Bump…. No one is afraid to play this team, and I have no clue what Dame was doing in that second half, he was awful. Asking him to facilitate the offense doesn’t work, he needs to score the rock if he’s going to play. Otherwise, rock with Jrue, he had a great game.
Yea go back to using college kids against these teams full of grown men and NBA pros, France's rotation is all NBA/ex NBA'ers, a college team would lose by 40. Your dedication to not knowing anything about what you post about sure is something.
Good grief. Some of you guys are idiots. Of course a college team would lose but hey this team of B-squad NBA all stars got smoked by France. Lose by 1 lose by 40 doesn’t matter. This crew came in, didn’t learn the rules. Didn’t play hard. Thought they could win by showing up and everyone would genuflect. Guess what? This team isn’t Magic, Larry, Michael. It’s a bunch of B-list “stars” with few exceptions. I can imagine this crew not even medaling if they play like they did against France. If they don’t USA Basketball needs to rethink their whole approach. Ex NBA players maybe with a few guys who care thrown in.
Durant played like trash today but he was the top dog on both a World Championship and Olympic gold medal winning team, and pulled them out of tight situations in mutiple games while doing so.
Lol @ you of all people having the audacity to call anyone else an idiot with the rep you've earned, you've put in a solid decade on multiple iterations of the boneyard of being a complete moron, you can't call anyone an idiot. You should already be up in the rafters.
I didn't say he isn't great. I said he isn't a leader. I am not knocking him, everyone isn't meant to lead. Show me his track record of leading a team to success. In OKC, Russ was the leader. In GS, Steph and Draymond led the team. Again, not a slight, just a fact.
Again, I know what I saw on the 2010 team and its why I know he can do the same with this group.
After his game 5 and game 7 performances against the Bucks...with his team decimated by injuries, I don't get how people can still say this stuff. And his Finals performances on the Warriors tell you all you need to know about who the best player on that team was ...in both the Finals he was healthy for.
I don't know if this is a compliment or an insult but KD is so supremely talented on the offensive end that he really doesn't need to be a leader anywhere but the stat sheet to win sometimes.
Being a great player and being a great leader aren't the same thing. No one doubts he is a pure baller. Dude hoops on a different level, but leadership skills are something else.
He's 72, I doubt he'll want to be doing this when he's 76.
