FIBA: Australia vs Turkey - - Sept 7, 2014 - - 1 PM CST

[turkish spurs fan]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[mudyez]

effin turks...they pull off that every second game. lucky bask s.

[ismael-robert]

With patty aussies advance but baynes be in shadow. Would they have played Americans if they won last game? If not maybe theyd have gone farther. Well hopefully baynes makes a freakin decision now.

[Solid D]

Who committed the turnover at the end for the Aussies? PBP doesn't say who did.

[benstanfield]

Exum
Jazz

[Ice009]

What's the deal with Exum, is he as bad as some of those box scores indicate?

Also, how did Baynes play?

[jeebus]

Who committed the turnover at the end for the Aussies? PBP doesn't say who did.

I did get to see the end of the game. It was inbounded to Baynes, who held it for a second while one of his teammates went over top of him for the hand off. Baynes set the pick, but then the guy with the ball went Tony Parker and, well, we all know how that ends. Dribbledribbledribbledribble, get surrounded by 3 guys, flail, lose ball, game over.


And for the Dante Exum question, yeah he does suck as much as the box score indicates. There's a reason why he doesn't get much playing time; I don't get the draft hype about this guy. He's almost Errors-awful. Almost.

[Texas_Ranger]

What's the deal with Exum, is he as bad as some of those box scores indicate?

Also, how did Baynes play?

Yes. Perhaps NBA stlye will suit him better, but right now he looks like a 10 year old there.

[velik_m]

What's the deal with Exum, is he as bad as some of those box scores indicate?

Also, how did Baynes play?

What little i saw of Exum, he was terribad. Baynes was good to great, but to be honest he didn't exactly face top notch compe ion at his position.

[Dex]

Sucks for the Aussies. Glad Baynes made it through the tournament healthy (and doesn't have any more games to drive up his value )

[Solid D]

I did get to see the end of the game. It was inbounded to Baynes, who held it for a second while one of his teammates went over top of him for the hand off. Baynes set the pick, but then the guy with the ball went Tony Parker and, well, we all know how that ends. Dribbledribbledribbledribble, get surrounded by 3 guys, flail, lose ball, game over.

And for the Dante Exum question, yeah he does suck as much as the box score indicates. There's a reason why he doesn't get much playing time; I don't get the draft hype about this guy. He's almost Errors-awful. Almost.

Thanks, jeebus!!! Baynes has improved his game plus his confidence has clearly increased over the past year.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Who committed the turnover at the end for the Aussies? PBP doesn't say who did.

Ingles

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

There is absolutely no doubt that Australia tanked against Angola, but any other team in the same situation would do the same thing and try to avoid the USA. The problem is actually that the World Championships aren't structured properly - the group cross-overs should be randomly determined as soon as the group stage is finished. That way there would be no incentive to tank in any game.

People love to rip on Exum, but the kid was always going to be a project! He's very young and his body is nowhere near strong enough yet, but he does show flashes of basketball excellence. Give him four years and he'll be a very good player.

I wish we'd re-sign Baynes already.