among other teams.

Time conversion of UK time to Central Time (US)
9:00 am UK time -> 3:00 am Central Time
11:15 am UK time -> 5:15 am Central Time
14:30 am UK time -> 8:30 am Central Time
16:45 am UK time -> 10:45 am Central Time
20:00 am UK time -> 2:00 pm Central Time
22:15 am UK time -> 4:15 pm Central Time

[Mel_13]

Official website:

http://london2012.fiba.com/

[Destro]

this is going to be fun

[Russ]

this is going to be fun

The Summer League may be more interesting (and definitely sooner).

[Bruno]

Today at 3:15pm CST, Spain/France. Parker will play very few minutes (lack of conditioning) but Diaw and De Colo should get plenty of playing time.

[racm]

Diaw gonna have a hard time if the Gasol bros are in

[Bruno]

Yeah, France will likely lost to day and it could even be a blowout. They are without Batum and Parker will play something like 10 minutes. Noah won't play with them this year.

[smaka]

Bruno, what time (in Europe) do they play today? Do you have any streams?

[ElNono]

Team Argentina will be playing the following friendlies in Spain pre-Olympic competition:

July 20th: vs Team USA
July 22th: vs Team Spain

[Bruno]

Bruno, what time (in Europe) do they play today? Do you have any streams?

22h15

Aside of the classic websites with illegal streams, the Spanish TV channel should stream it on his website:
http://www.rtve.es/deportes/baloncesto/directo/

[crc21209]

Cool. I'm really looking forward to seeing what TP, Manu, Diaw, and De Colo do in Olympic play....

[ace3g]

stream is starting:

http://www.rtve.es/deportes/baloncesto/directo/

[Drom John]

Mills and De Colo are the two I want to see play the most. Unfortunately they are in different Groups.

[TE]

stream is starting:

http://www.rtve.es/deportes/baloncesto/directo/

:toast

[TE]

Pau is out for Spain (this game)...

Anyone know what's wrong with him?

[ace3g]

well with Ibaka playing, we can see if De Colo can attack the paint with a shotblocker of his level roaming.

[smaka]

Thank you guys for links!

[TE]

Parker looks like a ninja turtle with dose glasses

[TE]

de colo starting

[TE]

colo just got introduced to iblaka

[ace3g]

well De Colo goes to the rim for a layup, and gets blocked by Ibaka...

[smaka]

Nando, meet Ibaka.

[smaka]

Nice to see 3 guys from Spurs roster in the starting lineup, actually.

[Sa_Spursfan20]

That was a nice shot by Parker.

[GB20]

three spurs players playing right now

[smaka]

Nice trey, Boris.

[ajballer4]

Not a good first stint for De Colo. Didnt look anything like an NBA player

[Sa_Spursfan20]

^Not a good quarter at all for the entire French team.

[temujin]

Nando, meet Ibaka.

Nando, try to stay in front of Sergi frigging Llull.

[smaka]

Is it just me or is France playing really shitty?

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Is it just me or is France playing really shitty?

It's not just you. Spain is outworking them right now.

[yavozerb]

Not a good first stint for De Colo. Didnt look anything like an NBA player

:lol, neiher did TP..he must suck

[smaka]

The ball just won't go in for France.
Plus, in my opinion, too many turnovers so far.
Will Parker again sit whole game?

[ace3g]

cameraman doing a great job with hot ladies in the stands!!!!

[Dro210]

haha just showing all these hotties during the timeout


btw, thanks for the link!

[ajballer4]

Where is Mahinmi and the good Pietrus for France?

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Where is Mahinmi and the good Pietrus for France?

Mahinmi isnt on the team this year. As for Pietrus, I think I saw him earlier in the game.

[smaka]

Depends which Pietrus you meant...

[angelbelow]

Diogu getting burned by that big white guy from OKC who never plays is still fresh in my mind.

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Depends which Pietrus you meant...

Florent Pietrus was the one I saw. Is Mickael Pietrus still recovering from his head injury?

[Mel_13]

Florent Pietrus was the one I saw. Is Mickael Pietrus still recovering from his head injury?

MP had knee surgery after the season ended.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/8048981/boston-celtics-ray-allen-ankle-mickael-pietrus-knee-surgery

[Limguogolo]

I think Ian hasn't got a contract (but Collet and Parker don't like him). And Mike Pietrus is not the welcome (not a Parker's friend).

