Re: Basketball - Medal Round - Aug. 20/21
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 8:45 pm
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DWadeno3 wrote:Popovich wrote:Congrats to USA fans, USA team really kept best for the end like they always do. It was obvious that Serbia did not had enough strength in legs after that performance in semis. But there are no excuses USA is much, much better team in all areas. Congratulation to my team of Serbia, i think we could do better today, they are second on the world they proved this fact yet again. Too bad for such bad game of Bogdanovic, he really did not showed his stroke, he had many open looks.
I've always wondered why Teodosic never tried his luck in the NBA. Perhaps I'm exaggerating things, but with his skills and incredible creativity, he could be a heck of a player.
EDIT: I also think you could've done better, but ultimately our depth played a large factor in these Olympics as well. We could always rotate, had different players who were producing and ultimately had one of the best in Kevin Durant who had one of those games. It's hard to stop that.
DWadeno3 wrote:bb22 wrote:What happened to those euro fundamentals?
I'm not gonna discredit their players. Jokic is gonna be a force in the NBA, Teodosic could be very good as well and Spain gave us a tough game until the end, even against our best squads in '08 and '12. The talent in the rest of the world is real, which makes it all the worse when people feel the need to point out how poor we are.
Our players are plenty fundamentally sound, but since European players are as well, we need some other edge and that is our strength and athleticism.
We've had plenty of games where hustle and grit were key components of our victories, our teams are no longer above doing the dirty work.
People simply choose to look beyond that.
Popovich wrote:DWadeno3 wrote:Popovich wrote:Congrats to USA fans, USA team really kept best for the end like they always do. It was obvious that Serbia did not had enough strength in legs after that performance in semis. But there are no excuses USA is much, much better team in all areas. Congratulation to my team of Serbia, i think we could do better today, they are second on the world they proved this fact yet again. Too bad for such bad game of Bogdanovic, he really did not showed his stroke, he had many open looks.
I've always wondered why Teodosic never tried his luck in the NBA. Perhaps I'm exaggerating things, but with his skills and incredible creativity, he could be a heck of a player.
EDIT: I also think you could've done better, but ultimately our depth played a large factor in these Olympics as well. We could always rotate, had different players who were producing and ultimately had one of the best in Kevin Durant who had one of those games. It's hard to stop that.
He is a great offensive player and in top 5 passers in the world but his defense is really below average to say at least. He is capable of doing some team D nicely but there is no much of that in NBA. He has slow feat and first step allowed(before player drop the ball) in NBA would hurt him for sure, on the other and he would be better protected as a shooter in NBA. I think he wants to try NBA he is interested in some teams I think Utah or San Antonio are best choices for him. He has been scouted by Memphis tho.
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The Realist wrote:Sedale Threatt wrote:DWadeno3 wrote:
For all your talk about the 90s being more physical, you now say we were allowed to defend without fouling? That's pure comedy.
The hypocrisy, inconsistency and sheer ignorance -- more stereotypes, please! -- from this dude over the past couple of weeks has been astounding.
Well he has the same moniker than a horrible poster in Insidehoops even for its standards, so there's some reference if it's the same person. Based on his name, can you guess what his problem might be since say late June?
Sedale Threatt wrote:The Realist wrote:Sedale Threatt wrote:
The hypocrisy, inconsistency and sheer ignorance -- more stereotypes, please! -- from this dude over the past couple of weeks has been astounding.
Well he has the same moniker than a horrible poster in Insidehoops even for its standards, so there's some reference if it's the same person. Based on his name, can you guess what his problem might be since say late June?
This dude is amazing...
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=412906
90sgoat wrote:Sedale Threatt wrote:The Realist wrote:
Well he has the same moniker than a horrible poster in Insidehoops even for its standards, so there's some reference if it's the same person. Based on his name, can you guess what his problem might be since say late June?
This dude is amazing...
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=412906
Wow, cross forum stalking, that's a new low
Popovich wrote:Congrats to USA fans, USA team really kept best for the end like they always do. It was obvious that Serbia did not had enough strength in legs after that performance in semis. But there are no excuses USA is much, much better team in all areas. Congratulation to my team of Serbia, i think we could do better today, they are second on the world they proved this fact yet again. Too bad for such bad game of Bogdanovic, he really did not showed his stroke, he had many open looks.