Olympic Game: Tony vs Manu (France vs Argentina)

[Brazil]

DPG right about TP & France!

Alllllll the French posters wrong about their own team

Jinx technique tbh !!!

[TE]

That's what great players do. They carry their team all the way to the end.

jag's trollin

[it's me]

That's what great players do. They carry their team all the way to the end.

lol finally got the long waited opportunity to troll the Argies.

[Limguogolo]

France has a great team..... is France the team with the most NBA players outside of the US?

Yes, we have a lot of NBA role players.

A little disappointed by this Argentinian team except Manu. If France still want to plays with Parker's friends they won't win a lot. I'd like less TP, less Diaw, less Turiaf... Yeah, these NBA players are very bad. Let Seraphin, Gelabale, Traoré, Batum and De Colo play.

[freetiago]

My conclusions from this game

Argentina only goes as far as ginobelly takes them
no depth and undersized is not a good combination

france is good when they hit the outside shot but that wont happen
Parker is bothered by the googles
his free throws look pure but the jumpshot is garbage
De Colo is Gary Neal that can handle the ball
part of ginobili looking so good was de colo getting caught in picks and ginobili blowing by

[DPG21920]

[jag]

lol forgetting all history and basing the hate on a lone group game

I'm not sure what the history of the world has to do with Tony being more of a winner today. And I'm also not sure why you refer to me stating facts as "hate." Only one of those two players won today. Seems to me like the one who won is just better at winning.

[ElNono]

That's what great players do. They carry their team all the way to the end.

Can't wait until he does that with the Spurs

[Brazil]

Congrats Brazil, Bruno and the rest of the French gang here...

TP and Manu with both a great game !

[ElNono]

Trolling aside, this is why that Lithuania game was a must win for ARG... they don't have much margin against good teams if their shots are not falling... Now they have Nigeria and Tunisia, and that should be enough to qualify

[Limguogolo]

Gelabale was great. Was he just inspired?

As usual, Gelabale hasn't got too much the ball and when he has it, that's magic. Just a great player.

[turkish spurs fan]

very good jobs from spurs players. ginobili challenged a lot 26 p 5 r %50 fg. tony parker played well last quarter and won the game. de colo shot good 3 pts. just diaw wasn't good. argentina lost beacuse of 0/12 3pts from nocioni+prigoni+delfino.

cCc ginobili cCc

[timvp]

What is Gelabale's status? That was the best I've ever seen him play. Don't think the Spurs could use him unless there's a trade but that game should help his stock.



P.S.

Damn, he's already 29 years old?

[DPG21920]

I bet this is going to eat at Gino. There was only going to be one TP v Manu showdown and TP got him.

[DAF86]

lol this ARG team is the epitome of TOSB. 8 players above the age of 32. Tired, old, unathletic, and big men with Nazr Mohammed hands

Hey, you were the one saying that Argentina and France were equal in terms of talent

[Brazil]

Can't wait until he does that with the Spurs

trolled by jag

[ElNono]

What is Gelabale's status? That was the best I've ever seen him play. Don't think the Spurs could use him unless there's a trade but that game should help his stock.

tbh, I would wait to see how he does the next few games... Delfino also looked great in the 1st game and he was a stiff today...

[ElNono]

I bet this is going to eat at Gino. There was only going to be one TP v Manu showdown and TP got him.

Nah, Gino can just grab his two medals and I'm sure he'll be over it pretty quickly, tbh...

[Dex]

I bet this is going to eat at Gino. There was only going to be one TP v Manu showdown and TP got him.

Eh, Manu won the showdown. Tony's team just won the game. France had guys step up around TP, while Manu wasn't getting much help from the other Argies outside of Scola (and even he played poorly).

[ElNono]

trolled by jag

i'm giving him some rope so he can keep playing

[DAF86]

trolled by jag

You don't get trolled if you respond with a better troll comment, tbh.

[Bruno]

What is Gelabale's status?

He is a free agent.

[Limguogolo]

What is Gelabale's status? That was the best I've ever seen him play. Don't think the Spurs could use him unless there's a trade but that game should help his stock.

I think all French players have a nba clause in their contract. Gelabale and Pietrus are two nba potential players. (I wouldn't say this about Turiaf and Diaw).

[jag]

Can't wait until he does that with the Spurs

If by "that" you mean carrying his team to a championship and earning a Finals MVP trophy, then you'll be happy to know he's already done "that". Putting a team on his back is nothing new. He was blessed with strong bones and good genetics that have allowed him to stay so consistently healthy. Some other players haven't been so fortunate.

[ALVAREZ6]

Hey, you were the one saying that Argentina and France were equal in terms of talent

lol I was wrong. But this one game sampling was bad tbh. Scola was horrible in the first half, played better in the 2nd. Delfino was 100% nonexistent. Delfino is capable of having a big impact, he has played some good games in international basketball before, but he sucked. Argentina played pretty poorly.

The France team is definitely more well rounded, Del Colo, Batum, Gelabale, Seraphin all helped out for this win. Manu didn't have much help at all. There is just a huge drop off in Argentina's bench, something I didn't factor as much.

I can't believe the US only beat this ty, ty team by 6 points .