[Sa_Spursfan20]

MP had knee surgery after the season ended.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/8048981/boston-celtics-ray-allen-ankle-mickael-pietrus-knee-surgery

That'll do it. Thanks for the clarification, Mel. :toast

[ace3g]

Nando starts off the 3rd with and 1 opportunity

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Damn. That was quite the prayer sent up by De Colo!

[Limguogolo]

Spurs system for Nando > 2+1 lol

[sehui]

Nando with an AND-1 3 point play.

His shot almost looked look like a pass

[sehui]

turnover by Nando

shit pass by Nando

uh oh. Hope he shows some better PG skills soon

[ace3g]

Gasol and Diawara going at it!!!

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Things are getting a bit chippy. Curious to see if it continues...

[crc21209]

Damn, France is getting killed now.

[sehui]

oh god, Nando de colo might not be our answer for backup PG.

His ball handling and security looks iffy as fuck if Calderon is able to poke it out all the time

[Dex]

De Colo trois!

[crc21209]

Spain should, and probably will be the United States' toughest competition at the Olympics. Even without Rubio, they still have a good PG in Calderon running the show...

[GB20]

Spain can't run with the USA team

[TE]

Spain can't run with the USA team

Yeah, and the only way they can compete is if their perimeter players duplicate their "game of my life" performance in the 08 gold medal game.

[smaka]

Yeah, and the only way they can compete is if their perimeter players duplicate their "game of my life" performance in the 08 gold medal game.

You forgot about this guy's fellas

http://speronibasket.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ism_joe_crawford.jpg

[Solid D]

Nando with 13 points, 3-6 on 3-Pt FGs. He could learn to move without the ball better. Maybe Manu can help him with that. Pop will likely demand it.

[Bruno]

Spain was so much better than France without Parker and Batum that the game was quite boring. The 16 points win could have easily been a 25 points win if France wasn't hitting their 3 pointer. Parker can't really play right now after having done nothing for one month. Diaw was invisible. De Colo has alternate the good and the bad.

[objective]

Diaw was invisible.

big surprise. Boris the Invisible just doing what he do.

[ace3g]

Here is the boxscore for the France/Spain game: http://www.ffbb.com/documents/actus/spain-france.pdf

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Thanks for the link, ace. A friend of mine was asking about the game earlier, so this will help. :toast

[mosdef17]

I can't believe my Dominican Republic team lost because Ike Diogu hit three dagger three-pointers. In 3,000 minutes in the NBA, he has made one three-pointer. :rolleyes

Spurs Focus: Ike Diogu was on the Spurs last season for those of you who blinked.

Go speak to all those countries that have had their team murdered by Carlos 'LeBron James when playing for Puerto Rico' Arroyo. :lol

That guy straight balls when playing in international competition.

[racm]

Ibaka with zero field goals?

Wished his performance this game was that one instead of 11-11...

[ace3g]

France is playing Belgium right now:

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/76/60/91HohFT6Ns/

[Bruno]

France is playing Belgium right now:

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/76/60/91HohFT6Ns/

France lost 57-63. :lmao

Parker played a little more but he is still nowhere near being in game shape. De Colo was average which means he was better than most of the other french players. Diaw didn't play because he must first get an insurance on his new contract.

[DesignatedT]

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/177822_10151280385619616_1803737917_o.jpg

[DesignatedT]

lol blair 6'5'' on a good day

[ace3g]

Argentina vs Brazil again tonight, not sure what time though

[guilhermercf]

Argentina vs Brazil again tonight, not sure what time though

End of 3rd. BRA 66-61 ARG

Splitter almost perfect from the line.

[DesignatedT]

So he's not perfect from the line?

[guilhermercf]

And Ginobili is not playing

69-63

7:12 left

[DPG21920]

Was it necessary to photoshop Irving in there?

[ace3g]

Was it necessary to photoshop Irving in there?

I think it is just the lighting from behind, look at Westbrook in this one:

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/full/615639890.jpg?key=31861955&Expires=1342056670&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA&Signature=CFxPsU2KZd47fVmCrUb-NJXiVu2gkSZuG~2IFlj-LxToOC1IrYjxiYXAYJYUk-E2hdLbCz4cktlKxQn6nj~PtQtQlhDOvVgz~02CG9VfXOsWNYci 3-aMVeOhJ4LrvQiOSPSaqF5nKw1GpPCmFJCH46FxfXHAiVJr-LIANO7JzE8_

[DPG21920]

:lol I know

[guilhermercf]

FT: Brazil 91 - 75 Argentina.

