Olympics Basketball

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[BrysonDeMan]

. . . and just days after smoking Jokic and Serbia
South Sudan roster is full of former US college players and they made a ton of crazy shots
US plays them in the actual first round - no way they shoot like that again
US will win by 25+

 

[Bboy Lace]

It is primarily Kerr's fault. Its his job to prepare and motivate the team. IHe admitted the coaches did zero scouting. And people said this was the greatest team ever assembled. Could never be this generation of players. They make way too much money to care.

To your point, Kerr admitted he failed to prepare the team
Steve Kerr: 'I Did Not Do a Great Job Preparing' Team USA for South Sudan Exhibition

 

[UConnSwag11]

Worried about the US taking gold.

Watching that Redeem team doc those guys were locked in and Coach K was a great motivator with 10x the talent of this team. And it still took a heroic last stretch against Spain to win.

Between Kerr, the age of these guys who’ve hardly played together, and how much better the world is. Things may be shaky.

They had Kobe. He set the tone and demanded they win

 

[aceboon]

No shirt it’s not the 70s but it would be more enjoyable watching those kids try harder to beat them. Only issue these days is your best college players leave too early to grab the bag in the NBA so it’s not the same in that regard.

Wouldn't be anything enjoyable about seeing college kids get blown out, if it was that obvious to you that it ain't the 70s then you would understand it wouldn't be close against these other countries senior national teams. Lol @ thinking college kids could compete with Jokic for Serbia, a Gobert/Wemby frontcourt France frontcourt, or dealing with Giannis and Greece. They would get toyed with.

 

[aceboon]

Kerr in midseason form, I've heard him give alot of these type of quotes after Warriors losses the last couple of years

 

[Bboy Lace]

Kerr in midseason form, I've heard him give these alot of these type of quotes after Warriors losses the last couple of years

Perfect picture of him..... for the situation.

 

[Waquoit]

Kerr just won the title a couple of years ago. These top stars almost lose to one of the poorest countries in the world because of the scout? Get out of here with that.

 

[Hunt for 7]

It is amazing how well LeBron moves at his age. This is unlike anything we have ever seen. Jabbar played forever but by 39 he was not nearly moving like an elite athlete. Brady played forever and was able to avoid getting injured by huge, fast and strong young men. But not because of athletic ability. James is just amazing the way he moves, how quickly he elevates, I mean he could play another three four years easy IMO.

As for the game. The team showed indifference…..did not play defense and ran into a team that was making all their shots. They would have been blown out by any of five teams that will be in the Olympics. Even with better effort do not see this team winning gold. It will be an accomplishment just to get to the medal round.

It is even hard to call this group a team. There are too many agendas to keep track of with all the drama starting with Brown and White situation.

I would not have even watched was just passing time waiting for the Stars of Storrs game to start.

 

[HooperScooper]

Even with better effort do not see this team winning gold. It will be an accomplishment just to get to the medal round.

They're still the prohibitive favorite to win gold. There's a ton of talent on the team compared to the rest of the world. But they'll need to take the games more seriously than they did against South Sudan. I'm sure they will.

Who are the other teams that you think have a better chance to win medals?