Summer Paris 2024 - Basketball

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[The King!]

Wasted a great first half

 

[my name was taken]

Brooks turning to the boomers bench hitting a shot in the last second to push it to 10, guy is a flog

 

[RoughysMullet]

Hung with them but we just lack quality- reality is Canada are loaded with strong NBA talent- SGA nearly won the MVP. Barrett, Brooks, Dort, Powell and Jamal Murray are serious players- they’ll be in the medals you’d imagine…

 

[Gak Attack]

Not going anywhere this games with Goorj. Just no idea.

 

[Drummond]

Why pick Ingles in the squad if he isn't going to play.

Loyalty. Legit no other reason. He’s trash now.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

2 early fouls didn't help. He hasn't had to do too much

I’d agree with that. Didn’t have to I guess, really want US vs Canada for the gold

 

[Crusty Demon]

If he stands in the corner and shoots

He hasn't got much else has he

 

[Gift]

If its a dead rubber for Canada last game and Spain win by a lot are we out even if we beat Greece?

 

[matthew_s]

You just can't have four poor perimeter defenders on at the same time.

How has Goorj not figured this out yet?

The sad part is, he has a whole team of assistants too. Not one with the brains or balls?

 

[eddiesmith]

Of refs



Seriously, 2 different rule books, refs wore us down and the barrage got to us, then canadas class was too much.

It’s like playing Perth or Tassie in the NBL, if you breathe on them in defence it’s a foul. But they can do whatever they want

 

[RookiePick]

Ingles and Delly selections were total balls.

Goorj let us lose our composure in the 3rd quarter and we never really recovered to string together good sets.

Frustrating but fair play to Canada. Just better across the floor tonight

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Of refs



Seriously, 2 different rule books, refs wore us down and the barrage got to us, then canadas class was too much.

Refs weren’t calling much either way it’s certainly not NBA rules out there. Margin was about right in the end in terms of the quality

 

[Crusty Demon]

Good first half terrible 2nd half. No chance at anything other than Bronze.

 

[Gift]

Giddey was more worried about his ex-teammates tonight, than his current ones.

His NBA stocks went down by a lot that second half

 

[eddiesmith]

If its a dead rubber for Canada last game and Spain win by a lot are we out even if we beat Greece?

No, it’s head to head so if we beat Greece we’re through no matter what happens.

 

[JP Sauce]

I like McVeigh, but is he NBA standard?

The Houston Rockets think so (kinda)

 

[Gak Attack]

He hasn't got much else has he

Has good inside moves, whether they will work against more athletic guys in NBA remains to be seen. Can't really do them in this system.

 

[DustinsGuns]

Plenty of good out there but you have to wonder why Kay is getting so many minutes when Canada are a small team. Daniel's, Exum and Green all big enough to take their wings.

McVeigh is a worry but his shooting is elite. Mills looks cooler and would be better served coming from the bench

 

[The King!]

He hasn't got much else has he

You can make a few million a year catching and shooting, try hard on defence

 

[Crusty Demon]

Ingles and Delly selections were total balls.

Goorj let us lose our composure in the 3rd quarter and we never really recovered to string together good sets.

Frustrating but fair play to Canada. Just better across the floor tonight

Agree. One of the best defenders in the world sitting at home and we pick Delly and Ingles. Wtf

 

[philthy05]

Overall pretty good signs tho.

Really pushed the medal favourites


Have to say, if furphy and zikarsky become the players they look like we’re going to be very dangerous next World Cup and Olympics.

 

[largebus]

Hung with them but we just lacked quality- reality is Canada are loaded with strong NBA talent- SGA nearly won the MVP. Barrett, Brooks, Powell and Jamal Murray are serious players- they’ll be in the medals you’d imagine

No no no just sack the coach and we'll blow out the USA.

 

[ExRoyboy]

Not sure why we tried to double team at the very end there. We weren’t going to win, and we had got the margin back to 7 points. Just needed to defend the final possession hard and not allow an open 3 and yet that’s what we gave up because we decided to double team.

Point differential will matter and keeping that margin to 7 points would have been important

 

[The King!]

Agree. One of the best defenders in the world sitting at home and we pick Delly and Ingles. Wtf

If you just want some old fart for leadership, take one of them

 

[Richard Cranium]

I just can't with Goorj. What the **** was he doing down the stretch? It's beyond a joke.