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[Darrell Armstrong]

They would be better off calling Desmond Bane in. Same skillset and much younger. But also unproven. And I doubt they are going to consider players for...

[Darrell Armstrong]

The most important players on Tokio were, other than KD, Jrue Holiday (defense and rebounding from the PG position), Adebayo (defense and rebounding from...

[Darrell Armstrong]

I get that, but what I said is true: LeBron isn't helping address Team USA's most glaring needs. Neither him, nor Durant, who at this point can only play...

[Darrell Armstrong]

LeBron has never been a good rebounder. Not his job, of course. But these past years has been playing inside and still grabs around one offensive rebound...

[Darrell Armstrong]

I do really hope they bring the old guys to Paris, if only to see the end of that bullshit excuse "we sent a C team". They fielded a squad that...

[Darrell Armstrong]

Qualifying for the Games, plus getting Ricky back? I'm all for it....

[Darrell Armstrong]

I'd say the acceptance criteria is that it doesn't shift the balance of power. Either because the player isn't that great, or because the squad never...

[Darrell Armstrong]

The list is too long to keep track of everyone. But regardless of potential ties to the country of adoption, all cases are covered by the same exception....

[Darrell Armstrong]

Yes, it is imagined because you're interpreting the rules at your convenience. Your case is legitimate in your eyes, and Spain's wasn't. That's not what...

[Darrell Armstrong]

And this is the definition of a sore loser. Not even when winning can let go of imagined injustices committed against him.

Do I need to remind...

[Darrell Armstrong]

Gobert had more influence, IMHO....

[Darrell Armstrong]

Could buy that, or the Simanovic effect, if Italy didn't have a 4-0 record in their recent encounters. It's like Italy always overachieve and Serbia underachieve....

[Darrell Armstrong]

And still they were unable to beat Italy. It's quite odd. Serbia could be the best NT in the world at this moment (let's see how they fare against USA...

[Darrell Armstrong]

I agree, but in the WC you need to have refs from all over the world. So even if 50% of them are outside Europe, you still get no benefit from those Euroleague...

[Darrell Armstrong]

I see what you mean. Many games have had "funny" refereeing, but it usually evens out and it doesn't affect the outcome much; although it certainly...

[Darrell Armstrong]

The referee making bad calls against Spain wasn't a FIBA one. Jenna-Jordan Reneau works NBA G-league games, as well as NCAA games. In any case she's much...

[Darrell Armstrong]

If you watch the games it's even weirder, because in both games we finish the 3rd quarter absolutely on fire. And coming back from the break it's like...

[Darrell Armstrong]

I don't like to use the referees as an excuse, but the beginning of the 3rd quarter was a blatant example of 8 vs. 5 basketball. Spain, led again by the...

[Darrell Armstrong]

Defence wasn't the problem. No one can stop Canada's shooters all game long. We lost the game on the other side. Again, like against Latvia we run out...

[Darrell Armstrong]

Good game, and good luck the rest of the way.