2016 team[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl9gDMZVEAAQ9hG.jpg[img]http://olympics.si.com/olympics/2016/06/27/usa-basketball-roster-2016-olympics
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
whoopshttps://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
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
Uh oh Dray could cause an international incident
― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link
really want kd to back out then wed be onto something
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
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
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
lithuania-USA game also almost had a fight between boogie and jonas v lol
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
croatias got a bunch of young dudes iirc prob too green tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
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 goodhttp://www.eurobasket.com/Spain/news/451456/Spanish-National-Team-2016
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
and mirotic. pau and juan carlos and calderon are all just old tho
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
pau cn still get buckets
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
def, always balls out w international ball too
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
Who you guys think the starting five is for the title game
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
boogie-kd-pg-klay-kyrie
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
tough call between DJ and Boogie
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
ya thats the one i was puzzling over
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
could also see them starting Melo over PG
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
u cld conceivably go w D at the 1 with lowery too but idk
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
i think if melo starts then DJ starts. if PG starts then boogie starts
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
rather have pg being a jack of all trades low usage guy than melo out there hoisting imo
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
Dunno if he'll start but melo always tears it up in international ball
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
Melo is our all-time hoister in international competition, he's gonna be the splash older cousin this time
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:22 (seven years ago) link
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
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
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
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link
yeah there isnt a trad PF on that roster xp
I want to see Boogie and Green play together :)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
goon ball gonna be v hype
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link
i am excited for this roster tbh
― marcos, Monday, 27 June 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
also no white dudes on the team
― marcos, Monday, 27 June 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
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
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
hayward more deserving than harrison
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
i think he got an invite but said he wanted to hang out w his new kid
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
oh
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
espn users
93% kyrie43% klay 28% george 24% butler74% durant 13% melo36% green 31% melo 22% durant57% cousins 28% jordan
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
http://www.sltrib.com/home/4041877-155/utah-jazz-gordon-hayward-to-skip yea he got baby no. 2 on the way xp
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
kyrie, klay, durant, draymond, boogie is a great starting 5
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl-4_iIUkAAm0iw.jpg
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 27 June 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
photographer must have been fond of that backdrop
― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Monday, 27 June 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
lol durant
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
lol I just got that pic.
― Interpretive Jigglypuffery (Leee), Monday, 27 June 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmAn8ssXEAEk8rK.jpg:largedid they use puff paint for the lettering or what
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 06:20 (seven years ago) link
why are they covering their dicks
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 06:22 (seven years ago) link
they all have NRBs
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 06:25 (seven years ago) link
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/06/2016-olympics-basketball-united-states-dream-team-rankings
― Jeff, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
lol Nike stuck all the non nike dudes in the back and burned out their shoeshttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnqtzYHVMAAxrJb.jpg
― Spottie, Monday, 18 July 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
ha nice
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 July 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
Nick DePaula @NickDePaula 56m56 minutes agoA USA tradition since 2008, when players lined up in reverse order so Coach K himself could block Dwight's adidashttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnqyxTNUMAEzjNs.jpg:large
― brimstead, Monday, 18 July 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
a company man to the core
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 July 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
lmao draymond
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 05:36 (two years ago) link
it’s a great context for him you get the full KD experience in an unimpeachably positive format
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 August 2021 05:36 (two years ago) link
my heart is so full of love for draymond and his many strengths and weaknesses
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 August 2021 05:37 (two years ago) link
not a revelation but if the USA hits threes they aren’t going to lose
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 August 2021 05:41 (two years ago) link
nets getting patty mills is kinda unfair
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 August 2021 05:44 (two years ago) link
i see jrue still cant make layups
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 05:45 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, August 4, 2021 10:37 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
Relentless pursuit. pic.twitter.com/hFGPqt2RNU— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) August 5, 2021
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 05:46 (two years ago) link
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.
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
USA starting this game 2 for 37
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 August 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
i haven't been watching the games until now, but somehow the ball + the rims seem so different.
― circles, Saturday, 7 August 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
my jinx worked
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 August 2021 02:53 (two years ago) link
good job. it helps that kevin durant is very good at basketball, too, though.