Splitter MVP of the game.

[c whata11]

FT: Brazil 91 - 75 Argentina.

Splitter MVP of the game.

really? i watched the end and saw them giving trophies to huertas. of course i dont understand portuguese but i assumed he was mvp

[Josepatches_]

It would great if Pop had confidence in Splitter.

[GB20]

FT: Brazil 91 - 75 Argentina.

Splitter MVP of the game.

how many points did he score?

[SplitterHook]

really? i watched the end and saw them giving trophies to huertas. of course i dont understand portuguese but i assumed he was mvp

That was the mvp of the tournament (super four)

there was no mvp of the game but he's right. Splitter was the best player today, specially in the 4th quarter. he just owned scola & co till scola found an injury to leave the court :) (I kid! he injured his ankle, irrc.)

[SplitterHook]

btw, huertas was the guy that made thiago (outside of his top D) the spain league Finals MVP. His pick and roll with splitter is a joy to watch.

And he just owned Ricky Rubio in the finals. Then rubio left to the nba, huertas replaced him in barcelona and huertas led barcelona to the spanish title again!

He's a fantastic PG but, not that great defensively, tho.

[smaka]

Any stats for Splitter?

[therealtruth]

It would great if Pop had confidence in Splitter.

Pop has done everything in his power to setup Splitter to fail. Back when he was playing his best ball during the RRT we joked Pop would make sure that wouldn't continue.

[Gustavope]

Tiago Splitter (19 points, 8 rebounds e 5 assists)

[smaka]

Tiago Splitter (19 points, 8 rebounds e 5 assists)

thanks!

[Bruno]

France beat Bilorussia 84-64 today.

Parker is feeling better. He played 34 minutes and has 17 points and 12 assists.
De Colo was solid with 13 points.
Diaw didn't play because of insurance issues.

[therealtruth]

Tiago Splitter (19 points, 8 rebounds e 5 assists)

What an unskilled scrub :lol. He deserved 1 minute in game 6 after sparking us to a win in game 1.

[DesignatedT]

scrubs scoring against scrubs.

[ace3g]

France beat Bilorussia 84-64 today.

Parker is feeling better. He played 34 minutes and has 17 points and 12 assists.
De Colo was solid with 13 points.
Diaw didn't play because of insurance issues.

Here is the box score for the game:

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/76/61/22TgRUzzXc7oo/

[ace3g]

France vs Spain right now:

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/76/62/202d208ycc5XQ/

[Paranoid Pop]

Why the hell is Rondo at the game??

[colargol]

39-37 for France at the half......Big game from Gelabale, i really like him when he's healthy

Too bad.....he's out !!!!!

[Paranoid Pop]

De Colo on the other hand is bricking everything.

[colargol]

France is missing too many open 3....3/14!

56-49 for Spain end of the third

[colargol]

France lost 75-70

6/25 for de colo/parker !!!!!

Good game overall

gasol/Ibaka 39pts/20rbds!!!

[Bruno]

France lost 75-70


Yep. It was a damn fun game to watch.

Pau Gasol and Navarro are just damn great players.
It sucks that Navarro didn't like the NBA. It would have been great to see him playing in a better competition than Euroleague/Spanish competition.
Pau Gasol is wasting his career playing with Lakers, a team that uses him so poorly. Maybe the addition of Nash will change that. If it doesn't, a trade would be the best for him.

[TE]

Yep. It was a damn fun game to watch.

Pau Gasol and Navarro are just damn great players.
It sucks that Navarro didn't like the NBA. It would have been great to see him playing in a better competition than Euroleague/Spanish competition.
Pau Gasol is wasting his career playing with Lakers, a team that uses him so poorly. Maybe the addition of Nash will change that. If it doesn't, a trade would be the best for him.

I always wondered why Navarro didn't pan out.

[Mel_13]

I always wondered why Navarro didn't pan out.

He came over to play with Pau. Pau got traded to the Lakers and Memphis won 22 games. So he went back to Spain.

[Bruno]

Regarding Spurs players in that game, it wasn't good.

Parker was obviously tired and he still isn't in good shape.
De Colo had a couple a great assists but he couldn't hit a jump shot. He wasn't aggressive enough with the ball in his hands.
Diaw has an average game but like the rest of French bigs, he suffered a lot on the boards and defensively against Spain even without Marc Gasol.

Boxscore: http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/76/62/202d208ycc5XQ/

[TE]

USA vs Brazil tonight at 7 PM CT on ESPN2.

