USA Olympic Basketball Squad

[Deleted User 887]

[pdub]

"while watching was that it didn't look like lack of continuity was the eventual downfall"

I didn't watch but I can guarantee you if you let these guys play in 10-15 more games together, they'd look worlds better.

Took 8 games.

[Deleted User 887]

"while watching was that it didn't look like lack of continuity was the eventual downfall"

I didn't watch but I can guarantee you if you let these guys play in 10-15 more games together, they'd look worlds better.

Took 8 games.

Obviously we could play what if all day long but.....
What if we took Durant (and Tatum?) off the team - would they have gotten a Bronze?
Point of my asking is that I don't feel this was a "team" Gold as much as I believe they needed Durant to carry them.
Whatever, THEY got the job done. "Job finished". I say - finished job well done.

[pdub]

[ousdahl]

They kept a 2-3+ possession lead thru the 4th but the rest of the team seemed to tense up down the stretch. Missed free throws, careless turnovers, bricked guarded jumpers that made me wonder why they didn’t just have Russell Westbrook on the team. Oh, and also made me wonder why Pop never called a timeout.

So it gets down to a 1 possession game with 8 seconds left, and they run a play to get Durant the inbounds. He gets fouled and hits both freebies like nbd.

[Sparko]

Great to see the turn around. Kansas competing with Durant's Texas teams are a highlight of the Big 12 back when it was still a conference.

[twocoach]

"while watching was that it didn't look like lack of continuity was the eventual downfall"

I didn't watch but I can guarantee you if you let these guys play in 10-15 more games together, they'd look worlds better.

Took 8 games.

Obviously we could play what if all day long but.....
What if we took Durant (and Tatum?) off the team - would they have gotten a Bronze?
Point of my asking is that I don't feel this was a "team" Gold as much as I believe they needed Durant to carry them.
Whatever, THEY got the job done. "Job finished". I say - finished job well done.

Kevin Durant has a match up advantage over almost every person who guards him. Any coach who doesn't take advantage of that should be fired. I didn't think he carried the US more than he was simply always the best player on the floor.

Durant was far and away the leading scorer on the 2012 US team that won gold that had Kobe, LeBron, Melo, Westbrook, Paul and Harden and he was far and away the leading scorer on the 2016 US team that won gold that had Melo, Kyrie, Klay, Paul George and Jimmy Butler. He certainly didn't carry either of those teams, either.

I honestly think that Durant is the best pure scorer in NBA history, MJ was the most exciting scorer in NBA history and Wilt was the most dominant scorer in NBA history.

[Deleted User 887]

We be to differ. I feel Durant carried this team. Just as I feel he carried the 2016 team.
As far as 2012, he averaged 19.5 points per game BUT he did it averaging 26 minutes a game while Melo averaged 16.3 points per game playing 17.8 minutes a game. KD took more shots than everyone else too.
Melo, LeBron, Love, Paul, Harden, Iguodala, Chandler, and Davis all had better shooting percentages.

[Deleted User 887]

I wonder if Chuck and Scott remember they were teammates in 92. Not sure how/why they would forget.
Anyway/s, Chuck is worth many millions of dollars more than I am but I would be happy to give him $100 to beat the piss out of Scott. Coincidently, one guy is one of the nicest athletes I have ever encountered while the other guy is one of the biggest douchebags I have ever encountered. I'll let you guess which is/was which.

https://sports.yahoo.com/charles-barkle ... p_catchall