Team France vs Team Australia just started right now. Off to an interesting start. lol @ one eyed Tony.
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Team France vs Team Australia just started right now. Off to an interesting start. lol @ one eyed Tony.
de Colo is playing a little Ginobili-ish, which I like. He just authored a slick pass but his shitty team mate couldn't catch it.
Colo just made a damn nice move! Great length too!
I think de Colo just turned the ball over the moment you posted. lol @ Patty's yellow shoes, I bet they glow in the dark
how is patty playing?
de Colo with a nice three ball!
God damn Patty is fast he just soloed a nice fastbreak in transition
I just began watching, but he looks very quick out there. Still riding the high he got from the GSW game it looks like. He's a step faster than everyone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by GB20
First time watching Colo. He looks like he is not afraid to drive and take the shot. Haven't seen him out there with Tony yet, but it looks like France uses him in the Ginobili mold and allows him to man the second unit.
Tony misses a chippy, then turns it over two times with terrible passes. WTF
Parker just passed the ball STRAIGHT to a yellow jersey. Big fuck up.
Tony looks like Amare with those goggles...
maybe that piece of glass fucked tony's vision :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SpursRock20
Australia scoring with ease.
U.S. will not have any trouble with these teams, tbh.
:lol France
Wow, another very Manu-Esq pass
DeColo ballin.. Good stuff
lol Batum
:lol Tony
Parker misses the game winner!
lol Parker when was the last time you hit a clutch 3?
Just long. Boris passes up so many shots it's crazy.
Australia won 69-67.
Mills and De Colo were good.
Parker and Diaw were bad.
Australia with Mills (and no Bogut) is about as talented relative to the USA team as the 1980 USA hockey team was relative to USSR.
I am not saying Australia is good.
I am saying those that think USA is a lock this year have forgotten 1980 Lake Placid (and 1972 Munich, 1988 Seoul and 2004 Athens [Ginobili!].
USAs best competition is Spain, and I have nightmares of Ibaka going 11 for 11.
does anyone have box score, please?
http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches...568LtTkEUdSPc/Quote:
Originally Posted by smaka
Report from Aussie newspaper http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8504009
Mills vs Parker.
Left field suggestion but a cheap big that might be worth looking at would be Aaron Baynes. Old school bruiser could be a good fit
Start Mills at the point, trade Tony! :downspin:
Mills torched one eyed Tony today it was nuts. Mills was always a step ahead and wasn't a turnover machine unlike the Spurs MVP.
I guess this means Mills is officially the backup point now. :stirpot:
Nando De Colo also "outplayed" both
you nerds always overreact
I'm surprised.
Australia is overall a very untalented side. They will fight hard and play defense, but in the end, I have my doubts about them being able to create these sort of results during the real thing.
Aussies did alright to win that, we're not really chasing wins in the games leading up to the Olympics. Typical Brett Brown/Spurs don't show everything and use up everyones energy in meaningless games. Looking at the minutes in that box score tells me that we didn't really chase that win and still got it. It's not even that strong of an Aussie squad which makes our form even all the more impressive. Good job by Brett.
I was very impressed by de Colo. Hopefully this is a trend that will allow Manu to retire soon without the Spurs tanking hard.
The Spurs have their 1/2/3 of the future already, and a big man who is in his prime.
Trade Tony.
He probably does have the inside track.Quote:
Originally Posted by racm
How did Mills defend Tony?
Mills didn't defend a lot on TP. They put a young player (Matthew Dellavedova) on Parker and he did well. The few minutes where Mills was defending Parker, he was fine too. Saying that, Parker wasn't pushing hard in this game and his priority was obviously not to get injured before the Olympics.Quote:
Originally Posted by smaka
Mills should be our backup PG. He was great in Portalnd, he was great for us last year in limited minutes, and he has all the tools we need in our backup PG. Why do people have so little faith in him when he's a proven NBA backup?
He hasn't played in any big playoff games has he? It's the experience thing IMO, plus people don't want to see anymore Bonner's that completely choke and disappear in the playoffs. Hopefully Patrick can play well in the playoffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by RuffnReadyOzStyle
I thought Pop should have given him a chance when Neal was struggling. Didn't Pop bench Beno in the 2007 playoffs for Jacque Vaughn? Pop used to make these moves, but now that we need them more, he just doesn't do it.
He plays well for Australia. I think Mills would do fine in the playoffs.
4 out of ten players playing in 3rd qtr are Spurs players..
De Colo played better than TP and France coach still gave the last play to TP ( and it was a 3pt attempt )
Patty has been carrying the ball in pressure situations for Australia since he was 19 years old, and succeeding, I actually think he may become one of those players who actually makes a name for themselves in post season play. He is never afraid to take the game winner, not a lot of guys are like that.
After one practice match I love how people hate TP now. But I am in favour of Patty Mills being backup PG
I remember when he hit those back to back dagger threes to secure the win over Golden State. :toastQuote:
Originally Posted by benfti
And if he's half as clutch as Horry, then... :lobt2:
It'd be awesome to upgrade Patty to full backup PG duties on the Spurs :tu
Oh and DeColo should eat Neal's minutes too...
As someone else said, he understands pressure because he's led the Aussie team for years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ice009
I agree with you that he should've been given a shot when Neal faltered.
I think everyone is going to be shocked at how good Patty is for us next season. Remember, he's also playing for a decent sized contract, and he's only 23. Kid has a lot of improvement in him.
Shane Heal had some big games for Australia and I didn't consider him an NBA level player that would excel in the NBA Playoffs because of that. Hopefully Patrick is a lot better and can play under playoff pressure and intensity. I do like him, and want him to succeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by RuffnReadyOzStyle
Spurs should have picked him instead of Jack Mclinton in that draft. I saw he was still on the board, and wanted Patrick when that pick came up. I thought the Spurs might take him, but I guess they were looking for shooters back then, and I don't think Patrick could shoot it anywhere near as well as he does now.
Yeah I'm expecting Mills to have the best season of his career come 2013. Unless the world ends on December 21st, of course.
Shane Heal was an arrogant cockhead for the most part who thought he was the best and wouldn't listen to people. Patty Cakes isn't like that as far as I knowQuote:
Originally Posted by Ice009
Patrick Mills > Jeremy Lin.
:stirpot:
was?Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieFanKurt
Mills is good but he can't play good defense because he is so small but I love his outside shot. He is a shorter version of Neal with much better ball handling skills and with him playing well and Nando playing good I gotta think we are going to have to move Neal. :(
Mills plays surprisingly good defense. He's all over the opposing point guard and his lateral quickness is almost unmatched. Big upgrade over Neal's defense.Quote:
Originally Posted by BackHome