FIBA World Cup recap: Team USA fails to medal + Dillon Brooks & SGA impress for Canada
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- FIBA World Cup recap: Team USA fails to win a medal + Dillon Brooks & SGA impress for Canada
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to recap the end of the 2023 FIBA World Cup including an incredibly disappointing ending for Team USA and defensive struggles for the team before talking Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s impressive tournament for Canada and Dillon Brooks’ victory lap. Plus, Germany uses a proven model to win the World Cup.
0:00 Intro
2:30 Team USA disappoints
34:30 SGA amazes For Canada, Brooks revenge tour
48:55 Germany wins FIBA World Cup
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It's not an embarrassment guys, c'mon. They improved to 4th place from 7th in the past FIBA championships 👏 Congratulations from Europe!
Trust the process 😂😂
lol I know you are being sarcastic as they were a national, embarrassment
@@gabepizzaa national embarrassment? Get some perspective. They lost to other nba players who had much better continuity with their teams. And besides, the US has done many things that are far more embarrassing than this. Things that don't happen on the basketball court
Man ppl are crazy. These aren't even the best NBA players representing the states lol. Think about it there was starters for the USA that weren't even all stars in the NBA. They did good. Imagine the starting 5 of Steph, Devin,, Bron, KD, and AD with a bench of Kyrie or Ja, Ant Ed, Kawhi(who could start),PG or a healthy Zion and Ayton. Easy gold medal undefeated. That's the difference between today's players and the 90's players, the best from the 90's and early 2000's made sure to represent their country.
@@SeymourBucksif they not show up, they cant win. :D 😂😂😂
What America needs to understand is that in international play you NEED a center. Not Power Forwards pretending to be Centers.
You’re right. The problem is the small ball craze has taken over the nba and there aren’t many good American centers anymore. The nba succeeded in removing physicality from its game and it’s screwed team usa in international play.
Facts💯👌🏻
Don't worry USA will BUY Joel Embiid... money solves problems and buy Pride too....🤣🤣🤣
Canada ran Dwight powell. Most back up mins covered by olynick
@@johnmcm7690 Yes but they played Powell & Olynyk together which made them big- at least in illusion. Plus, they had Zach Edey off then bench who is 7’4.
The equivalent to that in the USA would have been the US starting Jaren Kackson Jr & Bobby Portis(notice how much bigger that would already have made us look). And Walker Kessler off the bench (7’1).
In my opinion, the US lost because of bad coaching.
After all of America roasted Dillon Brooks he gave us 40 and took the bronze medal from us. Gotta respect it
next year we have the mvp in SGA and murray and wiggins and shaedon sharpe and mathurin.
That just goes to show how weak FIBA play is. He could never score that much in an NBA game.
@@zacharybarker9991 did you even watch a game of the tournament? And remember, he didn't do it against China or South Sudan, he did it against Team USA...you are embarrassing yourself with comments like that
@@zacharybarker9991How's BI doing in a weak FIBA btw? And why a full of NBA starter lost to Euroleague C team+ some of NBA F team?
@@michacarolus6571 the US sent their F team, not their A team. I say that not to be rude, but to say that one would have to dive 5 players deep at every basketball position to arrive at the roster the US fielded. Every player except possibly Anthony Edwards won't be on the Olympic team next year. Perhaps this loss will inspire the better American players to play, but I'm not hopeful.
USA got cooked by Dillon Brooks lmao
This is what happens when you underestimate international competition. There were a lot of comments on TH-cam that this U.S team will walk through gold and capture it easy. They don't understand the game and how everyone has caught up.
@@macabree5856YT comment section is OP.
@@kuyab9122 depends on the channel^^
The world today can beat 92 and 96 dream team on any given night. Ncaa division 1 champs can beat the best euro team on any given night. Basketball is more than just talent.
@@daebak7370 Fallacy of hasty generalization
@@daebak7370Come on sir you do know who the starting 2 guard was on that 92 Olympic team right?
I'm so uncomfortable with Americans constantly calling this team C and B team. This team has all stars, 200plus million dollar max players! And oh yeah all NBA players. Just call it like it is. The NBA is great but players in other countries are now JUST as good!
Yep. Excuses, excuses. The American players are very athletic. That is the only reason they are in the NBA. That is why Joker is the best NBA player. He plays for the team. And that is why the US lost. Athleticism can only get you so far.
