Team USA Basketball 2024 (Men's)
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54-43 Serbia at halftime.
Curry having 20 is at least keeping Team USA from being blown out.
Both teams shooting it pretty well overall, but IMO the biggest difference has been Serbia winning the battle on the glass. 20-14 rebounding advantage right now.
It would also help if Team USA weren't 4-8 from the line while Serbia has gone 6-7.
Curry having 20 is at least keeping Team USA from being blown out.
Both teams shooting it pretty well overall, but IMO the biggest difference has been Serbia winning the battle on the glass. 20-14 rebounding advantage right now.
It would also help if Team USA weren't 4-8 from the line while Serbia has gone 6-7.
Ok - I should post this on general but whatevs, I've been following from afar. This week has been a buttkicker and this game is now top of my list of catch up when I get home tonight.
Feel free to send me other must watch stuff from the week (figure USWNT-GER is also on my list but track and field suggestions also welcome).
Feel free to send me other must watch stuff from the week (figure USWNT-GER is also on my list but track and field suggestions also welcome).
I mean, I enjoy a good Embiid joke myself, but the score was 70-78 SRB when he checked back in the game in the fourth. Embiid's contribution before he started glitching was:
All of which came in the course of a 14-6 USA run. Let's acknowledge that, too.
- Assist
- Made 2ptr
- Made 2ptr
- Made FT
- Made 2ptr
- Block
All of which came in the course of a 14-6 USA run. Let's acknowledge that, too.
Sure. By no means am I saying that he’s a bad player but the guy was on the verge of another (bad) one for the trophy case before the adults in the room took over and won it for America.
Just given the narrative behind this game (“Embiid is a traitor to France!” “Gobert always chokes in the big one”), I feel like we’re ripe for an absolutely epic game within the game between those two.
Just given the narrative behind this game (“Embiid is a traitor to France!” “Gobert always chokes in the big one”), I feel like we’re ripe for an absolutely epic game within the game between those two.
OK, but in this game half of Serbia's points, 63% of their FGA (60% of their 3PTA), and 77% of their assists were recorded by players who are currently in the NBA.
This isn't just a Serbia (featuring Jokic, Bogdan, Micic, and Jovic) thing. Team France has had major contributions from Wembanyama, Batum, Fournier, Gobert and Ntilikina. Team Germany: Schroder, Wagner, Wagner, Theis. Team Spain only has Aldama and Garuba as current NBA players but features at least 6 former NBA guys. Team Greece IS Giannis.
If you want to make it a USA vs. the world thing, the world is continually closing in on the USA in terms of producing great basketball players. But those great players still gravitate to the NBA. I don't see a good argument for Euroleague being competitive with the NBA - especially if that argument is coming from a player who spent a year in the NBA and saw a literal 8 minutes of court time, and then turned around, went back to Euroleague, and stepped immediately into a starting spot earning 25 minutes per game. There's a very obvious conclusion to be drawn here.
This isn't just a Serbia (featuring Jokic, Bogdan, Micic, and Jovic) thing. Team France has had major contributions from Wembanyama, Batum, Fournier, Gobert and Ntilikina. Team Germany: Schroder, Wagner, Wagner, Theis. Team Spain only has Aldama and Garuba as current NBA players but features at least 6 former NBA guys. Team Greece IS Giannis.
If you want to make it a USA vs. the world thing, the world is continually closing in on the USA in terms of producing great basketball players. But those great players still gravitate to the NBA. I don't see a good argument for Euroleague being competitive with the NBA - especially if that argument is coming from a player who spent a year in the NBA and saw a literal 8 minutes of court time, and then turned around, went back to Euroleague, and stepped immediately into a starting spot earning 25 minutes per game. There's a very obvious conclusion to be drawn here.
