They won. 😂😂😂😂Nope
Glad they won, no doubt, but just going thru the motions for 3 quarters is just laughable. Almost as bad as the coaching. Don't really care for Tatum, but he is a scorer, and he needs to play when points are hard to come by. Same with Haliburton, he is a player. Ridiculous to have guys sit an entire game.
I can't for the life of me understand Lebron's hero ball 3-point attempt late when you have Booker, Durant and Curry on the floor. Just asinine.
This is dumb. This ain't an all star game where you can guarantee minutes to everyone on the roster. Instead, it's the frickin medal round of the Olympics, where tough decisions have to be made to get to your best rotation. At least a couple guys are gonna have to sit regardless of how talented you are ...because no team has ever played best by playing everyone.Don't really care for Tatum, but he is a scorer, and he needs to play when points are hard to come by. Same with Haliburton, he is a player. Ridiculous to have guys sit an entire game.
First off Haliburton has been outclassed this whole Olympics. I don't know if he's dealing with some type of injury, but he is just a body on the floor when he's in the game.Nope
Glad they won, no doubt, but just going thru the motions for 3 quarters is just laughable. Almost as bad as the coaching. Don't really care for Tatum, but he is a scorer, and he needs to play when points are hard to come by. Same with Haliburton, he is a player. Ridiculous to have guys sit an entire game.
First off Haliburton has been outclassed this whole Olympics. I don't know if he's dealing with some type of injury, but he is just a body on the floor when he's in the game.
This is dumb. This ain't an all star game where you can guarantee minutes to everyone on the roster. Instead, it's the frickin medal round of the Olympics, where tough decisions have to be made to get to your best rotation. At least a couple guys are gonna have to sit regardless of how talented you are ...because no team has ever played best by playing everyone.
And, fwiw, we've ALREADY seen Team USA give big minutes to Tatum and Halliburton in last year's World Cup. The result was an embarrassing 4th place finish. I like this way better.
Toni Kukoc would be about the only one that I can remember.My anti-Lebron friends we're loving them losing yesterday, which while I don't really like Lebron either at this point.. I'm not gonna root against the US.
But anyways, they tried to say that "Jordan would never...".. so I asked them "Who were the best basketball players Jordan faced in the Olympics?".. And we all struggled to answer.
Toni Kukoc would be about the only one that I can remember.
Absolutely a great game. Serbs got great looks for 3 quarters and hit them. Moving Lebron to Joker in the 4th made a huge difference. Just wore him down. Curry’s line was insane. He kept the US within reach all game. I can’t stand Lebron, but my goodness he gets it done. Just a fun, fun game.
International basketball has no doubt gotten much better since 92. That said, anyone that thinks this collection is anything close to the Dream Team is just so far off base. That 92 team could’ve beaten an all star team of all the other Olympic teams combined that year. I can’t imagine anyone that has seen both teams play actually think this years team compares. Advancement of international ball or not, this team was down as much as 17 to a Serb team that has maybe three legitimate NBA players.
It's always funny to me the group of people who complain about wanting sports without politics can't watch a single game without bringing politics into the conversation.Steve Kerr looks lost. I guess he is too busy focusing on the next woke initiative instead of coaching.
I know Embiid is playing for the US, but this graphic illustrates how different the competition is fairly well.In 1992 the best international player was Toni Kukoc who was around the 75th best player in the world at that time.
In 2024 the 4 best players in the world are international: Jokic, Luka, Giannis, and SGA.
It’s not even close. The 2024 team is better than the dream team as they are navigating a FAR tougher tournament.