Can splitter ever post up on a smaller defender again? Someone tell him it's not the NBA playoffs and he might actually be able to.

[TE]

He came over to play with Pau. Pau got traded to the Lakers and Memphis won 22 games. So he went back to Spain.

Understandable

[jyra]

Patty Mills and Australia are playing Spain right now. There will be a rematch tomorrow.

Some other upcoming games:

21/07/2012 France - Brazil
22/07/2012 USA - Argentina and Brazil -Australia
23/07/2012 France - Australia

[ace3g]

you can watch the game here:

http://www.rtve.es/deportes/baloncesto/directo/

[jyra]

Thanks. :toast

[Drom John]

Tied! at half.

[ace3g]

Australia - Spain tied at 35 at halftime

[keywester]

Great game so far. Mills looks good from 3 and finding the open shooter.

[ace3g]

Mills has 10 pts at the half

[jyra]

Australia - Spain rematch right now. Patty off to a good start, 7 points in the 1. quarter and Australia is up 19-18.

[Mel_13]

Game here:

http://www.rtve.es/deportes/baloncesto/directo/

[timvp]

What happened in first Spain vs. Aus?

[flox]

mills seems to have mastered the airball floater.

[jyra]

What happened in first Spain vs. Aus?

Very close game throughout until Spain went on a big run in the fourth quarter:
http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2588&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=5c1b94d62a
(http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2588&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=5c1b94d62a)
Patty with a very quiet 2nd quarter. I don't think he scored any points. Spain is definitely paying more attention to him in their pick and roll coverage.
This Australian team might not be the most talented out there but they are very disciplined and have some good size in the front court.

[Bruno]

Spain won 81-75. Mills was fine.

I've been impressed with the quality of basketball Australia played. Brett Brown is their coach so he surely deserves some props. Promoting brown as the second assistant coach behind Bud would work with me.

[jyra]

Very similar to the first game Spain just pulls away late in the 4th. Australia just seem to be relying too much on outside shots, they hardly get any easy points around the rim.

Patty finished with 15 points (not 100% sure about that) and showed that he can still shoot the ball and run the pick and roll. Just like the rest of the team he struggled to get in the paint and finish over the Gasol/Ibaka. Defensively he was not much of a factor letting Calderon score quite a bit, although some of the shots he made were pretty well contested.

It's going to be a very interesting battle for the backup point guard position between Mills, Joseph and De Colo.

[ace3g]

Every time I see Joe Ingles run the court/dribble/shoot, he reminds me a lot of Toni Kukoc (both are lefties).

[Slippy]

Spain won 81-75. Mills was fine.

I've been impressed with the quality of basketball Australia played. Brett Brown is their coach so he surely deserves some props. Promoting brown as the second assistant coach behind Bud would work with me.

If Bogut ever suits up for the Aussies they might have a chance of winning a medal.

Not aiming high here. A bronze would do. :downspin:

[ace3g]

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[Bruno]

These videos fallowing FNT are great (if you speak french). They are well made funny and interesting. The funniest in this one is Boris Diaw betting that he can pass a rider. We will see if he can do it, but I have some doubts...

[MI21]

Little tidbit with Chris Paul giving Patty Mills a little bit of praise :tu


"Patty wasn't in the NBA in '08 and he did an unbelievable job then and he's an even better player now," Paul said of the Aussie asset at the San Antonio Spurs.

"He's a different player with the national team than he is in the NBA. With the national team, he gets to get loose, get going and be the player that he is."



http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/london-olympics/nba-star-chris-paul-heaps-praise-on-boomers-guard-patty-mills/story-fn9dheyx-1226429449277

[ace3g]

Here are the boxscores for both Australia - Spain games:

Game 1:
http://www.basketball.net.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Attachments/2012/Boomers_Documents/Spain_v_Boomer_Game_1_Boxscores.pdf

Game 2:
http://www.feb.es/Documentos/Archivo/Upload/ESPAUSM.pdf

[jyra]

Argentina plays Spain today.

[TE]

Argentina plays Spain today.

Is it gonna be streamed?

[jyra]

I think so. Check the first row.

[Mel_13]

Is it gonna be streamed?


http://www.rtve.es/deportes/baloncesto/directo/

[jyra]

The game starts in 10 minutes.

[Stabula]

Argentina is getting murdered and I don't think Ginobili has so much as touched the ball yet.