Brian glazing this team so hard it's hilarious you would think it's the lakers with how hard he's riding 🤣🤣
Lol it's unbelievable
Interrupting like a maniac 😂
He was honestly rude how much he interrupted guys
USA Basketball sent who they sent. Keep Grant Hill accountable. This team was still the best team on paper and the odds on favourite. The only team complete with all NBA players. Let's give the world their flowers and move on. Playing the "what if" game on who to bring isn't helping the reality of the situation.
They NBA is an American League, you'd hope the American team would be all American players.
Coaching was awful
It’s not Grant hills fault. The problem is the nba went small ball crazy and the rest of the world didn’t. Do now every tournament we gotta watch team USA get mauled in the paint
As a Canadian and longtime bball fan ( over 55 years- age 68) I was pleased with the efforts of both Team USA and Team Canada. I am disappointed with the reaction of many Americans to the performance of Team USA. These mostly young men came off a long season and within a short period of time attended training to prepare and played hard in the tournament. Some of them will be future MVPs and even one day Hall of Fame , and there is not one of them that the whiners would not want to be a member of their local NBA team. Both Team Canada and Team USA face the challenge that they have been raised with the NBA game and trained in the NBA game which is different than the FIBA game in terms of rules, strategy and the tolerance of the officials for violations/physical defence ( Note- let us not pretend the NBA refs do not have a quiet directive from the league to grant fouls to many players and to hold their whistle ). The European teams and their coaches will have an edge with respect to those matters and because of the length of the NBA season the players of Team Canada and Team USA are presented with a challenge to adjust within a short time because of the length of the season. Granted key players on the European teams also play in the NBA and have long seasons ( Luka, Giannis, Jokic et al) but at least some of them have a continuity with the teammates on their national teams ( which is a good thing ). Both Team Canada and Team USA would benefit if it was a requirement that no player would be considered for the Olympic team unless they participate in at least one FIBA tournament as a member of Team USA. Hopefully most of the young men who participated in this tournament will get to be on the Olympic teams. In the meantime , it is a good thing for the sport that the talent gap has closed but the USA will always be the favorite because of the sheer depth of the talent pool albeit there will be 2-4 other National teams that will have the potentiol of winning during the knock out stages.
Dillion Brooks is him 😂
Not against old man Bron 😂
Yeah against America's C team
@@damien8438Shut and up take your L. Germany is the true World Champions and Noah Lyles already approved of this. 😆
@Gurenn83 use your brain. Lyles was referring to professional teams, not amateur National Teams. This outcome is entirely unrelated to his point, which I somewhat agree with. Wake me when Real Madrid beats the reigning NBA Champs in an exhibition, actually wake me before the game. I'd love to see it.
@@damien8438That does no good for your argument. It actually makes things worse for you.
American players are more equipped to play one on one basketball and shooting, Europeans thrive in a truly team based game.
You guys still don’t get FIBA. Yes SGA was phenomenal. He’s the not “THE REASON” Canada did so well this tournament. Dillon and RJ both had moments that were pivotal reasons that team won certain games. Dillon, Dort, and RJ led a perimeter defensive attack that contributed mightily to Canada getting this bronze. This is not the NBA where you give all the credit to the guy who scored the most points. Dillon led CAN in +/-. RJ was 2nd. SGA was 4th. But, yes he the guy. Not THE REASON.
I can only imagine is Jamal Murray played for Canada
@@spicydoodlesoup Agreed. Murray, Wiggins and Boucher. Then some of the younger Canadians, like Mathurin, Nembhard, Sharpe. as well.
This is the one I've been waiting for.
Brian I hope you enjoyed your stay here in Manila. I enjoyed every minute of FIBA.
Congrats to Germany, World Champs.
yea when he was also asked about PBA why no filipino are in the NBA, He said "I dont really follow LOW level basketball" -..but he is not wrong though.
