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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