Pan Am Games Rosters

[JtotheIzzo]

While most of the big names are resting for the 2016 qualifiers in August, there are some interesting names on the rosters. The games would be fun to watch.

http://www.usab.com/mens/pan-american-games/roster.aspx

USA noteable players: Keith Langford, Ryan Hollins, Damien Wilkins, Anthony Randolph

http://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/bennett-nicholson-highlight-pan-am-camp-roster/

Canada noteable players: Anthony Bennett, Andrew Nicholson, Sim Bhullar, Jamal Murray(Kentucky recruit)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games#Basketbal l

Argentina noteable player: Facu Campazzo

[BurningHammer]

Canada can take this easily.

Nice to see arguably the best CIS player from the best university basketball program in Canada, Carleton University, Thomas Scrubb in the team as well.

[magictricked]

Mike Brown assistant coach.

[JtotheIzzo]

Mike Brown assistant coach.

I thought that was funny too.

I like that US team, lots of scrappier guys and underachievers.

I'd like to see Anthony Bennett and Anthony Randolph go HAM and resurrect their careers.

[Done_And_Done]

Damien Wilkins still plays?

[FKAri]

Where do the Pan Am games fit in the hierarchy of FIBA? And what are the implications of winning this?

[MP.Trey]

Bennett gonna ball out on these USA scrubs.

[BurningHammer]

DR will have Fransisco Garcia.

PR will have JJ Barea and Renaldo Balkman.

USA will also have Sonny Weems.

Venezuela will have Greivis Vasquez.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Brogdon is going to be an NBA player and Melo Trimble was one of the best freshman in the country last season.

[BurningHammer]

Rick Pitino's PR got trashed by Brazil. JJ Barea shot 2/10. :facepalm

[BurningHammer]

For those who are interested, games will be on CBC live steams. Canada vs DR and USA vs Venezuela tonight.

http://panam.cbc.ca

[BurningHammer]

Canada vs USA, semi-final, right now.

1Q has done, very close game so far.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Canada can take this easily.

Nice to see arguably the best CIS player from the best university basketball program in Canada, Carleton University, Thomas Scrubb in the team as well.
Scrubb?????:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[BurningHammer]

Scrubb?????:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
Scrubb Brothers Phil and Thomas are the integral parts of Carleton Ravens' success in CIS basketball in the past 4-5 years. Ravens has beaten many NCCA Div 1 teams in many recent exhibition games.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Scrubb Brothers Phil and Thomas are the integral parts of Carleton Ravens' success in CIS basketball in the past 4-5 years. Ravens has beaten many NCCA Div 1 teams in many recent exhibition games.
I just think its funny his name is Scrubb and hes a Canadian ball player:lol :lol

[BurningHammer]

1st half is done. Canada leads by 5.

[BurningHammer]

Canada trails by 6 at the end of the 3rd quarter.

[BurningHammer]

Jamal Murray on fire! 11-2 run!! :banana: :rockon: :applause:

[Sakkreth]

go Canada :D

[hawksdogsbraves]

Bobby Brown is owning if that tells you the caliber of these players :facepalm

I don't think that dude has even been in the league in like 5 years lol

Pretty good game though.

[hawksdogsbraves]

Watching Bennett's fat unathletic ass flail around the court never fails to crack me up :oldlol:

[Sakkreth]

Bobby Brown is owning if that tells you the caliber of these players :facepalm

I don't think that dude has even been in the league in like 5 years lol

Pretty good game though.

Yeah, but still would be a nice win for canadian basketball.

[BurningHammer]

Very tight game. Canada only up by 1.

[hawksdogsbraves]

Bobby Brown is the Kobe of the Pan Am games :bowdown:

[BurningHammer]

Bobby Brown :(

[hawksdogsbraves]

You have to go to the number one overall pick in the NBA draft here right?

[BurningHammer]

Murray! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[hawksdogsbraves]

Who the hell is Jamal Murray?

Also if Team USA loses this they might as well not bother coming home. Granted they all play in Europe anyway so they probably don't need to but still.

[BurningHammer]

OT baby!

[Sakkreth]

overtime.

[hawksdogsbraves]

Oh dang he's an 18 year old Kentucky recruit? That's pretty impressive actually.

[BurningHammer]

Who the hell is Jamal Murray?