They were congratulating him for his imminent departure from Manila. Probably an inside joke on how he's having a horrible time
@@June19PHI True. Philippines hosting FIBA is not good. Kinda embarrassing for players and all staff. Ang dumi ng kapaligiran natin. Halatang mahirap. Sana sa susunod wag nang mag-host ang Pilipinas kasi nakakahiya lang sa mga teams, media at lahat ng staff at delegates. Bigay na lang ang pag-host sa bansang kayang mag-host at yung malinis na bansa at may magandang facilities. Nakakahiya yung mga venue ng FIBA Manila sa totoo lang. 😂
This prove so many team USA 🇺🇸 players don’t deserve the money they got. Team USA 🇺🇸 total salary $975 million vs team Germany 🇩🇪 $5 million. No excuses and unforgivable
Germany doesn't have a league comparable to the NBA so money is irrelevant. Whatever the players make is minuscule to what NBA/ owners make. You're right its no excuses tho
@@Pharaoh-Yall got pwnd by Andreas Obst who plays in German league and earns probably less than nba referee. If u get paid millions u better perform otherwise deserve to end up like delonte west.
@@duangc3280 delonte West has his own issues that has nothing to do with this... Back on topic just because you get paid doesn't mean you're better. There are non NBA players who are better than NBA players. And in the NBA it's their job. So by them making billions for the owners they deserve to be paid those millions.
If you want to blame someone, blame those US "top player" that skipped FIBA WC stating that it's only the Olympics that matter ...
If you want to collect the laurels on the supposed "biggest stage" you should also be willing to do the "dirty work" to qualify.
@@karstenbursak8083 someone should tell the us that no one realy cares about the olympics - its just them^^
Anthony Edwards was on your All Tournament team. Yet, RJ Barrett had a better FIBA. Guys in the NBA media just drive certain players into people’s consciousness.
Would never count on Embid being available. Based on health and availability, he's the NBA superstar most likely to have his level of play fall off a cliff. But the brothers got him an MVP.
There is also no guarantee that he will play for the US
I thought the US has talent why would they even be courting Embiid? 😅
@@ODMXypheryup… Cameroon born with dual French and US citizenship… who knows
@@astriddececco3005😂
USA defense was looking like the warriors defense, disaster
Bro looks mad tired in the beginning. Get some good rest Bro! 😂😴
Congrats on the 4th place finish from 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Don't taunt. You were like 23 last World Cup and didn't qualify for the last Olympics
@@gabepizza maybe if your players actually cared enough to try or show up USA would of got a medal. Sorry Canadian players care and give effort when they travel across the world to represent their country
@@gabepizzaBut you lost to this 23 and a non-olympic qualifier. You just made it worse.
@@cystevie7185 Yea, shame americans dont care about america...but does anyone care?
NBA basketball is a over-hyped league with a gangster hip hop soundtrack, it's all entertainment folks. The rest of the world plays like the 90's.
Some basic information regarding the german national team:
Coach Herbert started in September 2021, on a two year deal, with an option for one more year, if the national team qualified for the Olympics.
He made the controversial decision to not nominate the team captain Robin Benzing for the european championship in 2022, even though parts of it was played in germany and there was a lot of pressure on him to nominate him as a token of respect.
That decision, along with naming Dennis Schröder co-captain, made Schröder the clear teamleader.
there are seven players still active from the last olympic team, but both Franz Wagner and Dennis weren't part of that team.
That team hasn't played together for years, just since 2021!
2 years is significantly more than 2 months
@@samryan7837 During the segment about team US there was talk about palying together for several years!
But I agree, the US team has a serious disadvantage in preparation time, but, prior teams had similar disadvantages but were able to play more fluently together!
@@exilhamburger4802 it all comes down to style of play and Europe has improved a ton over the last 20 years. In general, European teams and players are more adept fitting into a team role, whereas these guys on the US team are used to being the alpha or second option. The talent is still in the US, but that gap has shrunk. Now they need to figure out how to play together. When you put together a bunch of all stars on one team everyone needs to sacrifice, but almost none of them have experience playing off-ball/role player position. That’s why guys like Reaves and Ant performed well. Reaves role was very similar to what it is in LA and Ant was looked to be the primary scoring option like he is (should be) in Minnesota. Also, there wasn’t one player for the US who has played international competition at this level. No doubt Europe outplayed us, but the discourse around the NBA being fraudulent or just another league is just a lot of recency bias and some people are choosing to ignore all of these factors
I think you can say they knew each other before. Lo played 96, Schröder 79, voigtmann 107, giddey 106, Thiemann 81, Theis 86 games for the team. Schröder and Theis know each other since they were 13 and the Wagner brothers know each other pretty well too. Everybody in the team is looking forward to the Olympics, because they already know they will meet each other in Paris.
