Complete the sentence: 2021 Olympics proves USA NBA basketball players are...?

[hiphopanonymous]

Complete that sentence. What do you think this years Olympics is telling us about the current status of US NBA basketball players?

"2021 Olympics proves USA NBA basketball players are...?"

[warriorfan]

NBA players don’t give a shit about the olympics.

[hiphopanonymous]

NBA players don’t give a shit about the olympics.
NBA players from all over the league are on other countries Olympic teams - and competing hard. The U.S. team is also competing hard, they just aren't succeeding.

[RogueBorg]

NBA players from all over the league are on other countries Olympic teams - and competing hard. The U.S. team is also competing hard, they just aren't succeeding.

There's no good reason why a USA Team with Durant, Lillard, Tatum, Green, Middleton, and Booker should ever lose to a team who's best player is Fournier, a player who's never made an NBA All-Star Team.

This potentially could be very bad for Durant's legacy.

France Roster
Player Position
Andrew Albicy Point guard
Nicolas Batum (C) Guard/Forward
Nando de Colo Guard
Moustapha Fall Center
Evan Fournier Guard/Forward
Rudy Gobert Center
Thomas Heurtel Point guard
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot Guard/Forward
Amath M'Baye Power forward
Frank Ntilikina Point guard
Vincent Poirier Forward/Center
Guerschon Yabusele Power forward

[ShawkFactory]

NBA players don’t give a shit about the olympics.

I was gonna say "less motivated than players from other nations".

You're works too

[Mask the Embiid]

There's no good reason why a USA Team with Durant, Lillard, Tatum, Green, Middleton, and Booker should ever lose to a team who's best player is Fournier, a player who's never made an NBA All-Star Team.

This potentially could be very bad for Durant's legacy.

France Roster
Player Position
Andrew Albicy Point guard
Nicolas Batum (C) Guard/Forward
Nando de Colo Guard
Moustapha Fall Center
Evan Fournier Guard/Forward
Rudy Gobert Center
Thomas Heurtel Point guard
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot Guard/Forward
Amath M'Baye Power forward
Frank Ntilikina Point guard
Vincent Poirier Forward/Center
Guerschon Yabusele Power forward
Their best player is Rudy Gobert, a multiple time dpoy.you're just talking to talk.....

[DoctorP]

skilled, low iq, compartmentalized, me-first players that have much to learn.

[Kblaze8855]

…..capable of losing to other top tier players in glorified pickup games of randomly selected talent.”


You can both acknowledge that the other countries have great players and acknowledge that dumping a bunch of random nba players onto a team to play in a new system with née teammates sometimes days after their seasons ended isnt ideal to get their best. Some of these other teams have multiple nba players too. Top European guys. There are more nba level players than there are nba roster spots. Those other players are still nice as ****.

I don’t think thriving in one situation and not the other is that individually telling really. I don’t think it proves Vspan or Arroyo….Patty Mills…Saranus….any of those guys….isn’t that good when they aren’t special in the nba after winning against hall of famers internationally. They just aren’t built to play the nba game as well. But people don’t want bring up the international stars who can barely hold onto an nba roster spot. What….it doesn’t count both ways?

It’s a different game. It’s like the college guards who lead teams on great runs then are garbage in the nba compared to people they destroyed in college. Doesn’t make the college game or nba game like….worse. Just different.

It tells you that fit matters a lot more than some give it credit for. How good you are isnt just talent….it’s a dozen factors. The players talents aren’t always the deciding factor in effectiveness at the moment.

[tontoz]

First of all the NBA playoffs just ended. Booker and Holiday went straight from the finals to Japan. Ordinarily there would have been a break from the end of the playoffs to the start of the Olympics.

Secondly they lost one game, when they had a 7 pt lead with 3:20 left. I think we should wait for a bigger sample size before drawing conclusions.

We know the roster construction is iffy and Pop probably isn't the best guy to be coaching the team. Still there are some big time players on that roster. I think we should wait and see how everything plays out.

[DoctorP]

…..capable of losing to other top tier players in glorified pickup games of randomly selected talent.”


You can both acknowledge that the other countries have great players and acknowledge that dumping a bunch of random nba players onto a team to play in a new system with née teammates sometimes days after their seasons ended isnt ideal to get their best. Some of these other teams have multiple nba players too. Top European guys. There are more nba level players than there are nba roster spots. Those other players are still nice as ****.

I don’t think thriving in one situation and not the other is that individually telling really. I don’t think it proves Vspan or Arroyo….Patty Mills…Saranus….any of those guys….isn’t that good when they aren’t special in the nba after winning against hall of famers internationally.

It’s a different game. It’s like the college guards who lead teams on great runs then are garbage in the nba compared to people they destroyed in college. Doesn’t make the college game or nba game like….worse. Just different.

It tells you that fit matters a lot more than some give it credit for. How good you are isnt just talent….it’s a dozen factors. The players talents aren’t always the deciding factor in effectiveness at the moment.

yeah that was established a long time ago. nothing new. USA #7!

[3ba11]

worse than ever due to the beginner format of the NBA (hands-off, open paint/defensive 3), which has yielded inferior skillsets (threes, layups, iso or 2-man basketball, aka high screen spamming).. We lack the pure basketball instinct required of 5-man basketball and attacking packed paints.. our simple minset is like a caveman: "clearout... bring me high screen... iso".. we don't know how to play real basketball anymore due to Adam Silver's rules

[ScottieQuitting]

Not used to handling real physicality and actual defense.

