I'm really surprised Australia's men's basketball team has never medaled. Whenever I've watched international basketball tournaments you guys always seem to be there at the end.
U.S. men’s basketball team drops to 0-2 after another exhibition loss, this time to Australia (msn.com)Dame OK Defense sucks!
You do understand that Jokic and Embiid are not from the US right? You also understand Kawhi and Davis are both injured right? Now Curry and Harden with Paul George might help a bit sure. Booker, Middleton and Jrue might help as well as we will see i guess.
Yeah but his dad is from Nigeria and I've had a lot of friends with immigrant parents and even though when we were really young they didn't always have the most pride in that by the time they matured a little every one of them felt pride in their heritage and because that heritage was so close felt very connected with their parent's native country. Bam obviously wanted to play for team USA because he obviously could have made either but I can see why some might question if he has conflicted feelings about who he would play for and especially might have on the day of the Nigeria game.
Yes your right but 3 will not going be on the team that's been playing. But some of the players is not living up to how they can play. Beal was better last game but not to standard what he can do. Tatum as been drinking up the court on both ends. Even Durant hasn't live up how good he really is and there others.
Back then that was great team and even though they were superstar they all took back step off there original egos and play a role very well. This team needs needs check some there egos and play a different role that there use to.
I think the problem is that the teams they've played against are (a) much more motivated, (b) have nothing to lose, and (c) are used to playing together (particularly Australia). I also think Team USA is a smallball team, and that might work much better in the NBA than in international ball. Certainly the converse is true: players like Jahlil Okafor and good ol' Luis Scola are pretty much useless in the NBA but can still be stars in FIBA. Oh, and (d) the US is just not hitting from outside yet. It was dumbfounding how much Nigeria outshot them from three. Oh, and apparently (e): Team USA better hurry up and gel, though. I really don't want to have to feel pity for them.
IMHO, it's weird that you bring this up considering it's Jrue Holiday and his defense that is desperately needed, and will be coming in a couple of weeks. If I were coach, I'd seriously consider starting Holiday next to Dame.
Didja by chance see the part (which you quoted) where I said "or because they’d be playing for someone else" because I feel like I addressed that part pretty clearly and didn't need the sass. Also, I would point out that we have had players in the past who were not born in the US but played for Team USA. Hakeem is a perfect example of that. Regardless of why they're not on the team, it illustrates that this Team USA is missing most of the cream of the crop of the NBA. Go look at the starting fives of the past three or four Olympic teams and then compare it to this years starting five. It's a massive step down.
I didn't liken them to the Olympic team. I said that most of the best players in the NBA are not on this team, for one reason or another. Jokic and Embiid are two of the best players in the NBA, are they not?