Canadian top prospect. Coach Cal just got him for Kentucky next season.

[hawksdogsbraves]

Holy shit Murray is a beast :bowdown:

[hawksdogsbraves]

And as much as I like to shit on Bennett, (and still think he'll never be a good pro) he has looked pretty good.

[BurningHammer]

Murray is pouring points! :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Maga_1]

Jamal Murray is just unconscious right now :applause: :applause:

[Sakkreth]

Must be a future star... He just has it.

[hawksdogsbraves]

Murray is def going to be a must watch player at UK next season, he stood out on the court among a bunch of top college players and some ex-NBAers.

[Sakkreth]

congratz Canada, Murray is a baller.

[ukfan22]

if you don't know now you know

[Maga_1]

Murray has that swagger to put your team on his back and make you win games...
Great display today!

He caught my eye since the Nike Hoops Summit!

[BurningHammer]

Team Canada

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[BurningHammer]

Murray didn't show up til the 4th quarter where he busted things up for that point on though.

[dab0yech0]

While most of the big names are resting for the 2016 qualifiers in August, there are some interesting names on the rosters. The games would be fun to watch.

http://www.usab.com/mens/pan-american-games/roster.aspx

USA noteable players: Keith Langford, Ryan Hollins, Damien Wilkins, Anthony Randolph

http://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/bennett-nicholson-highlight-pan-am-camp-roster/

Canada noteable players: Anthony Bennett, Andrew Nicholson, Sim Bhullar, Jamal Murray(Kentucky recruit)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games#Basketbal l

Argentina noteable player: Facu Campazzo

Props to Jamal Murray. Repping your country is way more important than AAU ball. Thon Maker gets more shine now at Fab 48 in Vegas

[Twiens]

Murray is so fkn good, next Brandon Roy.

[Kingwillball]

UK with 3 super frosh Murray, Skal and Briscoe gonna be fun to watch next year..

[kennethgriffin]

the US sent a NBDL rookie/retired roster or some shit


how hard is it to get a few stars to show up... a gold medal is a gold medal.. have some pride

yall just lost to f*ckin canada

i'm canadian and thats still ****ing pathetic to me


:lol

[BurningHammer]

the US sent a NBDL rookie/retired roster or some shit


how hard is it to get a few stars to show up... a gold medal is a gold medal.. have some pride

yall just lost to f*ckin canada

i'm canadian and thats still ****ing pathetic to me


:lol
To be fair, guys like Bennett or Murray might not show up if Pan Am wasn't in Toronto as well. A part of reasons those guys being in this B-rated event is a political reason.

Still, I heard that if many NBA teams didn't limit how many international event he can be in, Wiggins or CoJo could be in Pan Am roster.

It's a volunteer event at the end.

[hawksdogsbraves]

To be fair, guys like Bennett or Murray might not show up if Pan Am wasn't in Toronto as well. A part of reasons those guys being in this B-rated event is a political reason.

Still, I heard that if many NBA teams didn't limit how many international event he can be in, Wiggins or CoJo could be in Pan Am roster.

It's a volunteer event at the end.

Team USA literally, LITERALLY had to beg Ryan Hollins to join the team. This wasn't just some shitty USA team they threw together, it was a team so shitty they had to get on their ****ing knees to try to get some older NBA guys on to try and mentor the second rate college players they had to give them a real 'international experience'.

This was beyond an F list of USA players. It was a team so bad that probably any team in the sweet 16 last year could have cleaned their clock. Anthony Bennett actually looked like a star against this team ffs.

[kennethgriffin]

Team USA literally, LITERALLY had to beg Ryan Hollins to join the team. This wasn't just some shitty USA team they threw together, it was a team so shitty they had to get on their ****ing knees to try to get some older NBA guys on to try and mentor the second rate college players they had to give them a real 'international experience'.

This was beyond an F list of USA players. It was a team so bad that probably any team in the sweet 16 last year could have cleaned their clock. Anthony Bennett actually looked like a star against this team ffs.


its extremely disrespectful by every nation involved to send anything less than atleast a C team out there

if youre gonna send guys who havent played ball in 5 years then dont bother showing up

[Lebron23]

They might as well send the Sixers. At least they are going to compete, and they have a team chemistry.

