Team USA should be embarrassed

[STL_Cat]

Hopefully they get together. Down 15 in the 1st half to South Sudan 😮

 

[Smashcat]

Sudan a 45.5-point dog.
USA -45.5

 

[KAB Cats]

USA playing terrible but the spread here shouldn’t be 45…

 

[drbubba]

Sudan a 45.5-point dog.
USA -45.5

It's La Famiglia B Team vs Wenyan Gabriel and Co. WG & Co. stealing our lunch money and making us apologize.

 

[crawfords corner]

Cant handle a double team
Cant make free throws
Airmailing passes
Cant stop Carlik Jones
Cant guard JT Thor
Lacking a distributing PG

 

[crawfords corner]

AD just got body bagged

 

[TFCats11]

Does “Vegas” take wagers on these games? If so, that’s the reason 😂

 

[Fox2monk]

Embarrassing display, without AD this team would get beat. Carlik Jones is cooking world class guards. Honestly the US needs more Derrick Whites. Guys who play a role. Almost too much talent, everyone is the dude and they don’t know what to do being another option.

 

[drbubba]

Team USA played 8 minutes of defense in 1st half then played AAU ball.

 

[crawfords corner]

That banked in 3 for Wenyen was huge for South Sudan

 

[Fox2monk]

AD with the biggest rebound and defense just like his John Henson block. Luckily they have LeBron to drive the ball when they need a bucket.

 

[drbubba]

How did Jones miss that last shot?

 

[JwUKFan11]

Cool to see Bam and Wenyen both members of that 2017 team. Not the biggest fan of Wenyen but whatever.

 

[crawfords corner]

How did Jones miss that last shot?

He tried to draw a foul instead of just making the basket. Should have gone straight up instead of leaning back to try and get the foul. Hard to fault a guy who gets a triple double though.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Entire team, except LeBron and Anthony Davis, should be arrested for inferior play.

 

[shaudyshaud]

How did Jones miss that last shot?

AD contested the shot to make it somewhat difficult .

Watching it live I thought he was going to make it though

 

[Smashcat]

Entire team, except LeBron and Anthony Davis, should be arrested for inferior play.

 

[Bill Teaby]

Is Cal coaching?

 

[Pmalone6719]

USA playing terrible but the spread here shouldn’t be 45…

 

[Pmalone6719]

Sudan played well! Get it together team USA.
Go USA!!!!!

 

[zannmann]

LOL at all the comparisons to the Dream Team.

 

[blue cincy]

Game has not meaning, just like the NBA regular season. If they play like this when it counts then worry.

 

[RunninRichie]

Entire team, except LeBron and Anthony Davis, should be arrested for inferior play.

 

[RunninRichie]

Game has not meaning, just like the NBA regular season. If they play like this when it counts then worry.

Every game matters for perception.

 

[blue cincy]

Every game matters for perception.

These guys are multi millionaires. They are playing against friends. They do not care.

 

[RunninRichie]

These guys are multi millionaires. They are playing against friends. They do not care.

I agree.

 

[KentuckyMildCats]

LOL at all the comparisons to the Dream Team.

This all day.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

An embarrassing performance like this may be a good wake up call for the actual Olympics.

 

[maysvilleky]

An embarrassing performance like this may be a good wake up call for the actual Olympics.

USA thinks they can just turn it on when they want to. It will probably cost them in the Olympics.

 

[Butters' Dad]

Hopefully they get together. Down 15 in the 1st half to South Sudan 😮

South Sudan is coming along and they are in the infancy stages of where that basketball program has the potential to be. We can give props to South Sudan, while saying we should have played better, but this is nothing at all to be embarrassed about. That program is going places.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

USA thinks they can just turn it on when they want to. It will probably cost them in the Olympics.

I doubt it. They may lose an irrelevant round Robin game like in 2020 but probably will win it all still.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

There should be no excuse why the 12 best NBA players on the planet shouldn't win these games by 40, especially against Sudan. So what happened?

Kind of tells you that sheer talent doesn't always win out. Experience and cohesion matters. Just because these are the best players on the planet, doesn't mean a whole lot with a new coach, and many of them playing together for the first time these last few weeks.

You can draw a lot of parallels to 1AD recruiting IMO.