Olympics Basketball

[HuskyWarrior611]

What the hell does the USA being heavy favorites have to do with rooting for your own country? Are y'all ashamed and embarrassed that the US is good at basketball? Every country sends their best, if the US's collective best is better than the rest of the world I'm not sure why that would cause you to root against them. You would never see the fans of these other countries that are better than the US at soccer rooting for us because we're not as good and an underdog. Only Americans do this weird and goofy ish and like I said it only seems to happen with basketball, you never see people saying I hope the US swimmers get smoked by Australia and I'm sure that played a part in KD going off on "Americans" yesterday.

It’d be super weird to have an American rooting against Katie Ledecky or Michael Phelps in his heyday. Even though they both are as dominant, if not more, than USA basketball.

 

[aceboon]

People who think like them is part of what's wrong with this country.

It's so weird, I'm sure there are plenty of French hoop fans that grew up rooting for at least one of Bron/Steph/KD but they won't be rooting for the USA over their own tonight.

 

[aceboon]

It’d be super weird to have an American rooting against Katie Ledecky or Michael Phelps in his heyday. Even though they both are as dominant, if not more, than USA basketball.

Great point

 

[bazz&boujee]

1000% want USA to win and am rooting for them. But simultaneously rooting for France to keep it close. The Redeem Team final against Spain was magical.

 

[Waquoit]

Flat out bizarre and it's interesting that we never see this type of nonsense when it comes to sports like swimming

It's happened to me in Men's Short Track speed skating.

 

[AidanFan20]

This final game is already looking like a genuine epic.

 

[aceboon]

If the next Embiid stint is as bad as the first one this should be an AD and Bam game at center

 

[Samoo]

I live in Serbia now and wouldn't have heard the end of it had they won, even though I am somewhat indifferent about Olympic basketball overall. Would have been lots of shoulder shrugging lol.

@Travelman6 - spent 3 years in Belgrade. Living the splav life?

 

[Scoe]

Tatum is in so you can stfu Portnoy.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

France played amazing all bracket play without Gobert. Now he’s back in and their offense goes to poop.

 

[Scoe]

It’d be super weird to have an American rooting against Katie Ledecky or Michael Phelps in his heyday. Even though they both are as dominant, if not more, than USA basketball.

It would be unamerican.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Just like that Gobert comes out and France’s offense comes back alive.

 

[Scoe]

Ok get Lebron back in there.

 

[AidanFan20]

LeBron is a man POSSESSED out there!

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Bron still doing everything on the best team in the world at almost 40.

 

[AidanFan20]

And now, LeBron gets posterized.. What a game!!

 

[aceboon]

Wow, Bron got punched on

 

[aceboon]

On another note I love the way Booker has played this entire process, basically slid right back into his UK role except a better defender compared to those days

 

[gsmooth]

great chance for USA for blow this game open

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Where tf was this Yabusele in the league?

 

[gsmooth]

On another note I love the way Booker has played this entire process, basically slid right back into his UK role except a better defender compared to those days

He has been the unsung hero so far in going to the 3 and D role

 

[Scoe]

great chance for USA for blow this game open

France isn’t going away a double digit halftime lead would be nice.

 

[aceboon]

I wonder if Yabasele tries at another shot in the NBA, he's been great for France in the games of theirs I've watched

 

[JakeTheDog]

I can understand wanting a favorite athlete to show out, perform well, display their talent and greatness. But I can’t understand doing that plus rooting against your own country. I want Wemby to put on a show but I want him to do it in a losing effort.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Is Yabusele one of the stretch 4's? Seems like Tatum could have a mental edge vs him via time on Celtics.

What were you saying bruh