2024 Olympic Basketball

[orangenauburn]

While admirable Curry was MVP

 

[MikeSU02]

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

How is this Steph’s first chance at gold?

Was he hurt last Olympiad?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2697519/2021/07/09/stephen-curry-olympics-warriors/

 

[upperdeck]

Bummed I lost first half US - 9 because the refs had about 5 brain farts in a row to end the half.

 

[jordville]

This photo is pretty cool…

FYI: Steph made the shot.

 

[orangefog]

This photo is pretty cool…
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FYI: Steph made the shot.

The most impressive thing is that Steph found about 3/4 of an inch to get that shot off. But, Wemby is ridiculous. He will be so fun to watch the next few years as he develops even more.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

That was absurd by Steph

That last shot was 100% identical to those NBA Jams moonshots that swish when you are on fire

 

[STEVEHOLT]

We shot over 50% from the field
An insane 18/36 from 3.
And yet were only up 3 in crunch time.
I realize the world has been catching up for a couple decades and the US can and has been be beaten.

But we have now entered into an era in which we can play WELL and still lose. That is new.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Knicks411]

We shot over 50% from the field
An insane 18/36 from 3.
And yet were only up 3 in crunch time.
I realize the world has been catching up for a couple decades and the US can and has been be beaten.

But we have now entered into an era in which we can play WELL and still lose. That is new.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing; also realize that France didnt shoot particularly well from 3 either.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

That was a LOT more stressful than it had to be.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Woof. I feel bad for both the Mens and Woman's teams from France. They played their hearts out. Take a hot Steph Curry out and it's a different game. Women's team will be completely different in four years. Some of those roster spots were extremely unproductive and had best players sitting home in the U.S. Plus add someone like JuJu. I look forward to watching them in four years.

 

[Newhouser]

Men's team needed the old guys. Women's team would have been better with young girls.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[jordville]

This is pretty cool. Swipe…

 

[Eric15]

LOL this is amazing.

 

[MSOrange]

Projecting Team USA Basketball's 12-man roster for 2028 Olympics as new wave replaces veteran superstars

Team USA will go for its sixth straight gold medal in L.A. -- so what will the roster look like?

www.cbssports.com

 

[MikeSU02]

Projecting Team USA Basketball's 12-man roster for 2028 Olympics as new wave replaces veteran superstars

Team USA will go for its sixth straight gold medal in L.A. -- so what will the roster look like?

www.cbssports.com

This article is crazy. I checked the authors creds and he was 24/7 and Bleacher Report.

He tried to get all four Villanova Knicks on the team and put three of them on.

This article is bananas.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Woof. I feel bad for both the Mens and Woman's teams from France. They played their hearts out. Take a hot Steph Curry out and it's a different game. Women's team will be completely different in four years. Some of those roster spots were extremely unproductive and had best players sitting home in the U.S. Plus add someone like JuJu. I look forward to watching them in four years.

The women’s team still has a pipeline of really talented world class players that will keep them just above other countries for awhile. The men’s team is in a much tougher spot because we’re losing the experienced star players, in addition, some of the more accomplished NBA players over the next decade will be foreign born guys. Team USA needs to start taking the World Championships more seriously as a vehicle to really build an experienced roster for LA 2028. Hopefully they still run the annual camps that Coach K installed over the course of his tenure where the 30 or so guys who commit to the program for that cycle have to attend every summer training.

 

[MikeSU02]

The women’s team still has a pipeline of really talented world class players that will keep them just above other countries for awhile. The men’s team is in a much tougher spot because we’re losing the experienced star players, in addition, some of the more accomplished NBA players over the next decade will be foreign born guys. Team USA needs to start taking the World Championships more seriously as a vehicle to really build an experienced roster for LA 2028. Hopefully they still run the annual camps that Coach K installed over the course of his tenure where the 30 or so guys who commit to the program for that cycle have to attend every summer training.

I think it will also help having Spo as HC in 2028 if (when) Kerr steps away from this role.

 

[justgold315]

This is pretty cool. Swipe…

That's awesome

 

[OrangeXtreme]