[Bruno]

France beat Brazil 78-74 in a friendly game:
http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/76/63/12E868hCClBXQ/

Regarding Spurs player:
- Parker was very good in the first half. In the second half, Brazil was more physical and he missed some shots but at least he hit his FTs.
- De Colo was very quiet in the first half but he was just great in the second half. He win the game by himself in a Ginobili-like fashion. Defensively, he suffered but wasn't that bad against Barbosa.
- Diaw was as always: solid but he passed soem shots he should have taken.
- Splitter barely played in the first half because of foul troubles. He was the best Brazilian player in the clutch where he made some great offensive moves. His Ft shooting looked very good.

[jyra]

France 78 - Brazil 74.

Boxscore: http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/76/63/12E868hCClBXQ/

I just caught a couple minutes of the fourth quarter but Nando played a big part in France coming back for the win. He scored 11 points in the last quarter and made some nice passes.

Edit: Ah, Bruno beat me to it..

[Spurs Brazil]

1st time I seen De Colo play and I liked. He shoot the ball really well.

Tiago did a good job in the 4th. Brazil has a chance to win a medal if someone can step up in the 4th quarter. So far I don't see that player

[Spurs Brazil]

1st time I seen De Colo play and I liked. He shoot the ball really well.

Tiago did a good job in the 4th. Brazil has a chance to win a medal if someone can step up in the 4th quarter. So far I don't see that player

[ace3g]

Manu and Nando are going to have fun with behind the back passes!!!

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[PingPong]

Manu and Nando are going to have fun with behind the back passes!!!

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Splitter and his passes instead of finishing the sh*t....

:lol

[Brazil]

Nando with the ginobilish fourth quarter

7 mn to go, 2 assists for Pietrus including the one in the back, an acrobatic shoots, a 3 pointer to give France the advantage and another JS. He finished the last 7 mn with 7 pts, 1 reb, 2 assist and one interception.

Definitely some good stuff. He is going to be key for FNT during the tournament.

[ace3g]

Brazil beat Australia today, 87-71

Splitter: 7/10 FG, 3-3 FT, 2 boards (Nene and Varejao both had 10+ boards) 17 pts

Patty Mills: 14 pts

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/81/92/45FLVgYEzsP5o/

[Bruno]

From what I've read on a French newspaper, Spurs have send members of their staff to Strasbourg to watch the friendly tournament. There is also Brett Brown who coaches Australia. It's not a surprising move given that there are 5 Spurs at this tournament with Mills, Splitter, Parker, De Colo and Diaw.

[jyra]

France-Australia starting right now.

Boxscore:
http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/76/64/568LtTkEUdSPc/

[ace3g]

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[Bruno]

Nando has been the best French player during all these friendly games. Aside of a bad game against Spain, he has been good. So far, Spurs look smart to ahve signed him to that contract.

In addition of De Colo good summer, Joseph has had a great SL and, from what I've seen, Mills has been fine with Australia. Spurs should more and more consider trading Neal.

[urunobili]

Nando has been the best French player during all these friendly games. Aside of a bad game against Spain, he has been good. So far, Spurs look smart to ahve signed him to that contract.

In addition of De Colo good summer, Joseph has had a great SL and, from what I've seen, Mills has been fine with Australia. Spurs should more and more consider trading Neal.

Bruno, do you think they can get a first rounder for Neal?

[Bruno]

Bruno, do you think they can get a first rounder for Neal?

I don't.

IMO, Neal trade value is a good second round pick.

[ace3g]

Q A with the French NT

http://www.basketnews.net/article/questions-pour-les-bleus-1470

[ace3g]

https://p.twimg.com/AyrYRvBCIAE3d7P.jpg:large

[timvp]

^Awesome :lol

[racm]

Three words: Pick and roll.

[ElNono]

http://bucket.lanacion.com.ar/anexos/fotos/86/1566686.jpg

[smaka]

classy Manu

[ace3g]

EPxo6kWyMmc&feature=player_embedded

[Anonymous Cowherd]

Anyone watching the Opening Ceremony might have seen Patty Mills in the Australian contingent, seemed really stoked to be there

[ElNono]

http://i49.tinypic.com/1z68tgi.jpg

[ace3g]

http://distilleryimage1.instagram.com/4dac90f2d82b11e18fe222000a1cdf77_7.jpg

https://p.twimg.com/Ay2D8cRCQAAcZ08.jpg:large

[smaka]

http://instagram.com/p/Nm0OEkkcX_/

[ElNono]

http://www.basketamericano.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/deron-parker-westbrook.jpg

[ElNono]

http://i47.tinypic.com/5p4flz.jpg

[ace3g]

https://p.twimg.com/Ay41ixTCEAApvca.jpg:large

[ace3g]

good opening treat for Spurs fans at the olympics: Nando De Colo vs NBA players

[spurs4real]

good opening treat for Spurs fans at the olympics: Nando De Colo vs NBA players

When and what time?

