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jptremblay wrote:Congrats USA, i'm spaniard and your win was totally deserved.
You can't beat these guys when you aren't protecting your own boards...
But well, i'm pride of our guys...just a shame that Marc Gasol isn't here, and that Pau was playing through pain on right leg...also, we really shoot that bad and besides that we keep it close to the very end...and at some times it seemed that we could tie them...but our constant errors keep them always on the lead.
So again, congrats to the USA, and congrats to my boys, whom while being shorthanded they managed to keep Usa below 85 points, and never gave up.
The sad thing, is that this match probably was the last of our golden generation...And that Pau probably will retire without an olympic Gold medal.

Sedale Threatt wrote:CSKA Moscow just won the Euro title with two Americans playing key roles who I have literally never heard of, Kyle Hines and Cory Higgins. Granted, I barely follow college basketball. But given that they went to Colorado and UNC-Greensboro -- not exactly hoops hotbeds -- they wouldn't seem to be prime prospects. Yet they can go over the Europe and thrive. Yet somehow players like Paul George, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green would struggle. OK...

wizfactor94 wrote:

Sedale Threatt wrote:CSKA Moscow just won the Euro title with two Americans playing key roles who I have literally never heard of, Kyle Hines and Cory Higgins. Granted, I barely follow college basketball. But given that they went to Colorado and UNC-Greensboro -- not exactly hoops hotbeds -- they wouldn't seem to be prime prospects. Yet they can go over the Europe and thrive. Yet somehow players like Paul George, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green would struggle. OK...

Kyle Hines averaged 6.7 points and 10.7 points for CSKA

What drugs are you on?

I told you it's not the names , it's the style of play

Yes Butler is showing us what kind of bum he would be

Sedale Threatt wrote:

wizfactor94 wrote:

Sedale Threatt wrote:CSKA Moscow just won the Euro title with two Americans playing key roles who I have literally never heard of, Kyle Hines and Cory Higgins. Granted, I barely follow college basketball. But given that they went to Colorado and UNC-Greensboro -- not exactly hoops hotbeds -- they wouldn't seem to be prime prospects. Yet they can go over the Europe and thrive. Yet somehow players like Paul George, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green would struggle. OK...

Kyle Hines averaged 6.7 points and 10.7 points for CSKA

What drugs are you on?

I told you it's not the names , it's the style of play

Yes Butler is showing us what kind of bum he would be

Third-leading scorer, on 67 percent shooting, for the European champion.

If some undersized stiff from UNC-Greensboro could do that, I'm quite sure those three could figure it out.

Phreak50 wrote:Aussies choking badly.

wizfactor94 wrote:

Sedale Threatt wrote:

wizfactor94 wrote:
Kyle Hines averaged 6.7 points and 10.7 points for CSKA

What drugs are you on?

I told you it's not the names , it's the style of play

Yes Butler is showing us what kind of bum he would be

Third-leading scorer, on 67 percent shooting, for the European champion.

If some undersized stiff from UNC-Greensboro could do that, I'm quite sure those three could figure it out.

he would probably dominate US just like Sofokolis did, never have I see a player dominate the US like Sofokolis did during that game that US lost.

You are only proving my point.

Sedale Threatt wrote:

wizfactor94 wrote:

Sedale Threatt wrote:
Third-leading scorer, on 67 percent shooting, for the European champion.

If some undersized stiff from UNC-Greensboro could do that, I'm quite sure those three could figure it out.

he would probably dominate US just like Sofokolis did, never have I see a player dominate the US like Sofokolis did during that game that US lost.

You are only proving my point.

If he could dominate he'd be in the NBA. I can absolutely see why some Europeans would prefer to stay home. But, if everything was equal, there's absolutely no way this kid would turn down NBA money to play in freaking Moscow. There's a reason he's not here -- because he's not good enough. Yet he can thrive in Europe at 6-6.

As for Schortsanitis/Greece, he/they played an awesome game to hats off to them. But that's all it was -- one game. No matter bad you want to, you can't make these ridiculous blanket assessments based on a handful of games. Let alone one.

Sedale Threatt wrote:

wizfactor94 wrote:

Sedale Threatt wrote:
Third-leading scorer, on 67 percent shooting, for the European champion.

If some undersized stiff from UNC-Greensboro could do that, I'm quite sure those three could figure it out.

he would probably dominate US just like Sofokolis did, never have I see a player dominate the US like Sofokolis did during that game that US lost.

You are only proving my point.

If he could dominate he'd be in the NBA. I can absolutely see why some Europeans would prefer to stay home. But, if everything was equal, there's absolutely no way this kid would turn down NBA money to play in freaking Moscow. There's a reason he's not here -- because he's not good enough. Yet he can thrive in Europe at 6-6.

As for Schortsanitis/Greece, he/they played an awesome game to hats off to them. But that's all it was -- one game. No matter bad you want to, you can't make these ridiculous blanket assessments based on a handful of games. Let alone one.