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LTU NT will snatch Eurobasket 2029 title with this roster:
Jokubaitis, Marciulionis, Laurencikas
Indrusaitis, Brazdeikis, Rubstavicius
Buzelis, Lelevicius
Murauskas, Sirvydis
Tubelis, Krivas
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Originally posted by Straight forward View PostOn other hand, that A- team really was absolutely on a line. It all came down to Siskauskas missed FTs in the last minute. If he had made all three, that's it. Spain made a huge and nice effort, but Lithuania was literally about to push USA to abyss and yet slipped. Spain never was so close, but also USA had even more talent.
But I do agree that the 2008 and especially 2012 finals against Spain are often overblown in how close the US actually came to losing. They were tight hard fought games without a doubt in the final 2 minutes the US was not in any danger of actually losing like they were against Lithuania in 2000. Other than the actual eliminations the US has suffered in ‘02, ‘04, 06 and ‘19 that was the only real close call. And as you mentioned that was a B+/ A- team and not a World Cup/Championships quality US unit.Silver medal 2012 Olympics prediction game.
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Pistons: 2021-22 Let the Motorcade begin!!
Bronze medal 2013 Eurobasket prediction Game.
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As of today with an entire season ahead of us and ruling out Durant and Klay Thompson due to recovery from major injuries, here’s my A team top 9 players that I would use.
Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving
James Harden, Damian Lillard
Kawhi Leonard, Paul George
LeBron James, Draymond Green
Anthony DavisSilver medal 2012 Olympics prediction game.
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Originally posted by usagre View PostAs of today with an entire season ahead of us and ruling out Durant and Klay Thompson due to recovery from major injuries, here’s my A team top 9 players that I would use.
Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving
James Harden, Damian Lillard
Kawhi Leonard, Paul George
LeBron James, Draymond Green
Anthony Davis
There should also be at least 2-3 guys from this year team, at least according to Colangelo. He mentioned the names of Walker, Mitchell and most interesting - Marcus Smart.
Also, Colangelo expanded a bit more on his disappointments... Mainly he was pissed off the most about players who generally agreed to play in WC, dragged things on and then backed off before the Las Vegas training camp. He would have appreciated a straight "No" from the very beginning, just like most of the main guys did. It makes sense, no arguing about that and he has all the right to be disappointed, I`m just wondering how far he is willing to go with the "holding a grudge" thing. Lillard was one of the players who removed himself rather late, almost at the same time with Kevin Love. Will he be evaluated differently from now on? He is too good for that. Funny enough, Lillard had some conflicts with team USA back in 2014 when he was cut from the roster, while Rose made the team instead, along with Plumlee/Drummond in preparation for the Spain threat. He even went as far as saying he`ll never play for the national team anymore. Yet, the past is the past, he is willing to play now and just move forward. I think Colangelo will do the same. I mean, Colangelo vs Lillard, Harden, Davis? Who would everyone support? Actually, you don`t even need those type of names, you pick Colangelo vs pretty much any of the guys who have withdrawn and you`d have 99% telling Colangelo to go away if he can`t handle things. Players are above all in NBA and everything will be forgotten pretty fast if they bring super stars to Tokyo and win gold. In some perspective, it would be nice having set certain boundaries, having the prestige built of the national team, so no one mess around with it as they did this summer, taking everything for granted... But not with team USA, because they will never have continuity or as deep traditions as the other national team have. Olympics are 4 years apart - that`s a long time. And you have WC in the mean time, which will never attract the best players, not to mention all sort of qualifiers that D-League players have to compete in. Too many different rosters, too many different conditions, scheduling, reasoning to hold grudges or being able to make players commit not only for one tournament, but for the entire cycle. Basketball is pretty much a mess, compared with the structure of football world.Last edited by Finley; 09-19-2019, 01:32 PM.
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