The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing

[T0INE]

Only caught the tail end of the game.

Checked the boxscore and see Team USA paying respects to the Lakers by collapsing in the 3rd quarter.

Up 1 coming out of halftime, got outscored by 11 in the 3rd.

 

[HOU$TON]

why don't we ever talk about Haliburton being a negative defender

You know THEY like to pick and choose. We hear all about Trae young’s defense though

 

[atlsfinest]

Trae Young is even worse defensively than the guards USA currently has. Team USA should focus more on defensive specialists than offense first guys. When you look at USA's losses in international play, it's almost never because of offense. It's because they can't rebound and can't defend.

 

[tomdiginson]

Shambles.

 

[bathing chuck]

Disappointed to say the least. JJJ was the most disappointing

 

[don ramon]

USA sent a team of like 3 All-Stars and expected to win lol

should be enough, no? or should we reconsider who's an actual all star and/or max deal player?
some of the fault is crowning some of these players before they've actually done anything at all, but that's where media is at partly fault

 

[pmatic]

 

[aepps20]

I'm from to right now. I was rooting against this squad from the beginning and I'm pumped that they got exposed. I knew they weren't going to win. The roster is extremely flawed and the coaching is/was trash. Kerr ain't it and it showed.

 

[addict4sneakers]

why don't we ever talk about Haliburton being a negative defender

He dribbles a lot in place too but I mess with Haliburton.

 

[Benny Hinn]

What changes do you even make for the olympics? Would having Ja, Tatum, Zion, Fox, Jimmy, Bam and Booker change anything? The problem isnt star power its the approach to these games. Half assing it, thinking its gonna be easy. I bet they barely practiced

Wardell. Need someone on this team that has actually won something

 

[rolaholic]

Nick Kerr's father without Steph Curry/a stacked deck

 

[B Sox]

Think the players were too lackadasical on defense until the fourth. Kerr didn't do them any favors with the auto-switching and not being big enough up front.

Think the Haliburton-Reaves-Edwards-Bridges-JJJ lineup was the one that made a run vs Germany in the friendly a few weeks ago. Went to it too late in this game.

It was evident VERY early on in the tourney that this was clearly their best all-around lineup. Dumb Kerr just refused to stick with it.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[T0INE]

What changes do you even make for the olympics? Would having Ja, Tatum, Zion, Fox, Jimmy, Bam and Booker change anything? The problem isnt star power its the approach to these games. Half assing it, thinking its gonna be easy. I bet they barely practiced

Steve for starters I'm sure he'd like to add Olympic gold to his resume.

A legit big that can defend and rebound, preferably AD.

Incorporate some of those guys you mentioned.

Fox for instance would be hell in an Olympic setting pushing the pace.

 

[Benny Hinn]

Yeah Noah Lyles was right all along

 

[aepps20]

This is Biden's NT and Meth's America. USA didn't lose in basketball or women's soccer until Wokeism infiltrated things.

 

[rolaholic]

Yea this was cold

 

[antidope]

You know THEY like to pick and choose. We hear all about Trae young’s defense though

Oh is this comp starting up for real for real? Cause Haliburton > Trae Young IMO.

 

[danger style]

“World champions of WHAT?”

The lights were just too bright for USA. Time to watch what a REAL world champion does

 

[CJMcfly26]

So we can all agree Dennis Schroeder is top 5 PG in the league now.

 

[sneeker]

What changes do you even make for the olympics? Would having Ja, Tatum, Zion, Fox, Jimmy, Bam and Booker change anything? The problem isnt star power its the approach to these games. Half assing it, thinking its gonna be easy. I bet they barely practiced

that and star power. we cannot simply say that an All-Star is not needed. as far as approach is concerned, I remember the documentary about the OG Dream Team during practice where Coach Chuck Daly didn't play MJ and mixed up the line-up against the All Star College squad. Dream Team lost and Chuck talked to them that they can't go easy on their opponents. they got the message and were blowing up opponents left and right. I don't like people undermining the OG Dream Team since they also have serious opponents. it's the approach they had in the game that made them unbeatable.

 

[B Sox]

Ice Tray doesn’t do a single thing that would help this team

They already have plenty of offense. Don’t need to add the world’s worst defender.

 

[DripNick]

Yeah Noah Lyles was right all along

He bout to drop a diss track on that "Element." beat naming all these ******

 

[ill steelo]

I always have nothing to do when they’re beating people by 30 but I completely miss both of the losses

Someone give me cliffs

 

[Blue Mamba]

I didn’t think people cared about FIBA that much. Olympics was always where the attention went