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That was a really entertaining game.
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Gold.
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twocoach wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 4:17 pm That was a really entertaining game.
It was.
Steph showed why he is a generational scorer.
That last shot was silly,
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Kinda bittersweet as this is it for LeBron, Steph and KD on the Olympic stage.
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twocoach wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 4:17 pm That was a really entertaining game.
In a cat playing with the mouse kind of way it felt like to me.
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pdub wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 4:23 pm Kinda bittersweet as this is it for LeBron, Steph and KD on the Olympic stage.
Agreed. Although, never know about LeBron.
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Two thoughts from 99.

Steph can shoot 3's
France can't shoot free throws
Defense. Rebounds.
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Women gettin after it on D.
Defense. Rebounds.
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jhawks99 wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:45 am Women gettin after it on D.
I’d say it’s 50/50.
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Back2Lawrence wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2024 9:39 am
jhawks99 wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:45 am Women gettin after it on D.
I’d say it’s 50/50.
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I'm a bad American. I was rooting for the French.
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Nerves of steel FT shooting by the US to close out the game.
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I have no emotional reaction to any USA athlete. Except Simone. She’s pretty awesome.
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pdub wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:31 am I think Tatum is a better player than Durant at this moment so I'd put him at the SF spot.
If you could somehow get Durant and Tatum on the court together, I'd do that, and bench Anthony Edwards ( he's a stud but so is everyone on the roster ).
Lol. That sure didn't age well
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i’ve developed a fondness for gabby Thomas this last week.
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https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nba/bos ... ls/638932/

"What Kerr is doing to Tatum can't simply be about basketball. It feels like a shot at the Celtics, as if Kerr believes his team's 2022 title over the not-quite-ready-for-primetime C's should supersede the wrecking ball Tatum and Co. just took to the rest of the NBA while raising the franchise's record 18th banner. They're threats to win Nos. 19 and 20 in short order, thus challenging Kerr's Warriors for modern NBA supremacy...It's hard to miss his Western bias based on the allocation of minutes. The squad features six players from each conference, and the bottom five in playing time all hail from the East"

I think this is a bit much but there's smoke here.
Kerr won ( though I think maybe Gutter could at least get USA to bronze ) but I think he made some mistakes along the way.
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Tatum should have been playing over Ant.

And Haliburton probably should have been playing over White.

My guess is that some of it is on Kerr, and some of it is on LeBron Steph and KD and their preferences on who they were surrounded by. But that's just a wild guess.

The "matchups" thing seems like the PC answer. Tatum can matchup with anyone.
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Booker was the unsung hero of team usa. Completely changed his play style to compliment the big 3 of steph lebron and Durant. Tatums ego didn't allow him to do something like that. Booker put team USA first and became a role player and I gained a lot of respect for his game
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Sasquatch wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:51 am Booker was the unsung hero of team usa. Completely changed his play style to compliment the big 3 of steph lebron and Durant. Booker put team USA first and became a role player and I gained a lot of respect for his game
Agreed. And there is a tweet out there of him saying he planned to do just that from a few years ago.
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