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Pop is a great coach but he will face the same problem all USA basketball coaches face and that's installing a cohesive offense with limited practice time.
*USA Basketball* WOMEN EARN GOLD v. ESP (101-72)! MEN EARN GOLD v. SRB (96-66)!
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Melo habla espanol? Donde esta nueva York?
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This time around they were unfortunate not to get a point guard who can control the tempo in the half court
Defensively they underachieved badly. Coach k and thibbs failed pretty bad not sure what went wrong. They had the versatility defensively to dominate and get out into transition
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Well good luck to him trying to make the Olympics with team platano. Him and Hortford is all they have. Felipe Lopez aint walking thru that door
+melo and big al?
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I wonder what made them choose Lowry over Conley who was already apart of the Team USA program? Just seemed redundant to add Lowry when you had a scoring PG and other scorers on the perimeter.
I was thinking it may have ben Conley resting his achilles, but he seemed ready to play.
I was thinking it may have ben Conley resting his achilles, but he seemed ready to play.
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+melo and big al?
Those Puerto Rico teams were cool.
Arroyo
Ayuso
Peter john ramos
Daniel Santiago. I think he played in the nba for a year or two.
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Well, damb.
Gonna be crazy when the best player in the world is not playing on Team USA
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FIBA and FIFA have always had their World Cups in the same year and, as basketball becomes more and more popular, FIBA wanted to move it to odd years. They decided to wait five years and then re-establish the four-year cycle.
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Yea in 2020 just based off projections I see guys like KAT (if he defects), Booker, Gordon, Oladipo, D'Angelo, Bari, AD, Kawhi, Dame/CJ, Drummond/Stanley, being the guys.
Of course if any of the older guys wanna play they get fast tracked but it will most likely be those guys starting to take over the league.
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By 2020 the Olympic team will look like a regular season laker game. Just need a couple walk ons to fill out the bench
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No Curry? No Russ? No CP3? I guess I can see no Chris Paul as he will be 34, but still. You are trippin with the point guards you chose.
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J Kidd was out there tho
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For sure. And that is why I said "I can see" it. I still would have a 34 year old CP3 out there personally.
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Cp3 will be 35 in 2020 and highly unlikely he'll be able to defend like old Kidd did considering the size difference
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CP3 knees gonna be silly puddy by 2020.
And you already know he gaining more weight.
And you already know he gaining more weight.
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Just for reference...here are the amount of 30+ year olds on the past 3 squads:
2008 - 1 (Jason Kidd)
2012 - 1 (Kobe Bryant)
2016 - 2 (Kyle Lowry, Carmelo Anthony)
2008 - 1 (Jason Kidd)
2012 - 1 (Kobe Bryant)
2016 - 2 (Kyle Lowry, Carmelo Anthony)
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sadly, last time melo will be relevant as far as basketball
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Incredibly false but ok lol
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SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT he's got 3 gold medals and a bronze to boot. I would not mind that at all to be honest
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SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT he's got 3 gold medals and a bronze to boot. I would not mind that at all to be honest
never knocked his accomplishments. but he's 32 on the tail end of his career playing for a rebuilding knicks, who missed the playoffs again. guys at his SF position have jumped him and he isn't that top level player anymore
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They'll make the playoffs this year health permitting though so it's whatever.
Honesty winning championships is overrated heavily when we consider it in correlation with a players individual skill.
Melo will likely never win a title unless he demands a trade but he's still one of the best players of his generation and one of the best pure scorers to play in the league.