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USA Basketball Announces 30 Finalists For 2016 U.S. Olympic Men’s Team

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  1. daywalker02

    daywalker02 Member

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    depending on who will be missing on the European and South American teams
     
    #161 daywalker02, Jun 28, 2016
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If DeMar DeRozan finishes this, it is arguably the best poster dunk of all-time <a href="https://t.co/BMWdOFVEIk">https://t.co/BMWdOFVEIk</a></p>&mdash; Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) <a href="https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/758151133068140544">July 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    #162 zeeshan2, Jul 27, 2016
  3. jakedasnake

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    Wow, watching that over and over. That guy is lucky he is not the next Frédéric Weis. :eek: For you youngsters out there.

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    #163 jakedasnake, Jul 27, 2016
  4. SamFisher

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    The South American and European teams roll out the same tired players.

    Scola-Delfino-Nocioni-Ginobili is a vaguely dangerous line up... in the 2004 Olympics.... but they now have a combined age of eleventy billion years old but they're still on the floor.

    Imagine if the US was sending Wade, Marbury, Carlos Boozer and Lamar Odom as their squad - that's pretty much what Argentina is doing.
     
    #164 SamFisher, Jul 27, 2016
  5. J Sizzle

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    Just for the record...I would totally endorse this for the entertainment purposes.
     
    #165 J Sizzle, Jul 27, 2016
  6. AvgJoe

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    For entertainment purposes, I would keep Harden on the team so he can play alongside with his new friend / former rival in love Lamar Odom.
     
    #166 AvgJoe, Jul 27, 2016
  7. jbasket

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    Eh Scalabrine's fadeaway jam in '05 was better.
     
    #167 jbasket, Jul 27, 2016
  8. peleincubus

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    Vin Baker would make it 5. ( i just saw him on the vince carter dunk vid)
     
    #168 peleincubus, Jul 28, 2016
  9. francis 4 prez

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    this first half against venezuela might be the worst half of basketball in history.


    edit: i actually said that before team USA proceeded to miss 13 straight field goals. 13 straight! at one point they were 10-38 from the field, 2-18 on 3's, 8-14 on ft's, and had 8 turnovers. and even adjusting for talent venezuela might be playing worse on offense.


    team USA's overall offense is at least a little concerning. the only people i would call good shooters are durant, thompson, and irving, and 2 of them blew a 3-1 lead in the playoffs. guys like butler and derozan remind you of the richard jefferson/lamar odom-type guys from the 2004 team. not terrible shooters but not guys you want taking important shots. paul george can hit 5-7 on 3's or 0-7 on 3's and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to when he does it. and i feel like even a squad like the 2004 team pretty much created open shots whenever it wanted to, they just missed them. but this team doesn't even seem to be running any good offense. considering how easy things should be, they take a lot of forced/contested jumpers.

    at least the D is legit and, like in the 2014 world championships, the big men are dominating the offensive boards. big guys used to be our weakness and have been a strength in the last 2 tournaments.
     
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  10. ferrari77

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    This is pretty funny. Just wait for Melo


    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The U.S. men’s basketball team singing along to Vanessa Carlton and Luke Bryan: . <a href="https://t.co/nRvfAv00ld">pic.twitter.com/nRvfAv00ld</a></p>&mdash; Brian Hank Haenchen (@Brian_Haenchen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brian_Haenchen/status/759457138280464384">July 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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  11. ferrari77

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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Carmelo Anthony always in isolation... On and off the court <a href="https://t.co/PIEXVmWWGK">pic.twitter.com/PIEXVmWWGK</a></p>&mdash; DJ Akademiks (@IamAkademiks) <a href="https://twitter.com/IamAkademiks/status/759495358892343296">July 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    #171 ferrari77, Jul 30, 2016
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    Can anybody explain why Barnes is on this team? I remember that the Olympic team had a lot of cuts who were stars!!
     
    #172 OTMax, Jul 30, 2016
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    I had to do some interviews and checkout their practice at Toyota Center this afternoon.

    A few quick thoughts


    KD seems more relaxed, less stressed and just really chill than at any point I've seen him in the last 5-6 years(during his time with OKC).

    Jimmy Butler is still staying on that "I'm from Tomball not from Houston" nonsense.

    Carmelo is unquestionably the leader of this team.
     
    #173 ferrari77, Jul 31, 2016
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    Anyone going to the game tomorrow?
     
    #174 Icehouse, Jul 31, 2016
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    #175 Mr. Dominant, Aug 1, 2016
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    What channel are the games on? Like usa vs. China tmwr.
     
    #176 SirIvyLeague, Aug 5, 2016
  17. Juxtaposed Jolt

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    swap westbrook with curry
     
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  19. daywalker02

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    [​IMG]

    Some party already.
     
    #179 daywalker02, Aug 5, 2016
  20. Liberon

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    I don't get why Kyrie Irving didn't play for Australia?
     
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