Basketball - Day 3 Game Thread Aug. 8th

Post #1 » by **Mr. E** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 3:22 am

August 8th 2016

Men's Basketball:

Group A games:

All times Central Standard Time (-6 UTC)

Serbia vs. Australia - 12:15 PM

United States vs. Venezuela - 5:00 PM

France vs. China - 8:00 PM

Women's Basketball:

Group A games:

Japan vs. Brazil - 3:00 PM

Group B games:

Spain vs. United States - 10:00 AM

Canada vs. Serbia - 12:15 PM

Senegal vs. China - 5:45 PM

TKainZero · Post #2 » by **TKainZero** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 6:09 am

Poor poor Venezuela. This could get ugly fast

Serbia vs Australia should be a fun one

yellowknifer · Post #3 » by **yellowknifer** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 8:28 am

How the hell did the Chinese mens team qualify for this tournament?

bb22 · Post #4 » by **bb22** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 9:48 am

yellowknifer wrote:How the hell did the Chinese mens team qualify for this tournament?

Just look at their competition in Asia... It's pathetic. Thankfully FIBA included Aussie and New Zealand into their qualifying region starting next year, so we probably won't be seeing China in the 2020 olympics, unless they generate some worthy talent.

aIvin adams · Post #5 » by **aIvin adams** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 2:57 pm

As big as the talent gap is in men's bball... It's even bigger on the women's side. Yikes. The women's team USA roster is basically a recap of all the HoF players in the last 15 years

UcanUwill · Post #6 » by **UcanUwill** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 3:33 pm

Australia - Serbia should be awesome.

bb22 · Post #7 » by **bb22** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 4:28 pm

aIvin adams wrote:As big as the talent gap is in men's bball... It's even bigger on the women's side. Yikes. The women's team USA roster is basically a recap of all the HoF players in the last 15 years

I tried watching women's basketball (WNBA, college, olympics) a few times. Probably the most least entertaining women's sport on the planet. The only reason it is still an event in the olympics is because the men's competition is full of high profile stars. There has even been recent talk about removing basketball completely from the olympics. I'm willing to guess that if it wasn't for the 92 dream team, that started this trend of NBA superstars playing for team USA, basketball would have long been removed by the IOC.

Alonzo_Morning · Post #8 » by **Alonzo_Morning** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 4:45 pm

Leggoooooooooo Boomers

Alonzo_Morning · Post #9 » by **Alonzo_Morning** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 4:46 pm

bb22 wrote:
aIvin adams wrote:As big as the talent gap is in men's bball... It's even bigger on the women's side. Yikes. The women's team USA roster is basically a recap of all the HoF players in the last 15 years

I tried watching women's basketball (WNBA, college, olympics) a few times. Probably the most least entertaining women's sport on the planet. The only reason it is still an event in the olympics is because the men's competition is full of high profile stars. There has even been recent talk about removing basketball completely from the olympics. I'm willing to guess that if it wasn't for the 92 dream team, that started this trend of NBA superstars playing for team USA, basketball would have long been removed by the IOC.

Have to admit Women's Soccer is leaps and bounds ahead of Women's ball

UcanUwill · Post #10 » by **UcanUwill** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 5:12 pm

Beting odds, Serbia 1.40 against Australia's 3.00. 3.00 is pretty good bet.

Post #11 » by **Mr. E** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 5:23 pm

bb22 wrote:
aIvin adams wrote:As big as the talent gap is in men's bball... It's even bigger on the women's side. Yikes. The women's team USA roster is basically a recap of all the HoF players in the last 15 years

I tried watching women's basketball (WNBA, college, olympics) a few times. Probably the most least entertaining women's sport on the planet. The only reason it is still an event in the olympics is because the men's competition is full of high profile stars. There has even been recent talk about removing basketball completely from the olympics. I'm willing to guess that if it wasn't for the 92 dream team, that started this trend of NBA superstars playing for team USA, basketball would have long been removed by the IOC.

I don't think that Basketball is in any real danger of being removed from the Olympic Games. Even without the NBA players it is a high-profile event

Bolivar · Post #12 » by **Bolivar** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 5:27 pm

Delly being MVP

And Bogut can shoot a 3-pointer apparently, he did a total of 2 of those for GSW (with 100% success).

Alonzo_Morning · Post #13 » by **Alonzo_Morning** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 5:28 pm

OH MY GOD DEES THREEES

Alonzo_Morning · Post #14 » by **Alonzo_Morning** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 5:30 pm

Baynes haricut is the biggest abomiation I've ever seen

UcanUwill · Post #15 » by **UcanUwill** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 5:45 pm

Bogut is really good. And yes, its not the first time I see him shoot FIBA 3s. Back when the FIBA 3 point line was shorter, he was shooting a number of those.

bb22 · Post #16 » by **bb22** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 5:48 pm

Australia has some nice motion offense. Look at that movement!

Alonzo_Morning · Post #17 » by **Alonzo_Morning** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 5:52 pm

Jokic and Gobert proving they are trash in this tourney

Alonzo_Morning · Post #18 » by **Alonzo_Morning** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 5:53 pm

Why is Radulija not in the NBA?

bb22 · Post #19 » by **bb22** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 6:17 pm

Alonzo_Morning wrote:Why is Radulija not in the NBA?

If you watched him play for the Bucks, you would know. Some players just fit way better within FIBA rules. Just like some successful NBA players are terrible in these tournaments.

UcanUwill · Post #20 » by **UcanUwill** » Mon Aug 8, 2016 6:26 pm

Some guys just look much better when they play for their country. Kalnietis, Raduljica...