Nobody knows who will play for USA or who will be the coach next year.
@@samryan7837 it’s more like 4 months vs 2 months. There’s no fiba events year around
Listening to you gentlemen talk about the USA apparent shock lost, is quite frankly a smoke screen for what the real issue is, it is the US development system. there is none, the game of basketball isn't just about having talent or athletic ability, there is the very real issue that american bred players are fast tracked because of just a few facets of the game. The concept of team work is almost alien, a simple thing like boxing out is not taught to youth players, multiple actions are like a foreign concept to americans because they are so busy showing their individual skills. but if you look at youth development in europe and basically anywhere outside of the US, there is a pyramid system, where players are measured not just on the personal abilities but how they play with other players. unfortunately the greed of coaches in the AAU far outways their requirement to build programs where players are actually filtered on their true qualities as a basketball player, as an example in europe far more stock is made of a players efficiency rating!
plus if youre good at 17, youre a celebrity, play 1 year in college, sign a huge contract and are set for life - instead of pushed to improve or prove yourself or teambuild. we get careers like ad or kat or zion …
The summer youth teams are the worst, nothing but run up & down and no D.
At last...someone who knows what he's talking about
Kobe was right. He predicted this many years ago and no one listened.
Noah was right 😂😂
Finished 7th last time now USA Finished 4th it's an improvement
Brian saying if they do a live show in Manila they might be able to sell out a small arena is Windhorst's way of giving compliments to the Filipinos' appreciation for anything basketball-related. I love that guy.👍
This windy dude is either tired or he doesn’t like the other dude at all. Shxts on all his points lol
Sad, that there was almost nothing on Serbia. Being without main guys, loosing a guy to kidney removal during tournament and losing important guy to ankle on the first play…. Alexa Avramovic should be in second team instead of Militunov
I wos waiting for this pod.
Thanks McMahon for calling out bontemps. Dude never stops interrupting. It's getting hard to listen to this podcast as it's turning into a shout fest at times which is a shame.
“Eat some pasta” lmao 😂
I agree but Brian is pretty bad about it too. McMahon might be the only one that doesn’t
Better without Bontems, he's jealous of Windy's shine...
@@rodneypoole6021Come on now. Jealous, I don't think so. Opinionated, yeah. And he usually makes a pretty good case. Also he takes the flak from McMahon well.
I like Bontemps mostly but he was grating here. I get that he feels strongly about his opinion but wait your turn.
Team USA are now the vice-world basketball champs of North America. 👍
You say barely won in 2021. Won is won. The Redeem Team barely won in 2008 but they won
I know he's covering them and wants to continue to cover the team, but dang, Windy really lathers up this bummer of a team
Of all the people to get cooked by, it had to be Dillon Brooks :D
What's the big deal though? It's not like he's garbage. He's been a starter his entire career and just signed a $80M contract
Canada has no real size. We played fast and switched. And we still beat the USA. Tim’s excuse is irrelevant
Canada had better individual defenders to play that style sometimes. US was poorly equipped to do that from the start.
I love how they just proceed talking about american football on first take because of what happened
The real problem is this could be the precursor to what's coming. USA is still banking on the LBJ KD and curry ignoring the fact that they are about to retire, and i cannot see any stars coming up will reach their level. US basketball, as a whole, is regressing while the world is catching up.
We have a new wave after that, if we can just convince them to play. Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Trey Young, Donavan Mitchell and a few others. Edwards and Halliburton did well this year, and will continue to develop.
They’re old, and still no center.
@@PrinceSamurai45Trey young want to join the team USA in fiba wc, but they didn't approve his application.
There are like how many Americans in NBA and only the top 8 can beat different top national teams around the world?
@@plumeria66 Brooke Lopez, Myles Turner, Mitchell Robinson, Bam, Embiid
Hilarious cast
USA gets no sympathy, saying they were I’ll equipped falls a bit flat, given the talent disparity. Yes they lacked bigs and rebounding but other teams lacked shooting, athleticism, playmaking etc in comparison to the USA
Windy is gonna throttle Bontemps one day
Completely agree on that switching defense. Hart, Reaves even Haliburton are fighting out there with 7 footers that are in there to score the basket and not just kick the ball out like what most bigs do in the NBA. When you lose close games, it is not a talent issue but a coaching one.