― circles, Saturday, 7 August 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
must be pretty cool to have Durant on your team
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 August 2021 03:05 (two years ago) link
curious why the USA is just willingly switching the pick and roll allowing gobert to play like he’s shaq
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 03:14 (two years ago) link
Yah the game plan vs Gobert is sus
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 03:50 (two years ago) link
jrue has been the second best player on this is team
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 03:54 (two years ago) link
batum has been weirdly absent
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 03:55 (two years ago) link
Until that 3 yeah
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 03:56 (two years ago) link
Really good bam game
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:00 (two years ago) link
Jrues shot selection <<<<
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:05 (two years ago) link
shout out to the french coach for benching gobert for like half the fourth quarter
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:09 (two years ago) link
France doin a lot of bad basketball things
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:09 (two years ago) link
Nice to see dame have a good game finally
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:11 (two years ago) link
tatum feels like the carmelo of this team where he’s extraneously good for the role of third option
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:12 (two years ago) link
de Colo has musketeer aura
― "Rocky Top" and "Funky Bitch" are songs I never look forward to (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
Kd not fighting for the ball wtf
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
Uhhhhh
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:18 (two years ago) link
Good game
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:24 (two years ago) link
we couldn’t have done it without lloyd pierce
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:25 (two years ago) link
the shenanigans at the end there notwithstanding, this ended up being a pretty drama free run to the gold. they basically played poor first halves vs spain and australia but still blew both of them out and they were in control this entire game it never felt like france was gonna take the lead let alone hold it
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:27 (two years ago) link
2024 should be fun with a lot of guys on this team coming back and adding ja, zion, trae, cade etc
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:28 (two years ago) link
that was fun. adios basketball, see you in a few months
― frogbs, Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:34 (two years ago) link
I'm guessing the weird, slick, oversized international ball threw off Dame's shot more than a little. Other players, like Tatum, seemed to adjust to it better.
― it is to laugh, like so, ha! (Aimless), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:38 (two years ago) link
i was pretty sure they had it wrapped up, but dame missing those two fts made me a little tense.
feel like team usa needs another good center to back up or even play with bam, but i'm not really sure who my first choice would be.
― circles, Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:39 (two years ago) link
Ben Simmons
― Clay, Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:40 (two years ago) link
myles turnerrrrr
― class project pat (m bison), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:40 (two years ago) link
_Nice to see dame have a good game finally_I'm guessing the weird, slick, oversized international ball threw off Dame's shot more than a little. Other players, like Tatum, seemed to adjust to it better.
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:49 (two years ago) link
Really think jrue and draymond were the key to a lot of the teams success.Who else in the nba would call out kd like this
Draymond Green yells at Kevin Durant for not contesting the three. On the next possession KD blocks a three point attempt pic.twitter.com/Ru8PYFUZ9e— Thomas Sullivan (@Yfz84) August 7, 2021
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:53 (two years ago) link
dame couldn't play his normal game where everything on the court revolves around him, and some of his three shooting was a bit off. it's such a small sample at the end of the day. but he was better tonight.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:53 (two years ago) link
It’s the same size.
According to this site the official NBA ball is 29.5 inches in circumference and exactly 22 oz. (~625 grams), while the official international FIBA ball is 30.7 inches in circumference and the weight can vary between 567 and 650 gm.
― it is to laugh, like so, ha! (Aimless), Saturday, 7 August 2021 04:58 (two years ago) link
― circles, Saturday, August 7, 2021 12:39 AM (thirteen minutes ago)
anthony davis will be 32 in 2024 it's not out of the question that he could play. otherwise it's basically like myles turner and christian wood lol. jarret allen and mitchell robinson are like the next rung, not very inspiring.
but by 2024 you'd have wiseman, evan mobley as potential options, chet holmgren. zion could be considered a center. this team just had a weird dip with the bigs.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 05:00 (two years ago) link
Pamela and JaVale McGee are now officially the 2nd mother / son to both win Olympic gold medals - first for the USA. The other pair was Valentina Rastvorova (URS/FEN-1960) and her son, Yevgeny Grishin (URS/WAP-1980).— Bill Mallon (@bambam1729) August 7, 2021
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 August 2021 05:03 (two years ago) link
― it is to laugh, like so, ha! (Aimless), Saturday, August 7, 2021 12:58 AM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
ok the allowed variation in weight of the fiba ball is insane
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 August 2021 05:35 (two years ago) link
Yah they are both 29.5 I dunno what that’s on about? Inflate it to death?
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 06:19 (two years ago) link
Dray having himself some fun on twitter dunking on the disbelievers
― that's not my post, Saturday, 7 August 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
is this the first time US lost an olympic game and still went on to win the gold?
― symsymsym, Saturday, 7 August 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
Oh man
It looks like Aron Baynes' injury during the Boomers' bronze-medal run in Tokyo is more serious than initially thought. 😢 pic.twitter.com/SFThluDZev— theScore (@theScore) August 7, 2021
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 7 August 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
whaaaaat
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 7 August 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
aw, that sucks, i didn't realize he'd been hurt.
i feel like in the team usa context, centers who can protect the rim and play good man defense on other teams' skilled centers are the priority. shooting, passing, switchability are all nice, too, but go-to scoring ability is not important when they usually have that from 1 to 4.
if he's healthy and wants to play, brow is the best option, but i'm skeptical that both of those things will be true. myles turner should fit well. he obviously should have made the team over kevin love this year. if any of wiseman, mobley, and holmgen look good in three years, that'd be awesome. would love to have zion on team usa, but he doesn't really bring the stuff i'd want from a center on defense. i'd rather have him wrecking guys at the 4.
― circles, Saturday, 7 August 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link