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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Man, Lithuania looked pretty scummy that game, but maybe that's just nationalism talking. A three-part series on Filipino basketball by the author of Pacific Rims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQJNu6LfIsU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iom_HCfcdQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmCN19cLd7k
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Spacebump posted:Everyone includes the US and they still dominated the tournament. (so far) America has at least one starter that might not make the team if everyone is playing. That starter would still make every other team in the world if he was their nationality. This is true, but I think the other teams are a legit threat to the USA's best when healthy, but if anything but healthy we could probably send less quality than there is now and still win. Of course this attitude of mine is jinxing the US and means France will win easily.
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Rick posted:This is true, but I think the other teams are a legit threat to the USA's best when healthy, but if anything but healthy we could probably send less quality than there is now and still win. France is going to have to score a shitload more than they have this tournament to have a chance. The US has a bunch of guys capable of doing what Harden did today and dropping 16-20 points in a quarter. I'm hoping for Boogie to drop 30 or something like that.
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If you missed the game, the replay is starting on NBATV now and some Lithuanians are about to get poo poo on.
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The US is gonna win by like 35 and Boris Diaw's fat rear end will have a heart attack trying to keep up with Faried and Davis.
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I just want to see a European person get dunked on so profoundly that he has to quit basketball and wander the earth.
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Sep 12, 2014 14:44
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Fredric Weis got dunked on so hard he now refused to leave his home contient for fear that it might happen again, which is the platonic ideal of a posterization.
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Spain probably has the best league outside of the US, no? I see them and Slavic leagues generating a bunch of players edit: okay in order Canada (which doesn't count), France tied with Serbia, and Australia have produced more NBA players than Spain although that will also have something to do with recruiting practices Kelfeftaf posted:So who on the U.S. squad is going to win World Cup MVP? why would they give the MVP to someone on the losing team EvanTH fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Sep 12, 2014 |
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EvanTH posted:Spain probably has the best league outside of the US, no? I see them and Slavic leagues generating a bunch of players Of the domestic leagues it'd probably be the Spanish ACB first and then the 1st tier Russian and Greek leagues in some order.
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Igor Strelkov posted:Lithuania, probably followed by Serbia/Croatia. In Lithuania, basketball is more popular than futbol, which no other country but USA can say. It's a good question. Lithuania only has 3 million people but has 5 medals in international competition since independence in 91. Yeah, as badly as they got stomped yesterday, it's amazing how good Lithuania is considering their population. If a similar country of 50 or 100 million cared about the sport with that intensity, they'd probably create a second basketball superpower.
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Paging all basketball junkes to the thread. edit: glad Roddy Beaubois made the list of notable missing French players. Spacebump fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Sep 12, 2014 |
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Thanks for letting us know that Batum is Just Another Guy on Team France you unbelievable dipshit Fran Fraschilla
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I love FIBA goaltending rules. I also like that a technical counts as a personal foul.
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spacejung posted:Thanks for letting us know that Batum is Just Another Guy on Team France you unbelievable dipshit Fran Fraschilla He's not wrong. Batum hasn't taken over any games, he's just played defense and been a cog in the offense. Franny's only making a point that the non nba players are good too.
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Also now he has a concussion?
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somewhere Pekovic watches and adds another skull to the silent pile edit: he's Serbian isn't he why isn't he on the team is he injured
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Igor Strelkov posted:He's not wrong. Batum hasn't taken over any games, he's just played defense and been a cog in the offense. Franny's only making a point that the non nba players are good too. I understand the point but I've heard this sentiment rehashed so many times. Batum's defense matters. Serbia runs 10 deep with very talented non-NBA names, if Batum leaves and doesn't come back with this injury I would say les bleu chances are over.
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EvanTH posted:somewhere Pekovic watches and adds another skull to the silent pile Serbia and Montenegro are no longer a federation and thusly have separate national teams. Pekovic is Montenegrin. Cruel work of your cronies in NATO and the EU.
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Isn't Raduljica essentially a poor man's Pekovic anyway? Minus the dubiously racist tattoos
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I really like the baseline camera, it's so much easier to see the play developpeer posted:Isn't Raduljica essentially a poor man's Pekovic anyway? Minus the dubiously racist tattoos Well they're both big scary men, but Raduljica is more of a defensive player and Pek is an offensive player
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Igor Strelkov posted:Serbia and Montenegro are no longer a federation and thusly have separate national teams. Pekovic is Montenegrin. Cruel work of your cronies in NATO and the EU. I'm not sorry for the favors I called in
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Looks like France are surrendering the rights to get dunked on by Faried to Serbia.
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Hahahaha, that tipped pass for two
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OrangeKing posted:Hahahaha, that tipped pass for two What a great shot by Raduljica !
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That tip was amazing. And France might pull this off?
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About time Batum showed up for a game.
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EvanTH posted:my power went out cause i was ringin' the babe alarm too hard what happened to the game 3min left, 8pt lead for Serbia.
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EvanTH posted:my power went out cause i was ringin' the babe alarm too hard what happened to the game 8 point lead, Serbia. 3 minutes left.
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And Markovic fouls out.
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France is on fire in the fourth, wow.
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Some nice play going on right now from both teams. Damnit tactical fouling pylb fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Sep 12, 2014 |
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I hate that foul with so much time left. Edit: Wow, missed the second one though.
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France should have tried playing defense a little earlier than the 4th quarter.
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This has been an amazing 2 minutes of play.
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Whoever wins will lose their next game. Whoever loses will have a shot at winning the next one. So sad we wasted Batum's hot shooting night.
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AMAZING fight by France. The US is gonna annihilate Serbia though, huh? 
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Love that stone cold look on Batum's face. I wish they had had someone to counter Krstic more effectively in these last 2 minutes.
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