Agreed completely. It’s honestly not looking good for us after this year. Especially with the talent France seems to keep bringing in that didn’t even play this year.
Because he’s 7’4 and pretty much unstoppable when he gets the ball deep enough.
You said you would be shocked if they got out of group play, it was conceivable to go 1-2 and still get out of the group, you should leave this alone.It appears my concerns had some merit. No matter what @aceboon says
Actually I said it would be an accomplishment for this team to get to the medal round and more of one to win the gold medal. Never said I would be shocked that is just not what I wrote.
You're exhausting, every thread it's you acting like a victim after someone responds to what you posted, you tagged me so if you don't want a response you should have continued on with your night.
Yup, that was ugly. But in the end they won. If they win the gold it doesn't matter. UConn almost lost in the first round to St. Joe's in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Doesn't diminish their national championship.It appears my concerns had some merit. No matter what @aceboon says
It's not a foreign concept to root for the underdog. Besides, millions of Americans come from other countries and like to cheer for the country they come from.
If that's the case with the men's team it's probably because they're such heavy favorites and they're the richest athletes we have. We field an all-star team with almost all the best players in the world and they all make like 50 million dollars per year. It would be totally ridiculous if they didn't win.
Some of the sports/events are amatuer, most are not. FIBA is a different game and it’s more difficult than most think to get guys like we have to play together cohesively. Kerr being coach makes it 2x as hard.
Most athletes in the Olympics don't make a living just from their sport and they get little to no fanfare outside of the games. Call them whatever you would like but they don't play in pro leagues which make them a ton of money. These two weeks are everything to them.
Putting White on the team over him was wild.
They have like 4 of those guys already. They just need a coach who doesn’t botch sub patterns and can actually instruct rather than cheerlead.
FYI, the word "amateur" was stricken from the Olympic charter awhile back.... 1974, to be exact.
Name them
Tatum, Edwards, White, Booker, even LeBron and KD qualify if those are the parameters.
White has some intangibles that Brown doesn't have at this point. The most important is he probably has the highest BB IQ of any NBA player. He is going to be a great coach someday plus he is an outstanding baller. The Tatum thing is puzzling, (unless he has been displaying an attitude problem), but then again most anything Kerr says and does is a mystery to me - he is a terrible game coach and has been lucky to coach Curry and the other All Stars he has had at GS thus far. I feel that the US would have been better having Few take the job - it appears most of the players pay attention when he is talking.
I've got the guy to coach the team in 4 years. Just happens to be a college coach who coaches a team that just went back to back.
I agree White has some amazing intangibles but Brown is a supremely talented player. He’d give the roster more size and versatility.
