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  1. I don't really agree. The US can field a team of about 8-10 players who can knock down open or mildly contested FIBA threes at a 50% clip plus a few more who can do it at a 40% clip Steph is the best shooter of all time, but the US can still fill the court with nothing but good FIBA three point shooters
  2. I've been thinking about the future of the US Olympics team, because there's a good chance we won't see this level of talent (three all time top 15 players, plus three more current top ~10 players in the world in Embiid, Ant, and Tatum, and several more top fifteens in Booker, AD, Haliburton, etc, plus Holiday who's been a excellent national team player) again for a very long time I think there are three ways to build this next team out 1) Just put the best and most senior NBA players on the roster, and plan on out-talenting everyone. This team is built around Ant, Tatum, Booker, and Embiid plus other elite shot creators like Brown, Brunson, Kyrie, Mitchell, Fox, Zion, etc. It's not necessarily all iso ball, but it's much more static than we see most of these national teams play. Probably a lot of post-ups, pick and rolls, and 5-out iso dribble drives 2) Prioritize players who can both catch-and-shoot threes at a high level and also defend. This past gold-winning team shot 46% from three across the tournament, and I thought that shooting ability was ultimately the biggest reason for sweeping the tournament. Even if you're a bit of a ball stopper/surveyor but supreme shot creator, if you can catch and shoot at a high level, it's fine. That's past team did have some defensive holes, with the most obvious one being Steph but also Embiid's inability to close out on three point shooters. This team isn't necessarily just taking the best NBA players, but just a bunch of players who don't have weaknesses within FIBA ball. The biggest question is which players can be your offensive hubs in four years? This strategy leaves out Tatum (shooting) and Embiid (defensive switching), small guards who'll get picked on defensively, and any other non-catch and shooters 3) A hybrid of the two, with a couple of primary offensive hubs surrounded by role players. This is the strategy of the recent gold-winning team, but without the three all-timers I prefer option two, but I don't see them going that way, and it'll probably be one or three
  3. He's a good power scheme runner, and a terrible zone runner. If Mixon is healthy, they should trade Pierce
  4. Hunter looked awesome Diggs is in over Dell on 12 personnel Pitre playing nickel allows the run defense to be more solid when they're sitting back in two safety shell, and also allows him to blitz (his best skill) with less of a telegraph than when he was playing safety. You don't want him covering someone on a slot fade, but they'll probably have him passing off deep routes Texans vs Packers Super Bowl, imo
  5. Which was my point The room is fine as it stands. If more injuries occur, Niblett makes sense
  6. Niblett makes sense if there’s an injury cluster at the position and you need bodies because it’s week 10 and you’re down several running backs. He got plenty of carries in high school so he’d at the very least be comfortable taking handoffs, and he’s dangerous with the ball in his hands. He also probably doesn’t hurt the two-deep like moving someone else would If you just need short yardage because Blue goes down, then sure there are better candidates
  7. Niblett is small for a RB, but he's probably the most skilled of the bunch
  8. We get a good look at Fisher tonight, along with Green's first full healthy offseason in a long time
  9. Thanks for the info I'll post again that people shouldn't fret over the starters in the secondary since the 2nd string plays almost as much as the first, unless the defensive philosophy has changed with Nansen coming in
  10. We were hoping for From Russia With Love, and ended up with fucking Moonraker?
  11. Random note: I'm happy to admit that I was wrong for being a bit down on the Lassiter pick. Apparently he's going to be a good outside corner sooner rather than later/never
  12. 1) If Blue struggles in pass pro, they could do the 2019 LSU thing and just send out five receiving targets on obvious passing downs (LSU would motion CEH out to the field next to the sideline and either a LB would follow him or a CB would be sacrificed on him). Quinn would need to be better managing pressure for this to work though 2) Texas is so loaded at WR and probably TE that 11 and 12 should be more than enough to get you to an elite offense 3) Blue ideally is running outside zone types of plays (he's excellent there), but there's a chance he's still more than fine on IZ/Duo/Counter. He wasn't particularly good as an inside runner as a prospect, but watching the video posted earlier in this thread of his carries throughout the season, he got better at it as the season went on, especially as he got more reps with the first team. He's also a threat to hit a home run on an inside run if a LB misses his gap/gets blocked or bouncing it outside
  13. Reminder that Cojoe was the youngest recruit in that Texas class by five months
  14. Brazil actually has played pretty well in the second half, but they can't really make up any ground because USA is playing at a super high level
  15. Noteworthy that the US is doing all of this with KD only having two points
  16. The shorter three point like suits Embiid
  17. Embiid and Curry combo gives the offense two things to pick at. Steph one on one, and Embiid in drop
  18. Tatum is in at 2-guard right now, with a KD-Bam-AD front court
  19. Other than maybe Ant's space cadet off-ball defense/rebounding at times, the second unit defense has no holes
  20. I was wrong, no Tatum in the first ten
  21. France shot 42 free throws in this 40 minute game Canada shot 25, to combine for 67. Woof.
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