USA Basketball

the garuba kid the rockets drafted is gonna be a really good defender in the NBA, only 19 and he was matching bam athletically. not sure if he has much offensive skill at the moment but he looks like an ideal small ball 5 as far as defense goes

good win for USA, spain was playing really confidently and crisply in the first half. the US basically needs to play like the heatles and just force a bunch of turnovers w/ pressure on defense and get out in transition. the half court is still a bit junky tho frankly they had some sick team possessions in the second half but when they have guys like jrue, KD, bam, tatum, draymond etc out there they can really leverage their athleticism and get easy baskets.

they were simply just not shooting well in the first half. bam had fumble fingers last night.

semis vs the Aussies just started

Bam really cant hold the ball at all

i wonder if it’s something about the bell

australia is playing a great game so far

this is brutal down 12 and 0-9(?) from three

ugly first half

hard to win a basketball game not making threes but the USA also is getting killed at the rim

getting killed in every aspect of the game

hate pop benching lillard for this entire stretch

lillards been bad tho

he needs to play bam too they need his size on his court, aussies had a lay up line to the rim with dray at center

felt pretty similar to the spain game, just needed the three point shooting to normalize. australia is a better team tho

dray got into foul trouble and played soft and pop stuck with him cos of how bad bam was playing. this team is just so poorly put together

all these guys are just used to having the ball in their hands all game and getting into a rhythm. dudes like jrue, book, draymond, middleton keep the ball moving (generally) cos they play off ball some. dame, lavine, tatum are stuck in mud out there

and KD just washes it all away lol

KD is really remarkable

one of a kind

well that escalated quickly

this team is kinda janky and has had some rough starts but i’ve grown an affinity for them. when they play well they’re fun to watch, a lot of guys i like rooting for

Feels so good watching all good vibes olympics KD

this team is kinda janky and has had some rough starts but i’ve grown an affinity for them. when they play well they’re fun to watch, a lot of guys i like rooting for

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, August 4, 2021 10:34 PM (forty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

i agree, i like how imperfect it is. makes for more interesting games if anything

lmao draymond

it’s a great context for him you get the full KD experience in an unimpeachably positive format

my heart is so full of love for draymond and his many strengths and weaknesses

not a revelation but if the USA hits threes they aren’t going to lose

nets getting patty mills is kinda unfair

i see jrue still cant make layups

my heart is so full of love for draymond and his many strengths and weaknesses

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, August 4, 2021 10:37 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

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watching france vs slovenia right now. i love how these games are reffed. they just let them play for the most part but 'non basketball' plays like hacking on fast breaks are two shots and the ball which is awesome.

USA starting this game 2 for 37

i haven't been watching the games until now, but somehow the ball + the rims seem so different.

my jinx worked

good job. it helps that kevin durant is very good at basketball, too, though.

must be pretty cool to have Durant on your team

curious why the USA is just willingly switching the pick and roll allowing gobert to play like he’s shaq

Yah the game plan vs Gobert is sus

jrue has been the second best player on this is team

batum has been weirdly absent

Until that 3 yeah

Really good bam game

Jrues shot selection <<<<

shout out to the french coach for benching gobert for like half the fourth quarter

France doin a lot of bad basketball things

Nice to see dame have a good game finally

tatum feels like the carmelo of this team where he’s extraneously good for the role of third option

de Colo has musketeer aura