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Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 11:58 am
by Superbone
That was very entertaining. Book was fantastic and Durant had an unbelievable first half. I kind of do wish he hadn't played again. They didn't need him in the 2nd half. It was interesting that Book started at the small forward position and Durant was his backup.
LeBron had a pretty special game as well. Pretty good team when Jason Tatum and Haliburton can't even get in the game.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 12:07 pm
by TOO
specialsauce wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 11:48 am
TOO wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 10:58 am
specialsauce wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 10:50 am
Split T wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 9:43 am
I’m behind, but KD!! Can we get Olympic KD for us?
Olympic KD is catch and shoot. Different animal, much more efficient. Doesn't get the ball taken away so much because he's not driving and initiating
Should be able to do this much more now with 2 legitimate PGs on the Suns roster.
I really, reallly hope this gets him away from iso ball
Me too man, last year was incredibly painful to watch. I've never regretted League pass before and I had it during my some lean years lol.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 12:08 pm
by TOO
Superbone wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 11:58 am
That was very entertaining. Book was fantastic and Durant had an unbelievable first half. I kind of do wish he hadn't played again. They didn't need him in the 2nd half. It was interesting that Book started at the small forward position and Durant was his backup.
LeBron had a pretty special game as well. Pretty good team when Jason Tatum and Haliburton can't even get in the game.
I don't think either one of those guys know how to play in a setting like this, Embiid is a prime example, can't have 3 of those guys playing.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 1:14 pm
by Charlie Smithy!
Split T wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 9:43 am
I’m behind, but KD!! Can we get Olympic KD for us?
What if, instead, we got.....Ozempic KD?
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 1:18 pm
by Split T
Maybe this is why we adding Tyus…
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 1:18 pm
by Split T
Charlie Smithy! wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 1:14 pm
Split T wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 9:43 am
I’m behind, but KD!! Can we get Olympic KD for us?
What if, instead, we got.....Ozempic KD?
He was born ozempic KD haha
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 1:53 pm
by TOO
Split T wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 1:18 pm
Maybe this is why we adding Tyus…
SG/SF don't really exist anymore though, it's just switching wings and motion.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 2:11 pm
by Split T
Ya I don’t mind playing Book at the 3…our biggest problem though is if we want our top 5 guys on the court, it’s a PG, 3 small wings and a big wing. Book at the 3 is small, but doable, Book at the 4 is not good. Would be great if one of Dunn, Ighodaro, or Bol could surprise.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:38 am
by Superbone
This Booker guy seems to be a team player.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 6:28 pm
by Superbone
I sat down to watch some Olympics and started what was supposed to be table tennis doubles but instead it was 3X3 basketball and I was surprised to see Jimmer Fredette out there for the US team. (US vs Serbia)
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 6:30 pm
by TOO
Superbone wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:38 am
This Booker guy seems to be a team player.
Still gets more hate on Twitter than anyone I've seen. It's wild.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:26 pm
by pickle
He got a lot of hate from Suns fans just a few weeks ago too.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:38 am
by Kryptonic
TOO wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 6:30 pm
Superbone wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:38 am
This Booker guy seems to be a team player.
Still gets more hate on Twitter than anyone I've seen. It's wild.
I’m sure Tatum sitting helped lol
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 11:50 am
by TOO
Embiid to the bench, Booker still starts. Hehehehe.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:39 pm
by In2ition
I didn't know where to put this, but thought of Bobster and some of the OGs here.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 11:51 pm
by Superbone
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:46 am
by O_Gardino
Funny stuff, In2. There are always old folks complaining about change.
When I first started watching hoops as a kid in the late 80's, there were a bunch of color commentators who would get upset every time someone dunked. They made it sound like only a really bad person would disrespect the fans and the game by dunking. "2 points is 2 points!"
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:39 am
by Mori Chu
I found this interesting, about why we don't just send top NBA players for the Olympic 3v3 basketball event.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:46 am
by In2ition
The Big 3 competitors should start doing these International sanctioned games. Idk if they would compete well enough, but it's worth a try.
Re: Olympic Basketball
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:04 am
by Superbone
The bit I watched looked like a YMCA game.