[Bronbron23]

Complete that sentence. What do you think this years Olympics is telling us about the current status of US NBA basketball players?

"2021 Olympics proves USA NBA basketball players are...?"

Not used to real defense. They'll adjust and be fine but it's clear watching them against the better international teams that they've been spoiled with all the nba rules.

[SATAN]

2021 Olympics proves USA NBA basketball players are unmotivated

[Reggie43]

are lacking in the fundamentals to be able to adapt to different type of rules and style of play.

[Axe]

Are uninspiring

[TheCorporation]

Complete that sentence. What do you think this years Olympics is telling us about the current status of US NBA basketball players?

"2021 Olympics proves USA NBA basketball players are...?

losing because they're missing the greatest leader in basketball.

https://i.postimg.cc/jSVmtsJP/Le-Bron-Magic-High-IQ.png


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https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-magic-johnson-hits-team-usa-with-lebron-james-truth-bomb-after-olympics-loss/


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The greatest leader in basketball sounds about right for King James

Carry on :pimp:

[Phoenix]

...less capable of adapting to non-NBA rules than past US Olympic teams featuring NBA players.

[Bawkish]

....bunch of tiktokers

[tontoz]

....still the best in the world.

Some pretty cringe comments on page 1. Consider:

-Holiday, Middleton, and Booker played game 6 of the Finals on 7-20. They were playing against France only 5 days later in a different country, with different teammates, different coach and different rules.

-these other national teams have been playing together for years. We just threw a bunch of guys together. We had such a hard time filling out the roster that we actually added Javale, the crown prince of Shaqtin.

-the closest thing to a pg we have is Holiday.

Yet we still won gold and only one team was close to us in the near the end of the game. Bottom line is our team still had the most talent. We had Tatum coming off the bench lol.

[90sgoat]

...boring.

[Manny98]

Olympics proves KD is the greatest because only he can score at a high volume at International and NBA level

[Jasper]

Complete that sentence. What do you think this years Olympics is telling us about the current status of US NBA basketball players?

"2021 Olympics proves USA NBA basketball players are...?"

not coached well.
I would of had Green, KD, Tatum , Holiday , and Dane starting , defense and firepower the score would of been 125 to 80.
Middleton as 6th man , and booker to throw daggers..
(primary minutes)

[2much_knowledge]

This team was BORING. For the first time in my life, i could care less if i missed the games.

[DoctorP]

I think they improved towards the end of the tourney. Id say USA have some elite shooters and athletes.

[ralph_i_el]

Still the best in the world, but the gap has closed. No longer invincible.

[Ryoka Narusawa]

superior to the globe if kd and tatum are playing

[tontoz]

Still the best in the world, but the gap has closed. No longer invincible.

It depends on who plays. We had some dead weight on the roster.

Adding Javale was just a desperation move. If our best players are out there it wouldn't have been close.

Imagine if Steph was playing. Just picking Gafford instead of McGee would make a big difference. McGee sucks.

[Spurs m8]

They're the best, obviously

But given the population of 333m and the amount of athletically gifted African Americans, so they damn well should be lmao

[Joey Turnbuckle]

black

[Bronbron23]

Complete that sentence. What do you think this years Olympics is telling us about the current status of US NBA basketball players?

"2021 Olympics proves USA NBA basketball players are...?"

Not used to real basketball. I said from jump they'd struggle for a bit and eventually adjust and that's exactly what happened. It's not that these guys couldn't play in previous era's with real defense they just wouldn't get the crazy stats they get now. This shouldn't even be arguable but somehow idiots still argue it

[Full Court]

Not used to real basketball. I said from jump they'd struggle for a bit and eventually adjust and that's exactly what happened. It's not that these guys couldn't play in previous era's with real defense they just wouldn't get the crazy stats they get now. This shouldn't even be arguable but somehow idiots still argue it

Yep, you called it exactly.

[kawhileonard2]

There's no good reason why a USA Team with Durant, Lillard, Tatum, Green, Middleton, and Booker should ever lose to a team who's best player is Fournier, a player who's never made an NBA All-Star Team.

This potentially could be very bad for Durant's legacy.

France Roster
Player Position
Andrew Albicy Point guard
Nicolas Batum (C) Guard/Forward
Nando de Colo Guard
Moustapha Fall Center
Evan Fournier Guard/Forward
Rudy Gobert Center
Thomas Heurtel Point guard
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot Guard/Forward
Amath M'Baye Power forward
Frank Ntilikina Point guard
Vincent Poirier Forward/Center
Guerschon Yabusele Power forward

Lebron lost to Carlos Arroyo.

[1987_Lakers]

Becoming less and less interested in playing in the Olympics, no LeBron, no Harden, no Curry, no AD etc.

It seemed like every superstar player was all in in 2008 & 2012, that is no longer the case.

[Real Men Wear Green]

If guys like Booker and Tatum come back Team USA will be the favorite it's just the days of feeling sure of the gold medal that are over.

[ScottieQuitting]

Lebron lost to Carlos Arroyo.

18 year old and barely playing LeBron. Yes.