Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

[Eye of Ra]

USA sending a super team

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[Voight]

Still makes no sense to me that Holiday was picked ahead of Brunson, Fox, Lillard and even Maxey.

(Kyrie would've been a better pick too but obviously its not worth the PR mess for them)

 

[Eye of Ra]

Still makes no sense to me that Holiday was picked ahead of Brunson, Fox, Lillard and even Maxey.

(Kyrie would've been a better pick too but obviously its not worth the PR mess for them)

Agreed!

 

[StreetHawk]

Surprised they don't have more players on the younger end of the scale. Going heavy on the vets. 5 guys 33 and older.

 

[GKJ]

Surprised they don't have more players on the younger end of the scale. Going heavy on the vets. 5 guys 33 and older.

It didn't win them the World Cup, so everyone came out of the woodwork.

Higher number than people they're bringing back from 2020, of which Jrue was one of them. Probably why he's here. Not that he has to be, but these teams like to reward people who have been there for them.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Surprised they don't have more players on the younger end of the scale. Going heavy on the vets. 5 guys 33 and older.

Which younger guys u think should have a spot?

 

[Voight]

Surprised they don't have more players on the younger end of the scale. Going heavy on the vets. 5 guys 33 and older.

It's the last chance to win Gold for guys like Curry and Kawhi who've never won, and LeBron wasn't going to sit out if all the other veterans were going.

 

[GKJ]

LeBron’s there to recruit.

 

[Stylizer1]

LeBron’s there to recruit.

pad stats.

 

[Terry Yake]

It's the last chance to win Gold for guys like Curry and Kawhi who've never won, and LeBron wasn't going to sit out if all the other veterans were going.

last chance to win anything meaningful for those guys

 

[Terry Yake]

KD already hurt

https://x.com/i/web/status/1810048496130752678

 

[John Price]

 

[Terry Yake]

guy just wanted the free gift basket and a weekend in vegas

 

[Voight]

Sucks for Kawhi, this was his last chance at the Olympics. Ballmer should've let him play.

Going to retire as the 2nd best American player to never win Gold after Duncan.

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

Figured it would be Bronny’s spot to lose before seeing White get the spot

 

[Bounces R Way]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1811071491188121690

 

[GKJ]

How does Fox have the rights to exhibition games?

 

[Vamos Rafa]

TIL that Dwight Powell is Canadian. Every now and then, I find out that a random NBA player is Canadian. It was just a couple of years ago that I learned that Jamal Murray was Canadian. This may sound “rAcIsT” but facts are facts. The black Canadian population has more than doubled in the past 20 years, resulting to Canada being relevant in the basketball world.

 

[Terry Yake]

i remember when steve nash, rick fox, and jamaal magloire were the only NBA players from canada

 

[Vamos Rafa]

i remember when steve nash, rick fox, and jamaal magloire were the only NBA players from canada

And Nash is a first generation Canadian who has British parents. I don’t even know if Rick Fox even considers himself Canadian. He grew up in the Bahamas and never played for team Canada. So yeah, Canada was virtually irrelevant in basketball.

 

[Jack Straw]

I didn't know that Powell or Olynyk were Canadians.

 

[Jussi]

I created thread for this on the new Olympics board so it's easy to find: Basketball: Men's tournament

 

[Stylizer1]

TIL that Dwight Powell is Canadian. Every now and then, I find out that a random NBA player is Canadian. It was just a couple of years ago that I learned that Jamal Murray was Canadian. This may sound “rAcIsT” but facts are facts. The black Canadian population has more than doubled in the past 20 years, resulting to Canada being relevant in the basketball world.

What a stupid comment.

And Nash is a first generation Canadian who has British parents. I don’t even know if Rick Fox even considers himself Canadian. He grew up in the Bahamas and never played for team Canada. So yeah, Canada was virtually irrelevant in basketball.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

What a stupid comment.


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Okay, I stand corrected. I was wrong about him not playing for Canada.

But what was so stupid about the other comment? Are you denying that race has no effect on the basketball team? Look at the racial makeup of that roster compared to today’s. A couple of those black players were probably immigrants.

 

[Stylizer1]

Okay, I stand corrected. I was wrong about him not playing for Canada.

But what was so stupid about the other comment? Are you denying that race has no effect on the basketball team? Look at the racial makeup of that roster compared to today’s. A couple of those black players were probably immigrants.

Nothing says USA like Joe Embiid.

Every Canadian player was born in Canada.

The race comment is stupid seeing as every single player on team USA is black.

You are so lazy you can't even take the time to research anything for even a bad argument.

Edit:
This year's team Canada were all born in Canada. I the think picture you referenced for 1994 did have a few players who immigrated to Canada. Rick Fox was not one of them. I don't understand what you are trying to prove.