Paul George suffers severe leg injury during Team USA scrimm

[Superbone]

I've watched the replay of the incident once and I don't ever plan to watch it again. I can't stomach it.

It gets easier on the 10th viewing.

[TOO]

I've watched the replay of the incident once and I don't ever plan to watch it again. I can't stomach it.

It gets easier on the 10th viewing.

Weirdo.

[Superbone]

I've watched the replay of the incident once and I don't ever plan to watch it again. I can't stomach it.

It gets easier on the 10th viewing.

Weirdo.

I was kidding. I don't enjoy others' pain.

[The Bobster]

It reminded me of Joe Theisman and Tim Krumrie.

[Zeratul]

Terrible injury... I feel sorry for him.

Happens more often in soccer, I'll always remember: I was in the stadium watching the game when this happened :

I could hear the sound of the bone breaking and then all the crowd went silent and stared at each other.
I still cringe when I think about it!

[Mori Chu]

Woj weighs in.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-paul-g ... 48220.html

[Cap]

Terrible injury... I feel sorry for him.

Happens more often in soccer, I'll always remember: I was in the stadium watching the game when this happened :

I could hear the sound of the bone breaking and then all the crowd went silent and stared at each other.
I still cringe when I think about it!

When replaying the injury in slow motion, the announcer exclaims, "Oh là là!" which I, probably like most Americans who have seen Back to the Future Part II, always thought was a reference to something sexy.

[Zeratul]

haha true it can be for something sexy, but, as you have guessed, in the present case it's more like "oh my this looks ugly..."

[SDC]

Woj weighs in.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-paul-g ... 48220.html

Before leaving the commissioner's office, David Stern made a case for a 22-and-under tournament in future Olympics and World Cup of Basketball, but it fell flat – partly because of his own declining popularity.

it was nba stars themselves who were opposed to this.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... asketball/

David Stern and the NBA owners are going to have a much tougher hill to climb to sell the idea of an under-23 Olympics tournament than they thought. They can’t just lock everyone out until they get their way this time.

The players hate the idea and spoke out unanimously against it. Fans hate it — and showed they liked the current format by tuning in with the biggest ratings for the gold medal game in more than a decade.

because nba players value olympic participation more than FIBA World cup. notice that lebron, carmelo, bosh, and other superstars not participating in FIBA 2014.

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/08/1 ... s-imposed/

“If the 23 rule goes in, I’m not playing,” James said before the U.S. team’s final practice here, before Sunday’s gold medal game against Spain. “Then, look–all my guys ain’t playing, either. So, no, I’m good. If the rule doesn’t go in, I don’t know. Then it’s an I don’t know thing, and that means there’s a chance. But there’s no chance if the 23 rule goes in.”

what lebron means is, he will opt not to play in the FIBA worlds, since the new rule will ban him from olympic participation.

but if the U23 proposal will happen, it will be implemented in the olympics, while FIBA will still be played with pros, just like in soccer/FIFA.

[Ring_Wanted]

Bad move by the FIBA. The olympics are the most prestigious international competition, and it is acknowledged as such by NBA players. I think banning players over 23 won't make NBA superstars suddenly value the world cup any more.

Again, what the FIBA really needs is scheluding tournaments every 4 years, like soccer.

[SDC]

Bad move by the FIBA. The olympics are the most prestigious international competition, and it is acknowledged as such by NBA players. I think banning players over 23 won't make NBA superstars suddenly value the world cup any more.

Again, what the FIBA really needs is scheluding tournaments every 4 years, like soccer.

it is FIBA that is against the U23 proposal. The idea of an u23 olympics came from david stern and co.

for the NBA, it is a win-win. not only do they get to ban players over 23 from participating in the olympics, but convincing players not to play in FIBA worlds wont be too hard since the tournament is held in such low regard by american players.

meaning, guys like carmelo most likely will never play another intl game again.

WIN-WIN for cuban and nba owners.

[SDC]

Again, what the FIBA really needs is scheluding tournaments every 4 years, like soccer.

it already is scheduled every four years.

[Ring_Wanted]

True. It is the Eurobasket the one held every two years, which only means more stress for players and relativizes its importance.

As for the U23 rule, in my opinion it is bad regardless of who it comes from. The Olympics is where the NBA showcases its superstar talent and it should be kept that way. Actually I like what USA basketball is doing. They send the younger stars to the world cup to get seasoned in international play and for the Olympics they send the best of the best. I don't see why I'd want to change this method.

[SDC]

As for the U23 rule, in my opinion it is bad regardless of who it comes from. The Olympics is where the NBA showcases its superstar talent and it should be kept that way. Actually I like what USA basketball is doing. They send the younger stars to the world cup to get seasoned in international play and for the Olympics they send the best of the best. I don't see why I'd want to change this method.

it may not be what you want, but from the team owners POV, banning nba players in the olympics is a better idea. if those american players dont want to play in FIBA world cup because they dont think much of it, then that's good news to the team owners like Mark cuban.