[ace3g]

8:30 a.m. CST on NBC

[spurs10]

8:30 a.m. CST on NBC
:toast

[ace3g]

actually I think it is on NBCSP...

[Manufan909]

actually I think it is on NBCSP...

And what's on the main NBC channel instead? FUCKING CYCLING. Can't wait to watch the replay, because the live stream (legal anyways) requires a subscription of some kind.

[ace3g]

doesn't tell you the channel but it does convert the times for each basketball game in the olympics:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/basketball/results-schedules/index.html

[spurs10]

actually I think it is on NBCSP...
Is this different from NBCSN?

[ace3g]

no same channel

[spurs10]

no same channel
Thanks again!

[Bruno]

A nice woj article about the U23 project for the Olympics:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--nba-stars-have-no-voice-in-fight-to-preserve-olympic-basketball-format.html

Players better start fighting if they want to keep enjoying playing in the Olympics.

[E-RockWill]

Spurs checking out Adam Hanga. Any thoughts?
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/255268_481945038502128_627167577_n.jpg

[LakerHater]

http://uppix.net/f/c/a/00b63b76f70b4684b295e16b26894.jpg

[spurs10]

Is Manu's game on NBCSN at 4:15 CST? Hopefully he fairs a bit better....

[TE]

http://uppix.net/f/c/a/00b63b76f70b4684b295e16b26894.jpg

:rollin

agreed.

[DesignatedT]

Argentina vs Lithuania who ya got tonight?

[Venti Quattro]

Argentina vs Lithuania who ya got tonight?

dem Argies if the Lithuanians don't shoot lights out

[TE]

Argie...my boy MANUUUU will go off tonight.

[DesignatedT]

Line is ARG - 5

[Venti Quattro]

Line is ARG - 5

lol so you are putting money in this game. too close to call, but I think Argentina will win by > 5.

[ElNono]

ARG can't coast these games, last game is against Team USA and they need to be qualified by then

[Andthentherewas21]

A nice woj article about the U23 project for the Olympics:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--nba-stars-have-no-voice-in-fight-to-preserve-olympic-basketball-format.html

Players better start fighting if they want to keep enjoying playing in the Olympics.

I like Woj, but this isn't his best or most balanced work.


Owners have restricted freedom of movement in the NBA with salary-cap and sign-and-trade restrictions.

Really?! So Steve Nash and his $9 million contract didn't just get traded to a team that was already $10 million over the luxury tax line prior to the trade? I understand the S&T restrictions don't taken effect until next year, but its not as if they have been done away with completely and its done to prevent shit like the Lakers acquiring every all-star in the Western conference not on the Spurs or OKC.

Then there is the DH situation. Dwight Howard isn't forcing the Magic to trade him after he mistakenly opted-in to the last year of his deal at the trade deadline? Derek Fisher didn't refuse to report to Houston forcing them to buy him out last season? Sorry but I have to call BS on the restriction of freedom statement.

[DPG21920]

Im not seeing the game on TV - is this one live?

[ace3g]

Brian Mahoney ‏@briancmahoney

Manu jokes that he's going to tell his teammates to try to fog up Parker's goggles when they play Tuesday.

[DPG21920]

It must suck to play with goggles. When I play sports any little thing (like imperfection with the uniform or shoes or if you have to get taped...)bothers me (at least to start the game) and I can't imagine how annoying goggles woud be.

[spurs10]

Yes, wearing goggles when your not in a swimming pool is bound to feel awkward!

[Bruno]

Goggles surely hurt Parker but he too in poor shape and has a sore shoulder. Saying that he, and Batum, will need to really step up to give France a shot at doing something in the Olympics.

[Ice009]

Is this sore shoulder a problem Bruno? I recall he had a sore shoulder during the lockout and also the regular season too didn't he?

[ace3g]

Buck Harvey ‏@Buck_SA

The first time @manuginobili and @tp9network have ever played each other in a game? It will be Tuesday. #Olympics

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Buck Harvey ‏@Buck_SA

The first time @manuginobili and @tp9network have ever played each other in a game? It will be Tuesday. #Olympics

Note to self: Make sure to watch that.

