Destino Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Australia got murdered in the 3rd. Whatever hopes they held about having a chance just died. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooka Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Fun 2nd half for team USA bball. Clamped down on D and started knocking down shots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry.Randolphe Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Devin Booker is legit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Put another shrimp on the barbie! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I'm driving back from West Hollywood....had a lavish dinner with this chick...accidentally opened the ESPN app....kinda angry cuz I wanted to watch the game when I got home...but I LOVE that score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) The 4x100 men's track team is a disgrace. They consistently fail to complete basic baton exchanges in major competitions. Something needs to change and fast. They ALWAYS blow it. Unacceptable. Oh **** and Holloway didn't win the gold in hurdles?! Damn....bad showing at the track in these Olympics by the Americans. I am embarrassed. Edited August 5, 2021 by abdcskins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabbyrwock Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 5 hours ago, TryTheBeal! said: Put another shrimp on the barbie! Gotcha. No worries. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I like basketball. I follow the nba super casually. I read the nba/wizards thread at least a few times a week - rarely post. it seems like USA bball people just don’t really care. I mean you see they do sometimes - and they dominate - but seems like a lot of the bad stuff looks like they don’t really care. Like they just think they can flip a switch whenever they want so, they don’t bother trying that hard all the time - and to be fair it seems like they’re right, and just bad at waiting too long to flip the switch or relying on that ability too much. does that seem accurate? Or no, just the world catching up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abdcskins Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 hour ago, tshile said: I like basketball. I follow the nba super casually. I read the nba/wizards thread at least a few times a week - rarely post. it seems like USA bball people just don’t really care. I mean you see they do sometimes - and they dominate - but seems like a lot of the bad stuff looks like they don’t really care. Like they just think they can flip a switch whenever they want so, they don’t bother trying that hard all the time - and to be fair it seems like they’re right, and just bad at waiting too long to flip the switch or relying on that ability too much. does that seem accurate? Or no, just the world catching up? I think it is a little bit of both. I wouldn't say they don't care - they definitely do. I think opposing teams come out with tons of effort and focus, and it takes the US a bit to adjust. Can't discount the coaching, the US has an amazing group of coaches who I'm sure are able to read opposing teams and make the necessary switches. There is probably a nonchalant factor though. That's why it is great to have leaders like Durant who are willing to step up and take huge shots. They need to be very composed against France, that is a very good team. Get out on their shooters and close the gaps. I have liked our defense these games, guys are hustling, which shows me they care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) We're on to the final of the basketball tournament, with a key winning block from Batum during the last seconds of the game 90-89. Same thing with our volleyball team. Edited August 6, 2021 by FrFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 13 hours ago, Destino said: Good close to the half for the US. The world hasn’t caught up with the US offensively, but the days where American basketball stars could just score at will against other nations, like the dream teams could, are dead and gone. There are a lot of teams playing pro level team defense. What saves the US is those final moments of the half and the game, where everything slows down and individual players have to just go and get buckets. We still have the best, and the most, big time scoring options. I feel like there is something of a refusal to acknowledge the obvious in international basketball tournament play, in an effort to promote the idea that basketball is a broadly competitive world sport. Some of the good international teams have NBA players who couldn't make our team but have more connection to this country than than to the flag they're playing under. Matisse Thybulle is an American, for example. He just spent some time in Australia as a kid. Most of the best INT players have spent almost their entire basketball careers in the USA and played for American AAU, H.S., and college teams. This is still an American game and 80% of the top players in the world are Americans. We handicap ourselves with the way we run Team USA. If the best American players gave career long term commitments starting as teenagers and spent years playing together and being coached by the same group, they would never win a game by less than 30 points in tournament play, much less ever lose. As is, we can cobble a C-team together in two weeks and still make a run to gold. FFS, Javale McGee made this edition of team USA. We played this tournament with both hands and a foot tied behind our back and just won a semifinal game by 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 So when is the basketball gold medal game? Tonight or tomorrow night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 12 hours ago, tshile said: I like basketball. I follow the nba super casually. I read the nba/wizards thread at least a few times a week - rarely post. it seems like USA bball people just don’t really care. I mean you see they do sometimes - and they dominate - but seems like a lot of the bad stuff looks like they don’t really care. Like they just think they can flip a switch whenever they want so, they don’t bother trying that hard all the time - and to be fair it seems like they’re right, and just bad at waiting too long to flip the switch or relying on that ability too much. does that seem accurate? Or no, just the world catching up? Our guys don't grow up dreaming about playing in the Olympics. They grow up wanting to play in the NBA, be an All Star, win a championship, get shoe deals etc. Then you factor in the NBA season ending super late. A lot of these guys are pretty worn down. But ultimately it shouldn't matter. Our guys have to play REALLY below par for anyone else to even have a chance. If we play even at like a B- level nobody else stands a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 30 minutes ago, CRobi21 said: So when is the basketball gold medal game? Tonight or tomorrow night? Tomorrow @ 10:30 pm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 So weird why the heck is the basketball bronze medal game AFTER the gold medal game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 France beat us earlier in the tournament, and we played at about C level. Gotta be careful, they have guys who can score. Holiday's defense has been huge these Olympics. Green too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Klinemann and Ross bring home the gold in women's beach volleyball. Never in doubt. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 14 years old Chinese winning gold in diving breaking OR and scoring perfect 10s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purbeast Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, FrFan said: 14 years old Chinese winning gold in diving breaking OR and scoring perfect 10s Just went and googled that and wow, that is incredible. The lack of splash on most of those dives was like holy ****! Video below (won't allow embedding) https://youtu.be/QXg30_BgOEQ Edited August 6, 2021 by purbeast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Call me old fashioned, but I truly believe a gold medal soccer team should be required to score at least one goal on offense in the semis or the finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhd24 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 33 minutes ago, skinsfan_1215 said: Call me old fashioned, but I truly believe a gold medal soccer team should be required to score at least one goal on offense in the semis or the finals. The olympics mens soccer is a joke. There is an age limit (I think 23) and teams are only allowed 3 exceptions to that age limit. None of the big countries save Brazil care about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 31 minutes ago, mhd24 said: The olympics mens soccer is a joke. There is an age limit (I think 23) and teams are only allowed 3 exceptions to that age limit. None of the big countries save Brazil care about it. I was referring to the Canada women’s team winning the gold medal. The VAR rules are absurd. If it’s not an obvious enough penalty for the ref to call it, it’s not a goddamn penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 @skinsfan_1215 Plenty of men's tournaments end the same way... 0-0 and penalties. I have not seen the VAR from the gold medal game, but unfortunately the penalty against the US Women's team was legit. The Canadian player out-hustled the defender who kicked her in the back of the leg instead of clearing the ball. It wasn't intentional, but it was negligent. If not a penalty, it could have been a straight red for DOGSO.... 30 minutes ago, skinsfan_1215 said: I was referring to the Canada women’s team winning the gold medal. The VAR rules are absurd. If it’s not an obvious enough penalty for the ref to call it, it’s not a goddamn penalty. The VAR rules state: "it must overturn a clear and obvious mistake". VAR is one of the best things to happen to international soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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