Fiba World Cup 2023 Philippines

[Silent Killer]

Kelly Olynyk is the guy i always get before in 2k games. pick and pop and pick and roll and sure FG for him..

[greenarcher]

Canada playing Gilas brand of basketball. Asa kay SGA.

[greenarcher]

Big time upset incoming for Brazil.

5'10 Yago Santos with another clutch game. Puts all our midgets to shame.

[TheRodster21]

Tbh I expected this Canada always under performs

Canada has no big man who can secure rebounds offensively Brazil did a good job of disrupting Canada’s off ball movement.

[hmbopbaduwap]

Big time upset incoming for Brazil.

5'10 Yago Santos with another clutch game. Puts all our midgets to shame.

The Brazilian Jason Castro on steroids hehe

[Giannis34GOD]

Sunday will be big for basketball fans… 4 matches are all do or die…. I don’t see this one before… international basketball become more unpredictable these days… even team USA given hard time by Montenegro…

[JOI2dWorld]

Chot probably thought that he and Gilas could ride JC's back similar on how Luka is carrying Slovenia. Aside from Slovenia having a decent talent pool, Luka is a top 5 nba player now while JC, despite being a fomer 6th MOTY, is a quality role player at best (in the NBA of course , and it shows that he is not used to being the main focal of offense)

never been a fan of JC's game to be honest, when he was traded to the Cavs instead of being a helpful bench scorer he turned into being a no defense black hole in the offense guy, Lue did not even bother to use him in the playoffs, it just happened that he got the perfect spot and role with the Jazz, he is not the kind of a guy that add quality to a winning type of basketball, when he was with the Lakers they were on a rebuild and not even making it to the playoffs, with Cavs Lue got his ass seat on the bench in important games, while with the Jazz they got spanked by Dallas even with Luka not playing the first few games of the first round, i am not surprised on how things will look like when Gilas decided to bring him as the naturalized player, i even think that if it's Tab who is coaching the team he may choose another naturalized player instead of him

[OstinYorHim]

Some people think Canada tanked the Brazil game on purpose for bracket positioning purposes. True or not, those do or die games should be fun either way. Leggooo

[empyreanmaze]

Let's not rail on Clarkson here, he did the best with what he was given. Chot's system obviously just expected way too much of him like it did when Blatche was still the import and Blatche's gilas started losing game after game past 2016. It's simply the asa sa import system, they're using these imports like water buffalos instead of just really good players you can lean on in clutch situations, if anything Chot really should stick to farming where he can actually use real water buffalos instead of coaching human beings.

[empyreanmaze]

Some people think Canada tanked the Brazil game on purpose for bracket positioning purposes. True or not, those do or die games should be fun either way. Leggooo

What would that achieve? I don't get it

[Dotch]

never been a fan of JC's game to be honest, when he was traded to the Cavs instead of being a helpful bench scorer he turned into being a no defense black hole in the offense guy, Lue did not even bother to use him in the playoffs, it just happened that he got the perfect spot and role with the Jazz, he is not the kind of a guy that add quality to a winning type of basketball, when he was with the Lakers they were on a rebuild and not even making it to the playoffs, with Cavs Lue got his ass seat on the bench in important games, while with the Jazz they got spanked by Dallas even with Luka not playing the first few games of the first round, i am not surprised on how things will look like when Gilas decided to bring him as the naturalized player, i even think that if it's Tab who is coaching the team he may choose another naturalized player instead of him

JC is a bucket, that's what he is paid to do for the Jazz. He'll match his points with the minutes he played ( 15 points in 15 minutes) . He is that good. But in Chot's scheme of things, he may score, but the offense really become stagnant when JC just looks to score. No other way of saying it. What PHL needed was the LA Lakers version of JC, the one that is highly effective when he sets up people and also scores. Good if you have Kobe as your teammate. I think that was the JC that Ty Lue and LBJ was expecting , but sadly, the version of JC that they got was different.

[magic_chiongson]

JC is a bucket, that's what he is paid to do for the Jazz. He'll match his points with the minutes he played ( 15 points in 15 minutes) . He is that good. But in Chot's scheme of things, he may score, but the offense really become stagnant when JC just looks to score. No other way of saying it. What PHL needed was the LA Lakers version of JC, the one that is highly effective when he sets up people and also scores. Good if you have Kobe as your teammate. I think that was the JC that Ty Lue and LBJ was expecting , but sadly, the version of JC that they got was different.

he's perfect for his sixth man instant scoring role in the nba. i had better expectations from him though since last nba season he became a primary playmaker for the jazz when they traded conley & mitchell and sexton was injured. and he did it pretty well despite not playing the primary PG role since his rookie season. he hasn't shown that this fiba world cup

[ARMIR]

A certain team in Seattle that's been tearing the league since the All-Star break would be an ideal fit for him (he's also rumored to have been going in and out of that city during the past off seasons, possibly because he likes it there). Though teams like NYY, LAD, BOS, and SDP would also like to have a word with him and his agent.

Dodgers will offer lots of money and they have a good farm system of pitchers to trade a 3 in 1 plus money should be a good deal.

[Metta]

I wouldn't blame JC. He's a volume scorer who can also dish assists. And he did that. Notice how in the first 2 games, whenever the other team will sort of pull away, he will answer with a bucket. Without him, all our games will be blow outs. He's not a defensive player and he's not really a set-up guy, so you can't expect him to suddenly do that.

He did however play all out. So many times diving to the floor and hurling his body in a crowd, those are recipes for injuries but he did not care. Not to mention he is probably so fatigued at the end of every damn game. Gotta give him props for that.

All our players played their hardest. But everyone has a weakness, and the other teams were able to capitalize on those. Identifying those weaknesses and capitalizing on those is the job of...

[impracticaljokers2000]

I wouldn't blame JC. He's a volume scorer who can also dish assists. And he did that. Notice how in the first 2 games, whenever the other team will sort of pull away, he will answer with a bucket. Without him, all our games will be blow outs. He's not a defensive player and he's not really a set-up guy, so you can't expect him to suddenly do that.

He did however play all out. So many times diving to the floor and hurling his body in a crowd, those are recipes for injuries but he did not care. Not to mention he is probably so fatigued at the end of every damn game. Gotta give him props for that.

All our players played their hardest. But everyone has a weakness, and the other teams were able to capitalize on those. Identifying those weaknesses and capitalizing on those is the job of...

There's a bit of an argument that JBL would have fit better since he's very familiar with our players but there'll be too much what if if we went that route. All of that in hindsight now though.

I agree JC did what he can do and played his heart out. People sometimes underestimate international ball & how different it is compared to the NBA.