2024 Paris Olympics Basketball Thread

[ProfessaPackMan]

Time to remind folks why we still run things in Basketball.

Lot of folks thought our run as top dog may have been finished because of how the C Team finished in the World Cup last year. Now it’s time to put belt to *** this summer

[Majingir]

It's sad how bad Canadian basketball has been historically. How does a country with an NBA team not even produce good enough players to qualify for the Olympics?

This is their first Olympics since 2000. Last time they competed there was still an FR Yugoslavia team and RJs dad was on the team.

The roster they have for the Olympics is one that anything less than getting a medal would be disappointing.

[jeebs9]

Greece is in. Giannis wanted to badly

Also KD is sideline with a calf injury. That should make the rounds

[ojandpizza]

Somewhat surprised Kawhi, AD, Joel actually are playing. Team is ridiculously deep. Hope it all clicks.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Seen a meme on Twitter where they said Embiid is medal chasing playing for America lol

[jeebs9]

Quote: Originally Posted by ProfessaPackMan

Seen a meme on Twitter where they said Embiid is medal chasing playing for America lol

Look I don't fault the man . I remember when the conversation of Kyrie being half Aussie came up. That was quickly shut down . The only thing I didn't like about Joel joining the team is the entire France situation. The man got them to give him citizenship. Which is . There are a lot of people out there waiting.

[ojandpizza]

Quote: Originally Posted by ProfessaPackMan

Seen a meme on Twitter where they said Embiid is medal chasing playing for America lol

Embiid "feels" more American than most guys people would try and point this out for. I'm guessing since he played HS ball and college ball in the states, but he doesn't really feel like an international player to me. Similar to Hakeem and Duncan both playing for team USA. Ewing moved to the US in HS too, he's not considered international.

That's kinda why the Perk take for MVP felt a little out of nowhere to me too. Most the guys he was insinuating would vote for MVP because of that I felt like would most likely lean towards the more American player rather than a Serbian. Unless he literally believed voters were voting solely on tan-ness lol.

[jeebs9]

People are probably sleeping on this German team.
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