‘When you lose a game, you’re not surprised. You’re disappointed," Team USA Coach Gregg Popovich said. "I don’t understand the word ‘surprised.’ That sort of disses the French team, as if we’re supposed to beat them by 30. That’s a hell of a team.”
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Popovich has been so rude to the media for such a long time that I don't much take much stock, if any, in what he has to say. He mostly just feeds the negative feelings I have for him already (This isn't intended to be preachy). I think that to be as rude as he is, he must be very arrogant and self-absorbed.
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Originally posted by jazzdelmar View Post‘When you lose a game, you’re not surprised. You’re disappointed," Team USA Coach Gregg Popovich said. "I don’t understand the word ‘surprised.’ That sort of disses the French team, as if we’re supposed to beat them by 30. That’s a hell of a team.”
I wasn’t surprised by the Baylor game, I was also disappointed.Birds aren’t real.
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Originally posted by 23dpg View PostI don’t see the issue with this quote. Obviously someone asked if he was surprised by the result.
I wasn’t surprised by the Baylor game, I was also disappointed.
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Originally posted by ZagsObserver View PostThe NBA is constantly advertised as the world’s best with nothing coming within miles in terms of competitiveness.
eta: I actually do like European basketball though.
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Not necessarily disagreeing with this thrust of this thread, but I believe there are three NBA players on the French team. And the French team plays together a good portion of each year.
The USA team was certainly not composed of the league's best players.
Still, I was surprised with the result. Two missed free throws, then four straight missed threes from closer than NBA range by the US team.
There are a lot of very, very talented unheralded international players out there.
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To say the NBA is the best league in the world, so we should roll over everybody in the Olympics, ignores the fact that there are a ton of really good international players in the NBA. This includes the most recent MVP, the player who dominated the Finals, and some kid named Doncic who might be the future of the league. And as mentioned the US Olympic team is not comprised of all the best US players (look at the roster, a few of them you won't even believe made the team). The days of the Dream Team are long gone, for whatever reason winning a Gold Medal is a lot less of a draw for men's basketball players than athletes in pretty much every other sport, so we don't send anything close to our A team.
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Originally posted by seacatfan View PostTo say the NBA is the best league in the world, so we should roll over everybody in the Olympics, ignores the fact that there are a ton of really good international players in the NBA. This includes the most recent MVP, the player who dominated the Finals, and some kid named Doncic who might be the future of the league. And as mentioned the US Olympic team is not comprised of all the best US players (look at the roster, a few of them you won't even believe made the team). The days of the Dream Team are long gone, for whatever reason winning a Gold Medal is a lot less of a draw for men's basketball players than athletes in pretty much every other sport, so we don't send anything close to our A team.
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Originally posted by bartruff1 View PostI knew when St Mary's beat them in a exhibition that there was trouble brewing .....actually I think this is good for basketball.....much like the expansion of the European Ryder Cup Team is good for golf.....
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Originally posted by ZagsObserver View PostAnd this is why I have tired of the nba. It’s not good basketball. It’s a bunch of ball hogs which the refs protect, allowing 30-50 pt games for certain personalities.
It’s exemplified on the Olympic stage.America's Team!
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