USA Basketball

2016 team
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl9gDMZVEAAQ9hG.jpg[img]
http://olympics.si.com/olympics/2016/06/27/usa-basketball-roster-2016-olympics

whoops
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl9gDMZVEAAQ9hG.jpg

this team is weird and therefore I think will be fun to watch

what other teams are even good anymore? Spain seems super old at this point. France and Brasil might be good, Lithuania?

http://www.fiba.com/rankingmen

Uh oh Dray could cause an international incident

this team def the first one thats vulnerable to loss since the last time they loss, dont know if any of the other teams are good tho

really want kd to back out then wed be onto something

australia maybe? idk

if the last FIBA cup squads were any indication, the one that got furthest before ultimately being defeated by USA was...lithuania? spain generally good but they'll be down a major gasol

lithuania-USA game also almost had a fight between boogie and jonas v lol

croatias got a bunch of young dudes iirc prob too green tho

French roster p good w batum, TP, Diaw, laveurgne, ajinca,
http://www.eurobasket.com/France/basketball-National-Team.asp

spain, i forgot about rudy and sergio yeah they should be p good
http://www.eurobasket.com/Spain/news/451456/Spanish-National-Team-2016

and mirotic. pau and juan carlos and calderon are all just old tho

pau cn still get buckets

def, always balls out w international ball too

Who you guys think the starting five is for the title game

boogie-kd-pg-klay-kyrie

tough call between DJ and Boogie

ya thats the one i was puzzling over

could also see them starting Melo over PG

u cld conceivably go w D at the 1 with lowery too but idk

i think if melo starts then DJ starts. if PG starts then boogie starts

rather have pg being a jack of all trades low usage guy than melo out there hoisting imo

Dunno if he'll start but melo always tears it up in international ball

Melo is our all-time hoister in international competition, he's gonna be the splash older cousin this time

This roster just seems weird overall though so many swing guys who could all conceivably play the 3, guess they'll spread out from 2 to 4

yeah i think it's time for him to take a lesser role but he def loves international ball and may get the nod cos of experience

yeah there isnt a trad PF on that roster xp

I want to see Boogie and Green play together :)

goon ball gonna be v hype

i am excited for this roster tbh

also no white dudes on the team

no truly good NBA wites this year, least not american wites

this does remind me that mason plumdawg made the 2014 fiba team and gordon hayward didn't and it brought great consternation to a handful of jazz beat writers on twitter

hayward more deserving than harrison

i think he got an invite but said he wanted to hang out w his new kid

oh

espn users

93% kyrie
43% klay 28% george 24% butler
74% durant 13% melo
36% green 31% melo 22% durant
57% cousins 28% jordan

http://www.sltrib.com/home/4041877-155/utah-jazz-gordon-hayward-to-skip yea he got baby no. 2 on the way xp

kyrie, klay, durant, draymond, boogie is a great starting 5

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl-4_iIUkAAm0iw.jpg

photographer must have been fond of that backdrop

lol durant

lol I just got that pic.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmAn8ssXEAEk8rK.jpg:large
did they use puff paint for the lettering or what

why are they covering their dicks

they all have NRBs

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/06/2016-olympics-basketball-united-states-dream-team-rankings

lol Nike stuck all the non nike dudes in the back and burned out their shoes
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnqtzYHVMAAxrJb.jpg

ha nice

Nick DePaula ‏@NickDePaula 56m56 minutes ago
A USA tradition since 2008, when players lined up in reverse order so Coach K himself could block Dwight's adidas
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnqyxTNUMAEzjNs.jpg:large

a company man to the core

kobe wearing the generic team shoes or is everyone wearing kobes

btw was thinking the other day abt how kidd wldve been an alltimer if only he knew how to shoot

lmao this usa roster is all wings except for boogie and deandre

wow that 2008 pic, so obvious. yah looks like everyone wearing generic Kobe's unless they had their own line (CP/Melo jordans, LBJs). looks like wade almost got any with one there but nah converse owns nike

Kurt Helin ‏@basketballtalk 16s17 seconds ago
Report: Marc Gasol not playing for Spain in Olympics

bummer

Aww I always enjoy the full double gasol Spain lineup

lol draymond has made like 4 shots so far in 5 games, hitting nothing but backboard often.

france just got blown tf out by australia while looking extremely shook

2016 summer olympics in rio de janeiro - hoops thread

here

Colangelo stepping down from USA bball

highlights from the usa vs aus game this morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw1wVCsxFnk

3 minutes left USA down 4 to Aussies

patty thrillz BALLIN

first win over the usa by australia

this usa team is gonna have to actually play good basketball

teams thatve been playing together forever can close big talent gaps

if yr team is bron kd et al u dont really have to worry about it but if kemba is yr best guy...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl-4_iIUkAAm0iw.jpg

this was a good pic

was all the negative space editorial foreshadowing or

One of the worst chokes in sports history from Turkey. Up 1 with 9 seconds left and they miss 4 consecutive free throws

Erdogan’s fault

Kanter cursed them to help his new teammates.

Curry has committed to play at the Tokyo olympics.... wonder if colangelo will allow him to play...

so has dame

Curry has committed to play at the Tokyo olympics.... wonder if colangelo will allow him to play...

― big city slam (Spottie), Wednesday, September 18, 2019 12:13 PM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol i mean are you really wondering about this?

No was being facetious

Thought that colangelo quote was idiotic.

probably time to give the reins to somebody else