Basketball at the 2016 Rio Olympics

[GSH]

The real gold medal game was against Spain, but I think we all knew that.

Yeah, that's why you posted this just yesterday:

Serbia 93, USA 76.

off.

[K...]

Can we start the real basketball already

USA = warriors. Other teams = Serbia. Enjoy your real basketball. Or were you referring to the wnba?

[LakerHater]

USA = warriors. Other teams = Serbia.

Dont know that yet

[dabom]

USA = warriors. Other teams = Serbia. Enjoy your real basketball. Or were you referring to the wnba?

Hmm. the Warriors got rekt in the finals.

[Play Boban]

Actually Australia played better this olympics than Spain. So the real medal was when USA won against Australia in the group stage.

Right, which is why they lost to Spain and didn't earn a medal, and never have earned a medal in their history.

[GSH]

Any minute now, I'm expecting the "I was being sarcastic" defense.

[gambit1990]

real talk: manu, patty, pau played better than parker.

[gambit1990]

manu came in dead last in turnovers amongst guards.

[szkorhetz]

Gasol will be a nice fit.

[kaji157]

manu came in dead last in turnovers amongst guards.

The three of them exceeded expectations. Parker played as expected.

[K...]

Hmm. the Warriors got rekt in the finals.

Hmm, I remember something happening since then....big free agency singing, oh yeah David West

[K...]

real talk: manu, patty, pau played better than parker.

Have you been tested for obsession? Your literally post only one topic. It's very strange. You should see a professional

[BillMc]

Pau definitely deflected the ball on the last play. Patty was called for a blocking/ charging foul on the previous play which is what everyone is talking about. Baynes made a killer shot over Pau for the lead 9.7 seconds to go. Then the blocking call on Patty.

Bill I was mistaken Rubio got credit for breaking up the last play. Pau 'definitely' had a stellar game.

Cheers man!

[TD 21]

Yeah rebounding encompasses of simply grabbing boards like Rondo rather than boxing out which is what Marc Gasol does better than Mirotic who was getting pushed under the rim by Carmelo. Ibaka presence would have meant Lowry wouldn't have been driving to the rim without any regard for who was protecting the rim when Pau was out of the game.



Big Dummy, they AREN'T better DEFENSIVE options than Marc Gasol. Mirotic is a horrific defender who couldn't stay on the floor & Reyes is a in' 36 year old backup PF who is slow as molasses. It's not like Marc hasn't played against Team USA when they had BETTER players like PEAK LeBron/CP3 who pick apart mismatches better than tunnel vision Melo/Kyrie/Dominos/Klay.

Reyes did nothing in 2012 besides getting abused by Kevin Love.



Yeah, that explains why he got BENCHED for Kevin Love in 2012 & couldn't score on wack ass Reyes/Mirotic.



Yeah, Team USA's bench didn't get outplayed even w/ Mirotic starting & Marc/Pau/Ibaka wouldn't have outplayed DeAndre/Cousins/Melo. Team USA got bailed out by offensive rebounds & Klay having a 5 minute outbrust to keep Spain at bay in the 2nd quarter.

Spain lost in '08/'12 b/c they got outscored from 3 which wasn't the case this time b/c Team USA is pretty mediocre: Butler/Melo not being able to score on Navarro/Mirotic say it all.

At not realizing that "Big Dummy" is not an insult, but some corny ass .

At thinking the game would have played out the exact same way, if Spain added two of their best players.

At thinking lead footed M. Gasol is a better option to defend Anthony than Mirotic, just because he's a better defender in a vacuum.

At thinking the U.S. wouldn't have still found a way to beat Spain.

[spurs10]

Cheers man!

[rastaspur]

Here is hoping pop paid attention to france's strategy of phasing out parker. If he is getting fazed out on the french team then perhaps that strategy should be utilized for the spurs.

Patty should play as many minutes of the upcoming season as parker imo

[Kawhitstorm]

At thinking lead footed M. Gasol is a better option to defend Anthony than Mirotic, just because he's a better defender in a vacuum

Mirotic didn't NOTHING besides hacking Melo & getting pushed under the rim. Reyes got a good chunk of the assignment & Melo couldn't hit the broad side of the barn.

[apalisoc_9]

Porker getting phased out by France.

Lots of french basketball fans have wanted him out since he requires a really high usage rate.

That's the biggest fear with Porker this season..Hes a ty player that requires star level usgae. Hope, Pop isnt drunk enough to allow it

[K...]

Porker getting phased out by France.

Lots of french basketball fans have wanted him out since he requires a really high usage rate.

That's the biggest fear with Porker this season..Hes a ty player that requires star level usgae. Hope, Pop isnt drunk enough to allow it

Is that so?




Maybe it's because Tony announced he was retired? This requiring a phasing out? I'll defer to the Canadian France expert.

[NameLess Scrub]

You're probably right, though it seems it could be anyone (USA aside).

Welp, those Yugos.

[Seventyniner]

Porker getting phased out by France.

Lots of french basketball fans have wanted him out since he requires a really high usage rate.

That's the biggest fear with Porker this season..Hes a ty player that requires star level usgae. Hope, Pop isnt drunk enough to allow it

Of the 241 players that played at least 1200 minutes last season, Parker was 87th in usage.

http://bkref.com/tiny/t9omY

How is that star level? And if the Spurs won 67 in the regular season and were so close to beating a pretty good Thunder team even with a hobbled Duncan, how does Parker "require a really high usage rate?"

I expect Parker to have an even lower usage rate this season because Pau can actually score, unlike hobbled Duncan.

[Manu20]

Do any of you have a link to the replay of the USA vs Argentina? Can't seem to find any video of Ginobili last game of the Olympics :/

[gambit1990]

Have you been tested for obsession? Your literally post only one topic. It's very strange. You should see a professional

i posted about how the players on the spurs did in the olympics. it's literally 100% relevant to this thread. maybe try reading the le before you post in it.

and stop responding to me, you're annoying as .

[SAGirl]

Here is hoping pop paid attention to france's strategy of phasing out parker. If he is getting fazed out on the french team then perhaps that strategy should be utilized for the spurs.

Patty should play as many minutes of the upcoming season as parker imo

And they should start to slowly break in Dijon, his skills permitting.

[dabom]

Can someone explain the whole Dijon thing? People can't spell his ing name? Like it's so ing easy.