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Seems like having a young stud who can get to the perimeter quickly would be better than playing our old dudes, especially with the Serbs being hot from 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
Pls go on how you’re smarter than Steve Kerr lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by stalefish3169
I guess they want it after all.
Curry’s already celebrating while shooting the foul.
that was one of the best games of basketball ive watched in a while
Yeah, great game, total nail-biter
Jeebus. My neck hurts watching that one. Serious damage being snapped forwards and backwards like that.
Seems like someone who just won the NBA Finals and is objectively one of the best players right now maybe should've gotten more than zero minutes??? We got extremely lucky to come back in what we should've won easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
But go on because you have have a grudge against me for an unrelated topic.
https://x.com/CelticsUnite18/status/1821642714011857200
I don’t recall a ski off and don’t know what the fuk you are talking about w your imagined persecution. All I know is u don’t know fuk all compared to Kerr
I’m trying to be curious rather than judgmental.Quote:
Originally Posted by stalefish3169
In a game where Serbia was killing US on high PnR and shooting well from 3, which forward should Tatum have replaced?
Triple double LBJ?
4/8 FG KD?
Or was he going to replace the guards (Booker, Holiday) who played better D in the second half and took Serbia’s 3P% from over 50% at half down to 38.5% by the end of the game?
Or was he going to take minutes from Curry, who shot 9/14 from 3 and scored 36?
Or, replace Embiid (whose scoring kept US afloat), AD (maybe best US big in earlier games), or Bam (US was getting killed in on boards when he didn’t play)?
Maybe give some credit to Serbia for playing well?
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In related news, Phil Liggett is hanging up his cleats :oQuote:
Originally Posted by fomofo
It's a team sport. We're talking about reigning NBA Champion Jason fucking Tatum. Not Brian Scalabrine.Quote:
Originally Posted by 54-46
https://hardwoodhoudini.com/posts/bo...-2024-olympics
Kerr's starting line up is weak on D. I get playing Lebron and Steph out of respect, but get Booker out of there. White and Tatum are far superior defenders. Serbia shot well on a high volume of 3's. The US had only 2 blocks. That's the way you can beat the US. I also get playing Embid againts Jokic. But we should see more White, Tatum and AD in the finals. Those are the guys that contest shots all over the floor.
I think he said this is last Olympics, I don’t think he’s done commentating as of this weekQuote:
Originally Posted by truckeelocal
Derrick White today: 6 Minutes 0pts. And Tatum is going through a shooting slump. His perimeter shot is off. He's air-balled quite a few wide open looks in the games he has played in.
USA just STACKING medals again!Quote:
Originally Posted by Diamond Joe
Syd delivered, Bol crumbled. She (and maybe Bol) should be splitting 47-low on her anchor leg this weekend. I wish we could see Syd race more.
Holloway! Roberts! Cockerel! Tara-Woodhall! Heptathlon was great, Hiltz and Elle St Pierre were solid in the w1500
Back in the early eighties Liggett was commentating at an u16 criterium I was racing in that was on the undercard of a pro race.Quote:
Originally Posted by alpinevibes
I got dropped off a breakaway and as I was freewheeling along for the pack to catch me I took my hands off the bars.
Liggett yelled at me to, "put your hands back on your handlebars, this isn't a bloody stunt show!"
There’s a reasonable answer. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds!
I didn’t like Serbia how was involving Embiid and Curry in PnR early, but then the US did more pre-switching and late help on Jokic and that helped. Embiid was scoring well but defensive rebounding for shit. Need more mobile AD against Wemby.
IMO, with Wemby able to sit in the key on D, the US will need Booker’s 3-pt shooting more than Tatum’s D on French wings. Guess we’ll see…
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Steph said post game the big issue was the guys were all deferring to each other on shots. Once they started playing ball and just taking their open shots the game turned around. Plus Serbia is really fukin good.Quote:
Originally Posted by MultiVerse
In other news, Noah Lyles has Covid
This is why I love the internet. 54-46 give a well thought out post and the response is screaming that Tatum isn’t Scalabrine. ?Quote:
Originally Posted by stalefish3169
Basketball is not my sport of choice, but I know enough to guess that Steve Kerr has a better idea of what he is doing than the local dentists here.
Don’t you know, stalefish was at all the practices and saw all the team dynamics.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
Perspective and changed expectations. Dude said he was happy and proud to get bronze. I don’t like his meta game, but appreciate the effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
The track events have been fire this Olympics!
