FIBA: USA vs Serbia: 2 pm CST

[ace3g]

3:00 PM ET

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Serbia 0


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United States 0
This is what they are playing for:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxg9umKIYAA_YG4.jpg:large

[Venti Quattro]

What a fucking ugly trophy. 24 basketball national teams slash time off of their summers just to play for this piece of shit of a trophy. Ugh

[itzsoweezee]

Serbia looking good right now.

[Venti Quattro]

Serbia looking good right now.

So did Mexico, Lithuania, Turkey and Slovenia

[szkorhetz]

Sign Raduljica. NOW!

[itzsoweezee]

and just like that, it's gone. serbia can't afford any empty possessions. they've got to score on nearly every possession.

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao Referees cheating for the Serbians

That was a moving pick on Serbia :rollin

[Venti Quattro]

Serbia looking good right now.

Do they still look good right now?

[UZER]

USA! USA! USA!

[Venti Quattro]

Damn :(

[spurraider21]

they should just exclude the US from these tournaments. its fucking pointless

[hsxvvd]

What a fucking ugly trophy. 24 basketball national teams slash time off of their summers just to play for this piece of shit of a trophy. Ugh

Designed by a 4 yr old with a bedazzler.

No way that can be the trophy... wtf?

[hsxvvd]

http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2014/naismith-trophy


Wow... it's legit. :lol


Goldsmith master Günter Schoebel from Bad Kreuznach, Germany, is the man behind the trophy for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. The trophy was presented to the World Champions from Yugoslavia for the first time following the Finals on 9th August 1998 in Athens.

It was way back in the 1950 that the Central Board of FIBA decided to create a special trophy for the FIBA World Championship which was to bear the name of the inventor of basketball, James Naismith. Up until 1964 nothing happened and it was not until 1965 when, thanks to a donation of US$ 1,000, thoughts could be turned to making intention reality. At this point, people still did not know what for the trophy should take.

Dr. H.C. Renato William Jones, long-time Secretary General of FIBA, who died in 1981 at the age of 74, also provided the inspiration for the design of this trophy.

A combination of coincidence and Jones observant eye were to provide the answer. During a trip along the Nile to upper Egypt with Ursula Frank and late FIBA Africa boss Abdel Azim Ashry, he also visited the town of Luxor and the temple in Karnak. At the temple he was very much impressed by on of the lotus columns, with a particularly stylish bud-shaped capital and, after brief reflection, he decided this should be the model for the cup.

The top part of the newly created Naismith Trophy has a lotus flower design and the decagonal rotating middle piece, with carved maps of the continents and precious stones inlaid, symbolizes the 5 continents. Black onyx, yellow citrine, green chyrsopase, red garnet and blue topaz represent all the regions in the world.

The 975/000 sterling silver on the upper and lower parts – gold plated on the inside – and the 14-carat yellow gold middle part make the cup particularly valuable and precious. The base is made of Rosa Porrhino marble and measures 20 x 20 cm. James Naismith’s name is engraved on all four sides in Latin, Arabic, Chinese and in Egyptian hieroglyphics. The top of the cup has a circumference of 21cm and, standing 47cm, the trophy weights a grand 9kg.

[elemento]

so freaking boring

It looks like the Spurs against the 76ers last season :lol

[apalisoc_9]

Poor game plan from serbia IMO.

You don't try to outscore a superior offensive team...

[Arcadian]

The bronze game was really good though. Diaw kicked ass

[Infinite_limit]

Congrats on beating a nation with population of 7 Million

Yugoslavia would have curb stomped these American monkeys

[UZER]

Congrats on beating a nation with population of 7 Million

Yugoslavia would have curb stomped these American monkeys


:cry

[exstatic]

Congrats on beating a nation with population of 7 Million

Yugoslavia would have curb stomped these American monkeys

Not with their bench segregated into Serbs, Bosnians, Slovenians, and Croatians.

[ElNono]

'Murica, fuck yeah

[baseline bum]

Gangster Disciple with zero points :lol

Thought this nigga was leading Chicago to the Finals?

[Venti Quattro]

Gangster Disciple with zero points :lol

Thought this nigga was leading Chicago to the Finals?
16% from the three point line

[ezau]

I don't get these European teams at all. They're slow-paced, methodical style worked against US teams 10 years ago, but that's not the case anymore. Ever since Murica lost in 2002 and 2004, we've figured out how to beat European-style basketball by sending hyper-athletic wing men who can trap and force turnovers in a crazy rate. I can't believe Europe is expecting a different result by doing the same shit over and over again. :lol

[Dex]

I don't get these European teams at all. They're slow-paced, methodical style worked against US teams 10 years ago, but that's not the case anymore. Ever since Murica lost in 2002 and 2004, we've figured out how to beat European-style basketball by sending hyper-athletic wing men who can trap and force turnovers in a crazy rate. I can't believe Europe is expecting a different result by doing the same shit over and over again. :lol

I understand the emphasis on trying to dictate the tempo and slow the game down. Getting into a track meet with the US is obviously suicide, so they can only hope to stretch out the clock and try to limit how many times the US gets the ball back.

That being said, that strategy is pretty damn useless when you turnover the ball after 12 seconds, give the US free fast break points, and still let them score 120.

[Seventyniner]

I don't get these European teams at all. They're slow-paced, methodical style worked against US teams 10 years ago, but that's not the case anymore. Ever since Murica lost in 2002 and 2004, we've figured out how to beat European-style basketball by sending hyper-athletic wing men who can trap and force turnovers in a crazy rate. I can't believe Europe is expecting a different result by doing the same shit over and over again. :lol

Just look at the state of the NBA then and now. You had the Spurs in 2003 with prime 4-down Duncan leading the way, while the template of the LeBron-led Heat was just what you said, crazy athletic wings with a very aggressive defensive gameplan and lethal transition counterattacks.

[ezau]

I understand the emphasis on trying to dictate the tempo and slow the game down. Getting into a track meet with the US is obviously suicide, so they can only hope to stretch out the clock and try to limit how many times the US gets the ball back.

That being said, that strategy is pretty damn useless when you turnover the ball after 12 seconds, give the US free fast break points, and still let them score 120.

European teams typically pass the ball very well under normal circumstances, but against Murica, they become tentative passers after a couple of turnovers.

[ezau]

Just look at the state of the NBA then and now. You had the Spurs in 2003 with prime 4-down Duncan leading the way, while the template of the LeBron-led Heat was just what you said, crazy athletic wings with a very aggressive defensive gameplan and lethal transition counterattacks.

But the 2014 Spurs have three legendary hall-of-famers, one very good forward in Leonard, an elite passer in Diaw, and elite three-point shooting and defense. Plus the fact that they have one of the greatest coaches of all time. Europe can copy the Spurs all they want, but they simply don't have the materials to do it.

[hyhy]

But the 2014 Spurs have three legendary hall-of-famers, one very good forward in Leonard, an elite passer in Diaw, and elite three-point shooting and defense. Plus the fact that they have one of the greatest coaches of all time. Europe can copy the Spurs all they want, but they simply don't have the materials to do it.

And we have 3 americans in our starting 5, crazy athletic wings with lethal transition counterattacks too. We are like the american styled defense with european style offense :lol

[ezau]

And we have 3 americans in our starting 5, crazy athletic wings with lethal transition counterattacks too. We are like the american styled defense with european style offense :lol

True. Spurs basketball combines the elements of European and American style basketball.