Rio2016 Basketball Thread...

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[bballbeadle]

We are a second seed? Is that what #2 means?

I wonder oh wonder if the 2016 Olympics are really going to happen? So far, to quote The Phantom, it seems like a disaster of your wildest imagination will occur!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

We are a second seed? Is that what #2 means?

You're assigned a "competition number" at random.

 

[Trueblue25]

France don't want this

 

[EastCoast2]

Aside for the USA, Group B looks significantly better

 

[Briancuse]

France don't want this

Hopefully France will be better at basketball than they are in wars.

 

[Trueblue25]

Hopefully France will be better at basketball than they are in wars.

"Upon Carmelo Anthony's first posterizing dunk, France has waved the white flag and left the vicinity"

 

[cuseincincy]

Hopefully France will be better at basketball than they are in wars.

If they still have Rony Turiaf the USA could be trouble!

 

[RandygoCuse]

I was hoping Canada would make it - if they could get organized, they could put together a team with quite a few NBA players

 

[jncuse]

I was hoping Canada would make it - if they could get organized, they could put together a team with quite a few NBA players

They had their chance last summer when they had a fairly easy time at the FIBA Americas with a near full cast of Canadian NBA players, and lost in the semi's (in a 2 spot tourney) to Venezuela. In the aftermath of the loss, apparently Andrew Wiggins got pissed at the coaches. So he took the games off last week for the final qualifying tourney (1 spot and they lost to France in the final), where we were really shorthanded.

- Lyles, Murray. Pangos, Stauskas played in summer league which is understandable.
- Nicholson and Powell did not have NBA contracts until last week and therefore did not attend the qualifier..
- Olynyk was injured. Anthony Bennett played - but is just terrible.
- Princess Wiggins stayed at home.

In terms of NBA talent they had Cory Joseph, Tristan Thompson, Joel Anthony, and Tyler Ennis. We relied heavily on the 2 Scrubb brothers from Carleton which Syracuse fans may remember and Brady Heslip.

Some talent to be competitive but this program always runs into some issues.

 

[orangenirvana]

Who starts?

Here's my guess...

PG Kyrie Irving
SG Paul George
SF Carmelo Anthony
PF Kevin Durant
C Demarcus Cousins

 

[4evaOrange]

Who starts?

Here's my guess...

PG Kyrie Irving
SG Paul George
SF Carmelo Anthony
PF Kevin Durant
C Demarcus Cousins

Kyrie
Thompson
George
Durant
Melo.

Kyrie
George
green
Durant
Cousins

Kyrie
Thompson
George
Durant
Green

They can go a lot of different paths...

 

[RandygoCuse]

They had their chance last summer when they had a fairly easy time at the FIBA Americas with a near full cast of Canadian NBA players, and lost in the semi's (in a 2 spot tourney) to Venezuela. In the aftermath of the loss, apparently Andrew Wiggins got pissed at the coaches. So he took the games off last week for the final qualifying tourney (1 spot and they lost to France in the final), where we were really shorthanded.

- Lyles, Murray. Pangos, Stauskas played in summer league which is understandable.
- Nicholson and Powell did not have NBA contracts until last week and therefore did not attend the qualifier..
- Olynyk was injured. Anthony Bennett played - but is just terrible.
- Princess Wiggins stayed at home.

In terms of NBA talent they had Cory Joseph, Tristan Thompson, Joel Anthony, and Tyler Ennis. We relied heavily on the 2 Scrubb brothers from Carleton which Syracuse fans may remember and Brady Heslip.

Some talent to be competitive but this program always runs into some issues.

Good points - I agree they blew their chance last summer

 

[Jeremy L.]

Safe to say the USA is getting out of their group. Holy smokes I'm glad they aren't in the other group.

 

[Newhouser]

I think this is our worst team in a while. I also have to admit that I am over the NBA guys playing in the Olympics. Never a huge fan of it, but now totally indifferent.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

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[OrangeXtreme]

One nation ... under Canada:

 

[tee1222]

One nation ... under Canada:

This is a fight in edowd's neighborhood, pretty sure.

 

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[CuseLegacy]

 

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