Team USA and FIBA 2014 World Cup

[blommen]

this team is so fucking disjointed offensively. no flow or cohesiveness what so ever.

 

[stick]

If the US keeps starting halves like this...
They're in for a long tournament once they start playing better teams.

 

[Jack Brickman]

If the US keeps starting halves like this...
They're in for a long tournament once they start playing better teams.

What better teams? There's like one...Spain.

We'll do the same thing we've done every game against all the other teams: play like shit in the first half and then win by thirty anyway.

 

[stick]

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True... But there's better teams in other groups. The US seems to be in one of the weakest. I know we played Brazil before group play but I would include them, Austrailia, France, Slovenia, Lithuania, Greece (though, they're in a weak group as well), and, of course, Spain, as better teams than any in our group. If we're getting off to slow starts now...

Though this is the third game in three nights, so maybe it's an overreaction. We'll probably end up blowing out Ukraine. But those other teams have a better chance to finish the game than teams like Turkey or Ukraine.

 

[Damien O'Connel]

What the fuck harden. You jack that up with a full shot clock?

Didn't get the free throws, so of course he had to try to get his bucket.

 

[Kizzle]

Kyrie, Faried, Davis, and sometimes Klay seem like the only guys who have bought in to the team ball concept 100%. I'm not gonna lie when I saw Faried made it I said wtf.
Everyone else pretty much has spurts where they are like eff the offense I'm shooting
I'll happily go sit down now

 

[elcheato]

Kyrie, Faried, Davis, and sometimes Klay seem like the only guys who have bought in to the team ball concept 100%. I'm not gonna lie when I saw Faried made it I said wtf.

I'll happily go sit down now

Kyrie still has his moments but they do need his offense.

 

[Kizzle]

Lol how you gonna flop on a foul you committed Harden

 

[Jordan]

Pooh Jeter is fun as hell to watch.

 

[stick]

Kyrie's down...

EDIT

Doesn't seem too serious though. Hip.

 

[blommen]

11 points on 4/6 shooting, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and a +/- og +20 in 21 minutes for Kyrie tonight. Pretty good bounce back defensively from yesterday where he seemed fatigued and not as crisp. once again making both Curry and Rose look bad.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Curry's awful play is the real shocker in this tournament. He has looked terrible. He can't hit a shot.

 

[Rich]

He's shooting like 43% from 3 so far, and that includes the first game where he went 0/5. I dunno, seems like pretty good shooting to me.

 

[Andrew]

I am glad nothing serious for Irving, that was my big take away.

 

[Jack Brickman]

I am glad nothing serious for Irving, that was my big take away.

It didn't really look that serious. Hard fall, to be sure, but unless you hit your head those typically don't result in significant injuries. He'll be in pain for a few days, but he'll be fine.