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Thread: Team USA and FIBA World Cup 2014 Thread

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    Team USA and FIBA World Cup 2014 Thread

    Thought be good to have all world cup chat in here

    AD with 15 points so far on the way to a 50+ win.

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    Davis with 17 and 4 on 6-8 shooting in only 14 mins.

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    Curry can dunk :O

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    Is it really smart to have AD playing in this thing?

    Id rather AD start the season fresh, its a long season and hopefully postseason and this guy hasn't had a healthy season yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyDavis23 View Post
    Davis with 17 and 4 on 6-8 shooting in only 14 mins.
    Drummond clearly better.

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    Today, USA will face with Turkey. AD vs. Asik. It will be hard game for Turkey. Absence of Enes Kanter, Ersan Ilyasova, Hedo Turkoglu is problem.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mythrol View Post
    Drummond clearly better.
    Drummond got his 9 pts, with a much better array of moves. Plus his potential is amazing, plus I arbitrarily see greatness in him. Davis was basically gift wrapped 17 pts. He used the same move every time. So overrated, that kid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DefensiveMind View Post
    Drummond got his 9 pts, with a much better array of moves. Plus his potential is amazing, plus I arbitrarily see greatness in him. Davis was basically gift wrapped 17 pts. He used the same move every time. So overrated, that kid.
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    Favorite bucket was midway through the first when they isolated AD on a face up from about 15 feet away from the bucket. He blew by his defender with ease and finished at the rim (thought he got fouled too).

    Obvious that he has been working on his ball handling. I can't wait to see his post up game - though I don't think we will much of that in International ball.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ScoutWithoutClout View Post
    Is it really smart to have AD playing in this thing?

    Id rather AD start the season fresh, its a long season and hopefully postseason and this guy hasn't had a healthy season yet.
    He's only going to be playing 15-20 minutes a game due to blowouts and only 40 minute overall game, except he might get 25-30 in the Championship game. So it's not like it's going to wear him out.

    Besides, all these guys would be playing right now anyway. They'd be playing pickup games somewhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScoutWithoutClout View Post
    Is it really smart to have AD playing in this thing?

    Id rather AD start the season fresh, its a long season and hopefully postseason and this guy hasn't had a healthy season yet.
    I think this is a common misconception among fans. Davis would be training every day on his own, regardless of his status on the USA team. That said, he is now training with some of the best coaches in the world and against some of the best players in the world. Moreover, players play games all off season, and they are usually organized so that some NBA guys can play against each other with some scrub fillers to round out the teams.

    AD would be playing live basketball games no matter what, but I would much rather he play against top tier talent, with top tier coaching and trainers to help him recover. Really, the main source of stress lies in all of the traveling that he is doing, but that's a quick fix.

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    It is always important to play in events that carry high Importance. Especially, on a team that isn't used to winning.

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    Harden could care less about his shooting %. He's never seen a shot that he didn't like
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    People hate on K Irving for no reason. Dude can play

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    I'd let D Rose shoot jumpers the entire game. His jumper is broken

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    Asik has been really good. AD hasn't touched the ball so far, and he's generally been a deterrent at the rim and a rebounding machine. Unfortunately, that 3 was a really ugly shot. Asik is not a stretch anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Biasvasospasm View Post
    Asik has been really good. AD hasn't touched the ball so far, and he's generally been a deterrent at the rim and a rebounding machine. Unfortunately, that 3 was a really ugly shot. Asik is not a stretch anything.
    I'm pretty sure that wasn't Asik. It was Hersec. Dude is pronouncing them the same.

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    Asik might be one of the best pick-ups Dell has made. Bigs bully AD. AD is best suited for the 4 IMO

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    Quote Originally Posted by UptownFuz504 View Post
    I'm pretty sure that wasn't Asik. It was Hersec. Dude is pronouncing them the same.
    Yeah, you're right.

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    While he was in... Omer dominated Davis and boogie. Man I'm excited about this season.

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    USA needs to feed da bigs

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    Asik with the block

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    Quote Originally Posted by UptownFuz504 View Post
    People hate on K Irving for no reason. Dude can play
    The problem is he doesn't pass as much as he should and doesn't defend well.

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    Asik is making Cousins look foolish. Cousins is so used to being able to bully ball and create space. But he throws his body into Asik and he's still right there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eman5805 View Post
    The problem is he doesn't pass as much as he should and doesn't defend well.
    The problem that I have with this statement is when you play on the Cavs A) who do you pass to B) defense is mostly team and scheme. I'll bet money since Kyrie has better players around him that he'll pass more and play more defense.

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