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Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:18 pm
by Split T
Lebron, KD, and Curry aren’t the LeBron, KD, and Curry of 8 years ago…greece, Serbia, France, and Canada had the best player in all those matchups as well. We’ll have to win with depth in 2028, but that’s how we won this year too.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:40 am
by Nodack
pickle wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:12 am
Booker getting a lot of respect. The Olympics certainly gave Booker a bump in reputation. He deserves it.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:01 am
by TOO
It'd be cool if the whole stan culture online would die and people could just appreciate good basketball players.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:05 am
by TOO
Also, the people who openly admit they didn't like him but had never watched him play, what are you even doing?
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:07 am
by The Bobster
TOO wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:01 am
It'd be cool if the whole stan culture online would die and people could just appreciate good basketball players.
It's been that way for as long as I can remember - Wilt, Erving, Magic, Bird, Jordan, Kobe, LeBron
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:13 am
by The Bobster
TOO wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:05 am
Also, the people who openly admit they didn't like him but had never watched him play, what are you even doing?
People become fans for odd reasons sometimes, and their isn't a lot of logic in being "fanatics". You would think a great player like David Robinson with his record of service in the military and being a good citizen and a history of philanthropy in the commulity would be more popular than players with high profile off the court incidents or questionable on the court behavior, that's not the case.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:55 am
by Mori Chu
I don't mind people who "stan" or are fans of their favorite team or player. But I never really get the random haters, people who strongly dislike a player without seeming to even have a real reason for it. I dislike Luka, but that's because he is a fat punchable fuck who beat us and humiliated us and was a dick about it. What's the point in randomly hating Devin Booker, who doesn't really talk trash or showboat or any of the usual hateable things? Who knows.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:32 am
by Superbone
Mori Chu wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:55 am
I don't mind people who "stan" or are fans of their favorite team or player. But I never really get the random haters, people who strongly dislike a player without seeming to even have a real reason for it. I dislike Luka, but that's because he is a fat punchable fuck who beat us and humiliated us and was a dick about it. What's the point in randomly hating Devin Booker,
who doesn't really talk trash or showboat or any of the usual hateable things? Who knows.
I think you are mistaken there.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:33 am
by Superbone
ShelC wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 9:11 am
Flagg will be a 2nd/3rd yr NBA player in 2028. Maybe he'll be a super special talent but he'll still be very young at that point. Chet should be on the team, I expect Brunson to be there. But again, where's the uber-generational talent? Serbia and France played us very tough and we needed all of LBJ, KD and Curry in those games.
Probably looking at something like Brunson, Fox, Book, Ant, Tatum, maybe Jaylen Brown, maybe Mikal, Chet...Ja? Paolo? Jaren Jackson? Mobley? Hali? KD/AD if they're around?
Anthony Edwards leads potential 12-man roster for USA in 2028 Olympics
With a new era of young superstars already emerging, here's a look at how Team USA's 2028 roster could shape up.
https://www.nba.com/news/predicting-usa ... os-angeles
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 2:32 pm
by TOO
Superbone wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:32 am
Mori Chu wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:55 am
I don't mind people who "stan" or are fans of their favorite team or player. But I never really get the random haters, people who strongly dislike a player without seeming to even have a real reason for it. I dislike Luka, but that's because he is a fat punchable fuck who beat us and humiliated us and was a dick about it. What's the point in randomly hating Devin Booker,
who doesn't really talk trash or showboat or any of the usual hateable things? Who knows.
I think you are mistaken there.
It's definitely a big part as to why he's gotten the rep that he's gotten.