Official 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Thread (August 25 - September 10)

[Black Mamba]

Merica got the nerve to talk shyt about our over achieving Canada team yet they lost to Dennis Schroeder with all their players they got
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAGAHAGAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA

 

[tremonthustler1]

Oh, they better make Zion’s bítch ass play on the strength of that drama he got into early in the summer. But we all know he’s gonna be injured.

So what are the realistic options here? Beg and plead with the KD level cats to go back out there. LeBron and them been there done that.

The wings are one thing. Guards, they'll be fine. The rebounding is a problem.

Last year's league leaders in rebounds per game, 9 of the top 11 were foreign bigs. Randle was the only one in the group that's American.

 

[FAH1223]

Hate seeing these dudes lose to a bunch of cacs

Now we gotta hear shyt about how they "play the right way"

This German team has been playing together for years.

USA Basketball can't keep putting rosters together 2 months before a tournament and expect to win gold or a World Cup without some form of chemistry.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Ant really him

Kids nasty

Y'all stans need to stop comparing him to MJ. What I saw at the end of the game was disgusting

 

[cartierhoe]

I was boxscore watching because of Spectrum bs but yeah this a bad look. Though I’m not gonna pretend this is the best team we could have fielded either

We losing recipes with our big man development

 

[im not you]

Nazis vs balkanian fascists. Yikes. That arena is gonna smell like dirty fukking pigs.

in the comments of a fiba ig pic there were some dudes saying fukk nato and denying that the serbs genocided muslims

 

[RubioTheCruel]

This German team has been playing together for years.

USA Basketball can't keep putting rosters together 2 months before a tournament and expect to win gold or a world cup without some form of chemistry.

What's the Embiid situation? He's got eligibility for both USA and France, right?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

C team ass squad

Gilbert Arenas called them the F team

I know he laughing his ass off right now

 

[StatUS]

This German team has been playing together for years.

USA Basketball can't keep putting rosters together 2 months before a tournament and expect to win gold or a world cup without some form of chemistry.

If we send our best squad tho it usually evens out the chemistry issues. But the question is if that's possible for anything but the Olympics.

 

[cartierhoe]

This German team has been playing together for years.

USA Basketball can't keep putting rosters together 2 months before a tournament and expect to win gold or a world cup without some form of chemistry.

And that shyt only works when you’ve got Kobe, KD, and Bron all suiting up

We can’t build chemistry with a team full of role players and Anthony Edwards

 

[King Static X]

USA Men don't take FIBA seriously

Meanwhile, USA Women clean up at FIBA (and have 7 straight Olympic Golds).

 

[tremonthustler1]

What's the Embiid situation? He's got eligibility for both USA and France, right?

He's a citizen for both, but he hasn't decided whether he'll play, let alone for who

 

[Big Boss]

The wings are one thing. Guards, they'll be fine. The rebounding is a problem.

Last year's league leaders in rebounds per game, 9 of the top 11 were foreign bigs. Randle was the only one in the group that's American.

 

[Miggs]

I would never invite Jaren Jackson back for anything Team USA again,9th on his own team 9th in rebounding !!! averaged less rebounds than Haliburton,Ant,Bridges & Brunson...what a disgrace to the big man he is....

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

Reeves is trash. He’s unplayable against the good Euro teams.

The fact he's even on this team says a lot