Official 2012 Olympic basketball thread

[TE]

Russell Westbrook says LeBron hasn't talked any trash about the Finals. "He's been a humble champion."

[Clipper Nation]

Can The Thunder boys do good without the whistles though?

Fixed... and the answer is no, especially not Harden, tbh...

[racm]

LeBron thought he could ride Wade in 2011 tbh

But this year he stepped up and took his role as floor leader tbh

[TE]

Durant on '08 Olympic team: "It was the first time in my life I got cut. Felt like the end of the world."

[Venti Quattro]

Holy the Team Physician is from Portland.

[racm]

Holy the Team Physician is from Portland.

Blessing in disguise for Unibrow and Cornerstone then, can't afford them to lose their knees

[TE]

Holy the Team Physician is from Portland.

No wonder

[SpursIndonesia]

Team USA Roster:

CP3, D-Will, Westbrook
Kobe, Wade, Gordon, Harden
LeBron, Melo, Durant, Gay, Iguodala
Love, Griffin, Odom, Bosh
Chandler, Anthony Davis

12 spots, 6 must go

12 spots:

CP3, D-Will
Kobe, Wade, Harden
LeBron, Durant, Iguodala
Love, Bosh
Chandler, Anthony Davis

USA team will be more perimeter oriented, with a lot of penetration attack, relying on its wings excellent athleticsm, so the Cs will be more defensively oriented & the PFs have to be able knocking outside shots.

[racm]

WRONG

CP3/DWill/Westbrook
Kobe/Harden/Westbrook/Iggy
LeBron/Durant/Melo/Iggy
Love/Griffin/LeBron/Melo
Chandler/Love

[Pelicans78]

I think Lebron will see a ton of minutes at the 4.

[mudyez]

That's how it should look like:

main rotation:
G: CP3/Wade/DWill
F: Kobe/Durant/Melo
C: LeBron/Love

(yes, LeBron playing Center...maybe Durant too)
...all of them can shoot and fit the FIBA-style...LeBron+Durants shotblocking are enough and if not Chandler still can get some more minutes against a certain opponent.

benchies:
Westbrook/Iggy/Griffin/Chandler
(all great athletes that are no perfect fits for FIBA-Ball...not saying that they can't look great, as some of them already showed in '10)

[Mel_13]

Russia and Lithuania earned themselves a spot in the Olympics.

Nigeria and Dominican Republic will play for the third and final spot tomorrow (Sunday-as you mentioned)

For those that want to watch some basketball.

The Nigeria-Dominican Republic game for the final spot in the Olympics will be broadcast live on NBATV at 8PM ET.

[ElNono]

For those that want to watch some basketball.

The Nigeria-Dominican Republic game for the final spot in the Olympics will be broadcast live on NBATV at 8PM ET.

thanks...

[Venti Quattro]

dat team uniform

[TE]

For those that want to watch some basketball.

The Nigeria-Dominican Republic game for the final spot in the Olympics will be broadcast live on NBATV at 8PM ET.

Anyone else watching?

Nigeria is up 55-51 with a little over 3 mins to go in the third quarter

[TE]

I didn't know Calipari was the head coach for Domincan Republic

[TE]

Ike Diogu is dominating Al Horford and any other other big man from Dominican Republic...

calipari

[TE]

Nigeria qualifies...

[Jodelo]

Great game by Nigeria.

[Mel_13]

Congrats to Nigeria on making the Olympics. DR would have just had to vacate the win anyway.

https://twitter.com/johnhollinger

[ElNono]

Diogu just destroyed Horford

[racm]

Ask RC to bring him back

[DMC]

Do they use the FIBA ball?

If so, Durant is going to be the man.

[TE]

Quick highlights from the first two days of training.

[TE]

http://www.fiba.com/downloads/fe/201...ule-OG-Men.pdf

Time conversion of UK time to Central Time (US)
9:00 am UK time -> 3:00 am Central Time

11:15 am UK time -> 5:15 am Central Time

14:30 am UK time -> 8:30 am Central Time

16:45 am UK time -> 10:45 am Central Time

20:00 am UK time -> 2:00 pm Central Time

22:15 am UK time -> 4:15 pm Central Time

Official game schedule

Group A Group B
LTU CHN
TUN GBR
USA BRA
FRA AUS
NGR RUS
ARG ESP

Date - 07/29
09:00 NGR vs TUN 11:15 BRA vs AUS
14:30 USA vs FRA 16:45 ESP vs CHN
20:00 RUS vs GBR 22:15 ARG vs LTU

Date - 07/31
09:00 CHN vs RUS 11:15 AUS vs ESP
14:30 LTU vs NGR 16:45 GBR vs BRA
20:00 FRA vs ARG 22:15 TUN vs USA

Date - 08/02
09:00 FRA vs LTU 11:15 AUS vs CHN
14:30 ARG vs TUN 16:45 BRA vs RUS
20:00 ESP vs GBR 22:15 USA vs NGR

Date - 08/04
09:00 TUN vs FRA 11:15 RUS vs ESP
14:30 LTU vs USA 16:45 CHN vs BRA
20:00 GBR vs AUS 22:15 NGR vs ARG

Date- 08/06
09:00 AUS vs RUS 11:15 TUN vs LTU
14:30 FRA vs NGR 16:45 GBR vs CHN
20:00 ESP vs BRA 22:15 ARG vs USA

Groups/Standings

A B
1A 1B
2A 2B
3A 3B
4A 4B
5A 5B
6A 6B

Quarterfinals (08/08)
2B vs 3A
1A vs 4B
2A vs 3B
1B vs 4A

Semi-finals (08/10)
Winner 2B-3A vs Winner 1A-4B
Winner 2A-3B vs Winner 1B-4A

Gold-Medal & Bronze game (08/12)
Bronze Medal Game (Game between losers of Semi-final round)
Gold Medal Game (Game between winners of Semi-final round)