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That hoops game was so exciting I rewound it and watched the entire 4th quarter again, so I could actually enjoy it and not be screaming at the screen as Serbia grabbed offensive rebound after offensive rebound...
Curry mugging and celebrating BEFORE he actually hit the free throws to ice it (US was only up two!?) was a little over the top, although he did personally will the US to the W with the huge late 3 to take the lead and the steal/coast-to-coast layup near the end....
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...sa-steve-kerr/Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
"He's a total pro. He's First-Team All-NBA three years in a row. I felt like an idiot not playing him," Kerr said.
That was 11 days ago
Tatum is a significantly better 3 point shooter than Booker. More attempts, higher percentage.Quote:
Originally Posted by 54-46
Did you even read the reasoning - on a game commentary from
A game almost 2 WEEKS ago ?
So you will sit KD in favor of Tatum and you think that’s gonna change the game?
Keep doubling down on beating the Tatum boner you seem to have. Kerr’s point is everyone is really fuckin good, not that he made a mistake by not giving Tatum more minutes
I checked because you got me curious - and last season:Quote:
Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds!
Tatum 37.6% on 8 3PA/game from NBA line and 47% from 2
Booker - 36.4% on 6 3PA/game from NBA line and 49% from 2.
Maybe you’re dead on balls accurate?
The difference may or may not be significant for FIBA games. Maybe shorter FIBA 3P line more significant than NBA stats?
More nuanced thought:
Maybe Booker better without the ball since LBJ is ball dominant for Team USA and Tatum is also ball dominant in his Celtics role? (Someone above - not ISBD - was saying it’s a team game.)
Too small of a sample size in a couple games to really know for sure.
I get your point though and I’m sure that Celtics fans and Tatum fans would love to see Tatum play more. He’s an excellent player. That’s totally fair. Bummer when good dudes don’t get their run.
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^ just to clarify, his point was Kerr is a moron.
Career percentages are more stark:Quote:
Originally Posted by 54-46
Tatum .375
Booker .357
I would be curious to see their percentages on catch and shoot 3's. But Tatum shot 3's at an even higher rate when he was younger and didn't handle the ball as much, so I expect we'd see a similar disparity.
Noah Lyles withdraws from the 4x100 due to Covid
Tatum had essentially the same amount of assists this year as White. He was the number one rebounder and pts scorer on the team. The guy is a well rounded player. I don't understand not playing him at all.
I like Tatum and I hope he has a big game vs. France in the gold medal game. But he is not playing well at the moment. His shot is off. He's shooting under 40% from the field and 0% 3PT in the Olympics. He's missing wide open 3s. Booker by comparison is scoring on 56% of his shots and 61% 3PT. Normally a coach lets a player of Tatum's caliber play through a slump, just not in the Olympics.
Of course! I’m just glad he replaced Mark Jackson…Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
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The sample size is tiny. He also shot lights out in the last Olympics. Maybe he looks like shit in practice. But they way he has been treated is probably not helping. In game one Durant gets all the minutes after zero practices. In recent years Tatum has dominated their head to head matchups, especially in the playoffs. I know would be fucking pissed. So is it about winning? Or is Kerr feeding his buddies? Yet in Tatum's situation you can't complain. I hope it turns him into more of an asshole on the court. His mean streak isn't big enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by MultiVerse
KD was lights out in that game: 8-8 shooting, 6-6 from three in the first half. I don't think any coach would switch out a player with a hot hand like that. Kerr's calculus is probably pretty simple: I'm going to take a lot more heat for losing a gold medal than I am from fans for not playing certain players. Hence the diplomatic press conference "He's a total pro. He's First-Team All-NBA three years in a row. I felt like an idiot not playing him," while focusing on winning gold.
I think this is exactly wrong. Edwards (I forgot all about him! Another damn good defender) and Tatum are better players today than Steph and Durant (yeah, yeah, I know peak Steph and Durant are on a whole other level). Kerr clearly cares more about legacy than current ability. Ok. Fine. Or maybe he is playing "his" guys or the guys he trusts? But benching Tatum is too much. He's the best player on the reigning champs. 3 consecutive years 1st team all NBA. In a few years when they are recruiting players for 2028 guys will be asking, "You gonna bench me?" I promise Kerr won't be coach again.Quote:
Originally Posted by MultiVerse
Ok, next.
As we stated up thread, and I’ve said in many other threads, (and as my wife has said at least five times during this Olympics), are all these track athletes supermodels?
Every time there’s a race I fall in love with a new one
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