[hawksdogsbraves]

its extremely disrespectful by every nation involved to send anything less than atleast a C team out there

if youre gonna send guys who havent played ball in 5 years then dont bother showing up

Well I mean they've played ball, Bobby Brown was our best player by far and he plays overseas somewhere, hasn't played in the NBA since 2010 but he still tore up Canada and probably every other team.

It's the ****ing Pan-Am games who gives a shit. One step up from the Special Olympics, and probably not even that if we're going by how much ESPN covers it.

[Done_And_Done]

Murray is so fkn good, next Brandon Roy.

I was just thinking the same

[LAZERUSS]

Pure garbage. Plain-and-simple.

[MP.Trey]

Well I mean they've played ball, Bobby Brown was our best player by far and he plays overseas somewhere, hasn't played in the NBA since 2010 but he still tore up Canada and probably every other team.

It's the ****ing Pan-Am games who gives a shit. One step up from the Special Olympics, and probably not even that if we're going by how much ESPN covers it.
You sound pretty mad for losing an event that you don't give a shit about. :lol

[LAZERUSS]

When a complete scrub like Bennett is basically your best player...well...that's all you need to know.

The Sixers second string would have been a better squad.

[LAZERUSS]

We should have sent last year's UK team to this fiasco.

They would have romped to a Gold.

[hawksdogsbraves]

You sound pretty mad for losing an event that you don't give a shit about. :lol

Eh I was just pretty drunk mostly :rolleyes:

[BurningHammer]

It seems like this USA G-Unit Team doesn't want medals back home or wherever that are playing pro ball right now.

[BurningHammer]

Okay, USA storms back late.

[BurningHammer]

Bobby Brown put a floater in, USA by 3! :eek:

[BurningHammer]

DR blew it as usual. This time as many as 20 points. :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

Congrats, Team USA for the bronze. :applause:

[dab0yech0]

Brazil full of knock down shooters. Anthony Bennett looks like hes been working his conditioning, he looks like a beast out there

[dab0yech0]

Potentially Canada can put together a really competitive team for the Olympics

Tristan Thompson/Kelly Olynyk/Andrew Nicholson/Robert Sacre
Anthony Bennett/Trey Lyles/Dwight Powell
Andrew Wiggins/Kyle Witjer/Andy Rautins
Nick Stauskas/Carl English/Brady Heslip
Cory Joseph/Jamal Murray/Tyler Ennis/Steve Nash
honorable mention: Joel Anthony, Olivier Hanlen, Khem Birch, Kevin Pangos

Got a solid mix of current and former NBA players, overseas guys and high level NCAA experienced guys

[BurningHammer]

Brazil is schooling Canada right now :(

Canada took a lot of bad shots. :facepalm

[dab0yech0]

Brazil is schooling Canada right now :(

Canada took a lot of bad shots. :facepalm

no ball movement on Canadas part while Brazil is just scorching hot

[Twiens]

Getting railed by the PnR right now

[BurningHammer]

It got worse. Nicholson fouled out. :(

[BurningHammer]

Canada's up-tempo game is still pretty bad.

[BurningHammer]

Murray is trying to take the game over, but Brazil seems to know that.

[dab0yech0]

13 pt game with a whole quarter left, Canada has made it a game again. Still have a chance

[BurningHammer]

Here comes Murray! :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

Trailed by 20+, now down to 9!

[dab0yech0]

What a come back place is going nuts

[BurningHammer]

Small ball is working for Canada.

[BurningHammer]

Brazil is slowing losing men, JP Batista and now Victor Benite is out.

[BurningHammer]

:(

Good game, Brazil. You guys are much more well-prepared than us.

[Maga_1]

:(

Good game, Brazil. You guys are much more well-prepared than us.

It's not their best team, but most of them already played together and the offense is so much fluid that every other team in the tournament.
It was "kinda easy" to predict this since the win against the USA in the group stage.

Canada has tremendous talent for the future, that's all that matters :cheers:

[Euroleague]

It's not their best team, but most of them already played together and the offense is so much fluid that every other team in the tournament.
It was "kinda easy" to predict this since the win against the USA in the group stage.

Canada has tremendous talent for the future, that's all that matters :cheers:

Pathetic part is that Brazil's team minus about 6-8 of their better players (basically what this team was) lost every single game at the last FIBA Americas tournament..........