2024 Paris Summer Olympics - Death Squad

[BigOrange1 6432]

AD - KD - Bron - Ant - Steph is the five

[Navin R. Johnson 705]

How did Devin booker make this team?

[BigOrange1 6432]

man what a perfect ending to that half for KD

[BurgleBro 787]

6 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

AD - KD - Bron - Ant - Steph is the five

I'd bet they do something like that to close out the game

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

Jesus Christ, KD. The degree of difficulty on his 2-pointers in that half were off the charts, and none tougher than that buzzer beater.

Have a fucking half, man.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

KD is the man

[closetohumping 17431]

On 4/18/2024 at 4:52 PM, Chewbacca said:

Sorry, not sorry.

 

On 7/9/2024 at 6:44 AM, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Durant is pretty much the last guy I would associate with "alpha" on that team lol

 

On 7/9/2024 at 7:35 AM, d2o said:

Yeah all those guys are younger or not as good as KD.     It’s a totally different group this time with guys that are better and ranked higher than him.

KD dropped 19.    In the first half.  
 

Lebron has been carrying the team before he came back.  But yes thanks to the young bucks for carrying these old goats

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

Just now, closetohumping said:

KD dropped 19.    In the first half.  

Lebron has been carrying the team before he came back.  But yes thanks to the young bucks for carrying these old goats

21, bruh.

But your point remains--LBJ and KD putting in that work. 

[ztejas 43411]

What the fuck is Dawn Staley wearing.

[closetohumping 17431]

1 minute ago, Braff Zacklin said:

21, bruh.

But your point remains--LBJ and KD putting in that work. 

Must be jacking up a lot of shots.  Wait what?

[BurgleBro 787]

That was one of the most NBA Jam on fire first half Olympics performances I've ever seen. 

KD baby!!!!

[Aqua Buddha 14581]

I'm liking the old NBA on NBC music.

[SimonBolivar 10957]

14 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

 

 

KD dropped 19.    In the first half.  
 

Lebron has been carrying the team before he came back.  But yes thanks to the young bucks for carrying these old goats

Ant looked good but yeah

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Good god. Couple of acting jobs by the Serbs shouldn’t take this long

[ClubWhatever 12120]

Embid plays lazy and dumb

[Navin R. Johnson 705]

Embiid is almost as fat and lazy as Luka 

[closetohumping 17431]

I’m actually curious whose spots did lbj, KD and Steph take, in yalls opinion?  Jaylen brown should be on this team for sure.  

[naija 2854]

6 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I’m actually curious whose spots did lbj, KD and Steph take, in yalls opinion?  Jaylen brown should be on this team for sure.  

As a basketball decision, maybe. As a true team member, not so much.

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

Errahbody knows that this is Kawhi's team.

[ztejas 43411]

14 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I’m actually curious whose spots did lbj, KD and Steph take, in yalls opinion?  Jaylen brown should be on this team for sure.  

LeBron and Durant are taking Tatum's spot right now. 

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

LoL Ant with some magic on that.

[Bozo_Casanova 26429]

I continue to think that Ant is very talented, but selfish and plays kind of dumb. 

[closetohumping 17431]

17 minutes ago, ztejas said:

LeBron and Durant are taking Tatum's spot right now. 

It’s time to let the young guys step up!!! 

[naija 2854]

58 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

How did Devin booker make this team?

easy to hate, but umm, he's kinda good?

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

Regarding the tournament scoring system, how the fuck do you award the losing team a point for a loss?

That is some stupid-ass shit.

[BurgleBro 787]

They need to shoot that person playing that loud ass horn every possession 

[naija 2854]

you get points for a loss? Jesus

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

Lmao @ Steph. Ruthless ... but necessary.

You love to see it.

[naija 2854]

Curry walks that line between showmanship and taunting so well....

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

I continue to think that Ant is very talented, but selfish and plays kind of dumb. 

He’ll showboat when the game is seemingly out of reach

[closetohumping 17431]

Damn Tatum was dnp coaches decision?

[dcar00 14144]

KD changes everything about this team. LeBron is very very solid but everyone else is hit and miss.

[Mittens 8251]

8 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Damn Tatum was dnp coaches decision?

Likely under the weather.  Last out of the locker room and straight to the bench without warming up.

10 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

He’ll showboat when the game is seemingly out of reach

 

[Mittens 8251]

6 minutes ago, Mittens said:

Likely under the weather.  Last out of the locker room and straight to the bench without warming up.

 

[naija 2854]

this thread should be ported over to the Olympics section. we are essentially running two game threads now

[Covri 6244]

I didn’t even notice an Olympic subforum had been made till midway through the second half.

Edited July 28 by Covri

[Navin R. Johnson 705]

I remember when Bird and Magic did the suck it gesture in 92

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Damn Tatum was dnp coaches decision?

Same with haliburton lol

[MrX 722]

Haliburton not playing isn’t a surprise. Tatum with zero run…that’s pretty damn wild. Durant got all his minutes. 

[closetohumping 17431]

1 hour ago, MrX said:

Haliburton not playing isn’t a surprise. Tatum with zero run…that’s pretty damn wild. Durant got all his minutes. 

I don’t get what Kerr is doing.  At least he could cut into Booker, Whites and holidays minutes. Shameful unless there’s something y going on 

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

10 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I don’t get what Kerr is doing.  At least he could cut into Booker, Whites and holidays minutes. Shameful unless there’s something y going on 

He's in full damage control mode rn. Said it was a time/matchup issue.

Then again, if I'm Tatum, I'm sitting/standing next to Kerr, talking in his ear, doing whatever I can to REMIND him that I need to be in the game.

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/40667318

Edited July 28 by Braff Zacklin

[MrX 722]

I agree Tatum should be in the rotation, but that Holliday/Derek White combo in that one guard spot is tough to sit. Those guys are the only ones on the floor besides Anthony Davis and/or Bam that don’t need the ball. 
 

 

[statsman 5449]

I’ve posted for years- KD is the FIBA GOAT. It’s like the rule makers asked him where he would like the 3 point arc to be placed. 

[Derka 6135]

 

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

X-post from the Durant thread.

In case you missed it, KD had a half for the ages versus Serbia today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWGt3emJ8dA

(Worth the click, even if you saw the game. Only 3 minutes, anyway.)

 

[Michael Knight 12976]

7 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

He’ll showboat when the game is seemingly out of reach

And not show up when it matters

[westexhorn 2013]

Slim reaper returns

[Chewbacca 7765]

Crazy stat from yesterday's game.  Jokic's +/- was 0 in a 26 point loss.  Score was 81-81 when he was in and 3-29 when he was out.

And Embiid was somehow -8 in his minutes.  

[HookEm 2463]

1 hour ago, Chewbacca said:

And Embiid was somehow -8 in his minutes.  

Because he sucks ass. Duh.

[Chewbacca 7765]

42 minutes ago, HookEm said:

Because he sucks ass. Duh.

His game is just awful in FIBA. He should be riding pine, not starting.