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***Official Olympic Basketball Thread***
« on: August 06, 2016, 02:06:44 PM »

Offline Eddie20

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The teams

Group A

USA

Australia

France

Venezuela

Serbia

China

Group B

Spain

Argentina

Lithuania

Croatia

Brazil

Nigeria

Schedule (all times ET)

Saturday, August 6

Australia vs. France, 1:15 p.m.

USA vs. China, 6 p.m.

Venezuela vs. Serbia, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, August 7

Brazil vs. Lithuania, 1:15 p.m.

Croatia vs. Spain, 6 p.m.

Argentina vs. Nigeria, 9:30 p.m.

Monday, August 8

Serbia vs. Australia, 1:15 p.m.

USA vs. Venezuela, 6 p.m.

France vs. China, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, August 9

Spain vs. Brazil, 1:15 p.m.

Lithuania vs. Nigeria, 6 p.m.

Argentina vs. Croatia, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, August 10

Serbia vs. France, 1:15 p.m.

Australia vs. USA, 6 p.m.

Venezuela vs. China, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, August 11

Brazil vs. Croatia, 1:15 p.m.

Nigeria vs. Spain 6 p.m.

Lithuania vs. Argentina, 9:30 p.m.

Friday, August 12

China vs. Australia, 1:15 p.m.

USA vs. Serbia, 6 p.m.

France vs. Venezuela, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 13

Argentina vs. Brazil, 1:15 p.m.

Spain vs. Lithuania, 6 p.m.

Croatia vs. Nigeria, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, August 14

USA vs. France, 1:15 p.m.

Australia vs. Venezuela 6 p.m.

China vs. Serbia, 9:30 p.m.

Monday, August 15

Nigeria vs. Brazil, 1:15 p.m.

Spain vs. Argentina, 6 p.m.

Lithuania vs. Croatia, 9:30 p.m.





Wednesday, August 17

Quarterfinals

A1 vs. B4, TBD

A2 vs. B3, TBD

B1 vs. A4, TBD

B2 vs. A3, TBD

Friday, August 19

Semifinals

Winner A1 - B4 vs. Winner A3 - B2, TBD

Winner B1 - A4 vs. Winner A2 - B3, TBD

Sunday August 21

Bronze medal game

Semifinal loser 1 vs. Semifinal loser 2, 10:30 a.m.

Gold medal game

Semifinal winner 1 vs. Semifinal winner 2, 2:45 p.m.

Re: ***Official Olympic Basketball Thread***
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2016, 02:08:22 PM »

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France vs Australia now. As expected, Australia is a very feisty team and their toughness and size is giving France a lot of problems.

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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2016, 02:15:46 PM »

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No Yabusele on the France squad?  Is he just too young?  Only about 1/2 of their players are NBA players, so just curious why Yabusele, a first round pick, didn't make the squad.  Anyone have insight?

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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2016, 02:26:52 PM »

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No Yabusele on the France squad?  Is he just too young?  Only about 1/2 of their players are NBA players, so just curious why Yabusele, a first round pick, didn't make the squad.  Anyone have insight?

No, he's not. Fournier didn't make the team either. Remember just because you're an NBA player, or a 1st rd pick, doesn't necessarily mean you're good enough, or a good enough fit, to make some of these foreign teams.

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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2016, 02:29:11 PM »

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No Yabusele on the France squad?  Is he just too young?  Only about 1/2 of their players are NBA players, so just curious why Yabusele, a first round pick, didn't make the squad.  Anyone have insight?

No, he's not. Fournier didn't make the team either. Remember just because you're an NBA player, or a 1st rd pick, doesn't necessarily mean you're good enough, or a good enough fit, to make some of these foreign teams.

Ya, too bad.  It would give us something to root for in the non US games.  How's my New Mexico Lobo Cameron Bairstow doing for Australia?  Getting any run?

Re: ***Official Olympic Basketball Thread***
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2016, 02:29:36 PM »

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The one time I'm going to root for Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and Carmelo Anthony. Ugh, these players belong in some US teams that I hate lol.

Should be a relatively easy win over China today despite not having LeBron, Kobe, Wade, CP3, and Dwight from 2008/2012.


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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2016, 02:31:45 PM »

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No Yabusele on the France squad?  Is he just too young?  Only about 1/2 of their players are NBA players, so just curious why Yabusele, a first round pick, didn't make the squad.  Anyone have insight?

No, he's not. Fournier didn't make the team either. Remember just because you're an NBA player, or a 1st rd pick, doesn't necessarily mean you're good enough, or a good enough fit, to make some of these foreign teams.

Ya, too bad.  It would give us something to root for in the non US games.  How's my New Mexico Lobo Cameron Bairstow doing for Australia?  Getting any run?

Not much playing time. Barstow really struggled in the 2Q when trying to help on the Parker high PNR. They're going primarily with Bogut and Baynes at C, even playing them together some.

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« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2016, 03:13:13 PM »

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Awesome did not see a win like that coming. First opening game victory since 1996!

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« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2016, 03:19:55 PM »

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No Yabusele on the France squad?  Is he just too young?  Only about 1/2 of their players are NBA players, so just curious why Yabusele, a first round pick, didn't make the squad.  Anyone have insight?

Most likely he's just too young.  He's more than 3.5 years younger than Gobert, France's youngest player.  Gobert didn't make the French team the last Olympics, when he was essentially Yab's age.  Obviously that was not a sign that Gobert wouldn't some day be a very good player.

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« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2016, 03:25:24 PM »

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Awesome did not see a win like that coming. First opening game victory since 1996!



Domination. Their off the ball screens and passing were textbook. They were operating on all cylinders. Eager to see them play USA.

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« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2016, 03:41:36 PM »

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Awesome did not see a win like that coming. First opening game victory since 1996!



Domination. Their off the ball screens and passing were textbook. They were operating on all cylinders. Eager to see them play USA.

Yeah, me too. What do you think the spread will be? -43 USA?
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« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2016, 03:44:52 PM »

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Awesome did not see a win like that coming. First opening game victory since 1996!



Domination. Their off the ball screens and passing were textbook. They were operating on all cylinders. Eager to see them play USA.

Yeah, me too. What do you think the spread will be? -43 USA?

If so, I'll put $ on them not covering.

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« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2016, 03:48:09 PM »

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I think we'll keep it under 30. Dare to dream.
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« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2016, 03:58:33 PM »

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If they had French Jordan they would have won easily.
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Anderson Varejao    Tiago Splitter    Matt Bonner
David West    Kenyon Martin    Brad Miller
Andre Iguodala    Josh Childress    Marquis Daniels
Dwyane Wade    Leandro Barbosa
Kirk Hinrich    Toney Douglas   + the legendary Kevin McHale

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« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2016, 04:40:25 PM »

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I am a big fan of the United States and being from there (I am in Montreal for the week), but it's going to take all I've got to root for this team - just not my favorite assortment of players...