[ace3g]

Kobe has nothing on De Colo...

http://l.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/ypAi70Nl2MLbj7DtZXOE6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVvO2NoPTQyODtjcj0xO2N3PTQyOTtkeD0xO2 R5PTE7Zmk9dWxjcm9wO2g9NDI4O3E9MTAwO3c9NDI5/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/Sports/Getty_Images/201207291016369705243-p2.jpeg

[Bruno]

Is this sore shoulder a problem Bruno? I recall he had a sore shoulder during the lockout and also the regular season too didn't he?

He has bigger issue on a shoulder early in the season (tendinitis) but this time it's just a sore shoulder after a hit he received in the last friendly game against Australia. The injury in itself doesn't look serious but he didn't practice a couple of days because of it which is problematic when you have conditioning issues.

[racm]

As long as Tony is in shape by the start of the season...

[ElNono]

smh Tiago freebies

[DPG21920]

Tiago saying 7-9 in your face, El Nono

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Tiago playing very nice so far today. His free throws are still shit, but it looks like he has some confidence again. Good to see!

[DPG21920]

He is 7-9 from the FT line, no? His last two were perfect.

[ElNono]

He is 7-9 from the FT line, no? His last two were perfect.

I saw him miss at least 3 in the 2nd half... so that can't be right

[jyra]

He is 8/10 on FGs and 3/7 form the FT line. It's really fun to see him run the pick and roll with Huertas.

[ElNono]

According to this:
http://www.london2012.com/basketball/event/men/match=bkm400b06/doc=playbyplay.html

He's 3-7 from the FT line

[ace3g]

Splitter with 21 pts now

[DPG21920]

You are right, I was looking at FG, not FT.

[ElNono]

Actually, go here and click the + button to see the stats:

http://www.london2012.com/basketball/event/men/match=bkm400b06/doc=live.html

[Sa_Spursfan20]

It says he is 3/7 right now, but 9/11 from the field.

**EDIT. Beaten to the punch. :lol

[ElNono]

scrappy win for Brazil... GB really gave them everything they have..

[Richie]

Team GB are just so awful. It's painful to watch such bad defensive coordination, one guy goes to help double Nene in the post, leaves Barbosa wide open for a 3. Just horrible.

[ace3g]

Deng choked in this game

[Richie]

Also they really should have gone to hack-a-splitter. Even if they can't just hack him like in the NBA (dunno FIBA rules), a few times he had the ball and they just stood off him. Bad coaching.

Not to mention whoever it was ran down to close out Verajao in the corner like he was Ray Allen. Just bad mistakes

[turkish spurs fan]

TIAGO nice.

[PingPong]

Awful game from Brazil against an even more awful british team. A match to forget.

[guilhermercf]

Huertas with 24 minutes is the only good thing that happened today.

He better play all the 40 minutes against Russia.

[mexpurs21]

Did anyone see that during a timeout in the Australia vs Spain game, coach Brett Brown called a played named "Manu Ginobli" he was like "go back in and run Ginobili".

[Anonymous Cowherd]

enough with the awful Britain.

for a team with ZERO international level guards we played damn well.


Pops has been excellent. Freeland looks NBA-ready.
and Deng is Deng.

[Anonymous Cowherd]

Deng choked in this game

choked 2 free throws, but hit two MASSIVE contested threes, and drew a three-point shooting foul with the shot clock running down in the last 2 minutes.

that ain't choking in my book.




Huertas has been great for Brazil.

Nene seems to barely be trying, leaving all the real balling to Splitter and Anderson. Leandro has been terrible.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

White really shows Diaw's weight

and Diaw is taking over near the end of the 3rd! and now a cut to swimming.

Parker did a good job of closing out the game, scoring 11 points in the 4th.

[sinok]

And France wins, looks like Parker is getting his shape back, closing out at the end of the game...

Seems that France will manage to finish at the second place of the group.

[smaka]

how did the 3 Spurs play?

[jiggy_55]

how did the 3 Spurs play?

Didn't watch, but Parker with 27 points on 9-14 fg with 5 rebs and 2 assts playing almost the whole game (36mins).
Diaw with 10 pts, 8 assts, 6 rebs playing pretty much the entire game as well with 38 mins! Seems his fitness is not an issue then..
De Colo with 8 points, 5 rebs, 1 asst on 3-7 fg in 25mins.

[jyra]

Diaw with 10 pts, 8 assts, 6 rebs playing pretty much the entire game as well with 38 mins! Seems his fitness is not an issue then..