I know hes not flashy, and is an injury risk, but u put mitchell robinson on this same team and they win gold!!! He kills all centers regularly
🤣 not the goat!
They need true centers
still won't win gold (you're just hallucinating)
When does he do this? Not in the NBA?
Thanks for talking about the World Champion for 2.5 minutes. I thought this is the Hoop Collective, not the USA & Canada Collective.
I understand you three come from the US, but this Final was awesome and exciting.
Hehehe I was sooo happy for the results honestly...
Especially after you guys mentioned the refs in the warmup games 😍🤣
no one on the team wanted to score except for ANT and at times, Austin Reaves. Brunson and BI were huge disappointments.
They weren't, those guys showed you who they were. They just aren't good as they appear. None of those guys makes an Olympic team in tryouts
its because they lack experience...how many times have they been in that pressure situation as for the whole team including coaching staff with just barely three months? other countries have been doing that for many years so its almost automatic for them..its not just the players its the whole system thats lacking...
@@arlo2023i thought NBA players are the best in the world...Team USA are all NBA Players...i thought they're the best?🤣🤣🤣
Donovan Mitchell’s wasn’t amazing because it should have never counted. He stepped over the free throw line before he was supposed to and the nba admitted that after the fact that the refs missed that call
Why don't you guys focus on the lack of fundamental basketball skills showcased from Team USA. American basketball players are more concerned with brand building, fashion, social media, hanging with rappers, creating podcasts, etc. All distractions. International ballers focus on basketball.
Welcome to the Bontemps show
There is no excuse, he should’ve played a big with Jaren from outset of the camp. Kerr is a very smart guy, but his rigidity is his weakness. If Your starting center averages 2.8 rebounds per game you deserve to get skewered. He made bad personnel decisions that really suggested a level of hubris on his part and on the part of the USA program.
A day will come in Olympics , USA team A will get knocked out by a mighty International team
And they would still have a lot of excuse if they lost?
NOBODY brings the NEGATIVITY on EVERY topic like TIM B, must be awesome to hang around him
None better than Windy with the blindsided, underhanded, sleight of hand verbal slap! You got to appreciate the Windy putdown!
props to team usa they fought well.
Listening to you guys speak about how this team did not perform is exactly the same way Canadian Sports Reporters spoke 20 years ago about sending our best to International Hockey tourneys.
Accept the fact that the rest of the world is catching up problem is you guys are speaking with blinders on. So similar as it did in Professional Hockey, remember the 2010 Vancouver Gold medal Hockey game, the U.S. was right there.
For Canada it was traumatic. But years of therapy have helped.
It's like deja vu all over again, as the man once said. Canada is still a great hockey power, but it had to put some serious work in to stay relevant.
The USA didnt send ANY of our top 15 or 20 players. Not KD,Tatum,Bron,AD,Buttler,Booker,j Brown,Mitchell,Curry,Dame,Green,Bam,JA, ETC ETC ETC
@@travissmith6380yes, but Germany won with a starter and a bechwamer of Orlando, a role player of the Lakers (now Toronto), a benchwarmer of Indiana, and a bunch of euroleague guys that if you sum their contracts is one third of just Anthony Edwards contract. You can say you didnt send US best, that doesnt mean you sent collegue players.
@davidsato7898 yes they did and congrats to Germany, I do think if even half of the people I named were on the team they win rather easily...not blowouts but comfortable
12:23, pretty much sums up the first 12 min. The guy on the left shouldn't even talk.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
USA basketball is embarrassing for those NBA players.
I enjoy watching the other World ballers just destroy them
Imagine playing Josh Hart as center. Come on Steve Kerr. The defense sucks. I feel the outcome would be different if Erik Spoelstra handled the team instead.
Jeez this was a hard listen . Just constant crying and interrupting . I do like Brian for reporting and rumours/speculation but when he tries to actually talk about the game and breakdown things it’s a tough listen
Team USA played bad defense and couldn't rebound the ball. Fail.
Steph, dame, trae fox ja
Booker George Mitchell brown
Bron KD Tatum
AD draymond Mobley
Bam turner Allen
This team isn’t losing
yall 3 need your own ESPN show
Thank you, Tim, for trying to speak German. I appreciate the effort and it was close enough. 🤝
If Nikola Jokic played for Serbia and Jamal Murray played for Canada, it would’ve been their teams playing for gold
Basketball is a Team sport.
