RockyMTblue2
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You folks know I'm far from a fan of 3X3 but many of you are, so:
Sarah's Aussie 3X3 Game
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EricLA
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Devastating loss for Team USA after leading by 5 late - up 15-10, lost 20-19. Their offense was horrible. Maly looked the best. Sarah looked adequate. Her shot was off, she looked slow, and honestly, if this was the first time I was ever seeing her play, I'd be shocked if as a recruit, she was even ranked in the top 20. But the rest of the team, aside from Maly, looked average at best as well.
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Dam, say whats really on your mind.. lol.. I hope Sarah don't even read boneyard posts.
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I watched every USA 3x3 game and I watch every Quarterfinal game,
every Semi-final game, and the Final game. The competition in
the Fiba 3x3 world is fierce. Last week was the FIBA WOMENSSERIES,
AKA "THE PRO" circuit. This "Pro" circuit includes many National Teams as the
Federations for each country prepare for competitions such as
next week's FIBA 3x3 Women's World Cup and the women's 3x3 in the
Olympics. I was frankly surprised that the USA team made it to the FINALS.
I'll reserve judgement as to the team and individual players relative
strengths. NOTE #1: All four of the USA players were ranked in the top
12 players in the recent tournament (see the FIBA Stats on the FIBA
web site). Our team will have fewer turnovers (INHO) next week
and have fewer "mental Breakdowns" (a term used by the FIBA
announcer about the USA team). We still may not do as well
as we all hope due to the TOUGHER competition in next week's
tournament. I forget the exact number but at least four teams
who are ranked above the USA will be joining the competition
next week. These four teams were NOT in the Tournament last week.
NOTE #2: The advanced analytics posted by FIBA at the end
of last week's tournament ranked the USA team as the #1
team in the tournament. As they say in the sports world:
"You can look it up". So, no demise here, just a need for
more practice/experience with regard to the different rules and
techniques needed to excellent in this alternate world of BB!
every Semi-final game, and the Final game. The competition in
the Fiba 3x3 world is fierce. Last week was the FIBA WOMENSSERIES,
AKA "THE PRO" circuit. This "Pro" circuit includes many National Teams as the
Federations for each country prepare for competitions such as
next week's FIBA 3x3 Women's World Cup and the women's 3x3 in the
Olympics. I was frankly surprised that the USA team made it to the FINALS.
I'll reserve judgement as to the team and individual players relative
strengths. NOTE #1: All four of the USA players were ranked in the top
12 players in the recent tournament (see the FIBA Stats on the FIBA
web site). Our team will have fewer turnovers (INHO) next week
and have fewer "mental Breakdowns" (a term used by the FIBA
announcer about the USA team). We still may not do as well
as we all hope due to the TOUGHER competition in next week's
tournament. I forget the exact number but at least four teams
who are ranked above the USA will be joining the competition
next week. These four teams were NOT in the Tournament last week.
NOTE #2: The advanced analytics posted by FIBA at the end
of last week's tournament ranked the USA team as the #1
team in the tournament. As they say in the sports world:
"You can look it up". So, no demise here, just a need for
more practice/experience with regard to the different rules and
techniques needed to excellent in this alternate world of BB!
I'm losing interest in 3x3. It's too fast, too sloppy. Even good shooters aren't shooting very well. I'd like to see an analysis of a shooter's FG% playing 3x3 versus 5x5. The fast shot clock makes 3x3 look like a real bad NBA style of basketball. I like pretty basketball.
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Nothing more than an exhibition........much easier for "weaker" basketball nations to be competitive than in "real" basketball.......not sure what our college ages players learn from this which is of greater importance to me.....
Unfortunately, with 1:22 left and up 17-15, they forgot, you play until the end of the game. They got LAZY on defense and looks like the hungrier team won. Again, you play until there is no time on the clock - especially, in a tight game!
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Playing competitive basketball year 'round is hard to do with real focus. Sarah is not that far removed from a grueling first year campaign to a national title. Everyone familiar with the term "stale"? Well, just silly for someone like Sarah to go off to play in a tourney like this. I would expect her to not be quite so focused . You can say "Oh well, but they're young". Bull pucky! I would really expect coaches like Geno to advise their players to not take part. Doesn't happen. Among other things you're inviting injuries.