It seems that Pietrus broke his nose (just going off a tweet, any confirmation?) early in the game so Boris had to play pretty much by default.

[racm]

Eh, Diaw's always been the "amazing if motivated, crappy if not" guy.

Look at how good he was in Phoenix and the tail end of last season and compare that to how bad he got in Charlotte.

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Woke up early to watch the Argentina-Tunisia game. Hope it's a good one.

[spurs10]

Woke up early to watch the Argentina-Tunisia game. Hope it's a good one.
Again, not on Time Warner cable in Austin. Any suggestions on how to see the game are most welcome........:toast

[ElNono]

damn I'm sleepy, but ARG looks even more sleep at the wheel...

[ElNono]

wow, what a terrible quarter for ARG

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

What happened to Prigioni?

[spurs10]

wow, what a terrible quarter for ARG
Maybe it's good it's not televised......on Time %$^Warner cable :bang .

[ElNono]

What happened to Prigioni?

renal colic... he's not gonna play

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Ginobili is a pretty good player.

[ElNono]

Manu showing a pulse... 5 point game now

[Rito3d30]

The injury of the Tunisia big is the turning point

[ElNono]

ARG up 29-28 now

[ElNono]

still no bench for ARG

[tlongII]

BATUM-shakalaka!

[ElNono]

40-40 at the half

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Manu playing great so far.

[turkish spurs fan]

Ginobili firing.

Fire in the hole!

[ElNono]

ARG got that 3 point ball going now...

[Brazil]

Best game for France of the summer yesterday with everybody getting in shape (not speaking about Diaw's weight tough) !

Too bad Flo Pietrus has apparently a broken nose.

After USA, Argentina and Lit, rest should be much easier. It is now France to loose the second spot but as I know quite a bit France, we are capable to loose the easiest game.

[Brazil]

Florent Pietrus, qui n'a joué qu'une minute et trente-quatre secondes ce jeudi matin contre la Lituanie (82-74), souffre d'une fracture du nez. L'intérieur français a pris un coup de coude dans le visage mais sa blessure est «sans complication et ne remet pas en cause sa participation à la suite de la compétition».

Confirmation that Flo Pietrus broke is nose but it's a simple fracture and he should be able to play the next games

[Russ]

Mills had 20 in Australia's win over China.

[ElNono]

ARG up 19 :lol

[Brazil]

ARG up 19 :lol

they are playin' against who ?

[ElNono]

they are playin' against who ?

Tunisia

[ElNono]

Good win... the big point differential might help them in the tiebreaker

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Solid win by Argentina!

[TE]

Next game is probably the game of the day IMO.

[Bruno]

Good win by FNT. It sucks for Florent Pietrus but it looks like he should be fine with a protective mask. They just need to win one of their last two games to finish 2nd of the group (providing USA beat Argentina). They should be able to win against Tunisia in 2 days and rest players for their last game against Nigeria.

If the logic is respected on the other group, the QF should be:
USA/Australia
France/Brazil
Argentina/Spain or Russia
Lithuania/Spain or Russia

[TE]

Good win by FNT. It sucks for Florent Pietrus but it looks like he should be fine with a protective mask. They just need to win one of their last two games to finish 2nd of the group (providing USA beat Argentina). They should be able to win against Tunisia in 2 days and rest players for their last game against Nigeria.

If the logic is respected on the other group, the QF should be:
USA/Australia
France/Brazil
Argentina/Spain or Russia
Lithuania/Spain or Russia

This is assuming Russia beats Brazil today?

[Venti Quattro]

I vastly underestimated France.

[Bruno]

This is assuming Russia beats Brazil today?

Yep.

On the USA group, unless something crazy happen like Nigeria beating Argentina or Argentina beating USA, it will be: USA:1st, France:2nd, Argentina:3rd and Lithuania:4th.

On the Spain group, the winner of Australia/GB will be 4th. The first 3 seed will be Spain, Russia and Brazil. The 3 teams are tied for the moment and will start playing each other. I think Brazil is a step lower than Russia and Spain. Between Russia and Spain, I'm not sure who is better. Spain is stronger on the paper but they have injuries issues with Navarro and Marc Gasol and Russia has looked great this summer.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Yeah Splitter commanding that double team.

Brazil better but Splitter back in there before the lead grows too big.

[ElNono]

Manu just said they're likely a lock to finish #3 on the group... agreeing with Bruno, basically