Serbia failed big time with Jokic in the euro tournament last year. --> team sport
Curry KD Lebron playing for USA
In Deutschland sagt man :
Hätte, hätte, Fahrradkette“😂😂😂
In his contract for 86 mil over four years there is an 4 million incentive and I'm 100% sure this guy will make 2-3 more all defense team shid he might be a defensive player of the year candidate which means he can get a 100+ million dollar contract after this one expires..
I love how every Time windy tries to talk about reaves bontemps just says we already talked about him
DB putting his name anywhere close to KB is a sign of end of times
It was probably more of a coaching failure in the sense that if this FIBA squad was a try out team for the Olympics... only 2 or 3 players were identified as good enough to play in France. That's a problem. That means US needs to convince upwards of 9 other super stars to be healthy and commit. That's gonna be tough to field. Let's be real about that.
If you love your country, you ought to represent it with pride. They already have money a lot, and their children and wives wouldn't get concerned about it. I think Team USA ought to represent USA with all american stars.
@sedraopamp
Many USA athletes love money not country.
🔖Americans have a false sense of patriotism. They think waving the flag and singing the anthem makes them patriotic. When an athlete refuses to represent the country, they make excuses for him and even defend him. They put too much value in surface-level patriotism.
American NBA stars can't rebound? Why the heck are they paid gazillions each season, then?
And these excuses from "experts" are just ridiculous. You got beat, again! This happens evertime
you send a B or a C team. It won't work! Just accept it, the dominans is over! It's more fun now,
and anyone can win. Nothing is certain anymore, not even with superstars. Windy is getting just
as ludicrous as Stephen A and Skip.
Brian had on his captain save a hoe outfit today 😂😂😂 they lost That's the long and short of it. No need for the laundry list of excuses bc if they won you wouldn't need to defend them at every step
Wiggins and Murray wasn't playing for Canada do you see us crying? Lol
We need Shannon on the hoop collective some how some way. Him and Wimdy are my faves and I think he’d be great with either Tim, even if it’s just every once in a while lol
I'm italian we don't have inside presence, that's why it was so easy for you guys. We have to play small ball simply because we don't have any big, that's it.
You have size issues, you give up rebound and second chances. With us you didn't have that problem because we didn't have size either.
If you think Bontemps doesn’t interrupt to the FULLEST EXTENT, look at 10:25 especially with McMahon’s reaction 😂😂😂😂 Windy is to the roof with that man at this point 😂😂😂
Maybe need change the coach who plays big instead of playing small. It doesn’t work in international game
Steve Kerr needs to get over his hate for tall players!!!
JJJ fake DPOY
Halliburton was playing against the weaker bench units a lot
Seems like only ESPN cover this FIBA..other channels playing save😂
😂😂😂 big pu**ys
I owe an apology to Dillon Brooks, a C player destroyed USA’s B Team😂
Espn gotta give windy a day off lol
Why is Bontemps fuming and even interrupting quotes. lmao.
Thts what USA deserves from Brook 😂
That Austin guy is a joke. His defence (along with the flopping, complaining and foul baiting) was so atrocious it deserves it’s own kind of medal. Don’t know where he plays but how did he get on a national team? What are you Americans thinking 🤨
It's no Shame Losing Team USA the Rest of The World Just Done Got Better and Caught Up. Good Effort Though Guy's.
Zach Edey, built for European leagues and FIBA. Break glass when you need him.
Canadian woooo 😊
He's Canadian and was on this bronze medal team. He even played a few minutes against USA in the bronze medal game
Cover your cornflakes Bontemps is back at it
In Tokyo I don't think the americans brought all their a list guys too! A lot of stars refuse to play in the olympics for the US and eventually it'll cost them in the olympics. Moreover, because the play style in the US is moviing towards small ball the true american centers disappear. The best 3 american bigs are AD, Bam and KAT. KAT plays for the domincan republic, AD won an olympic gold in 2012 and doesn't seem to be intrested or healthy enough to play in another olympics while Bam is a small ball center. The best bigs are international are there's an overrepresentation of international players at the center position because playing center is forbidden in the US. In order to fill that gap the US would need to bring in a few role players like Brook Lopez, Myles turner and Jarrett Allen like they did in previous years. The US is going to win the perimeter battle every game but in FIBA that's not as determining factor as in NBA game. In FIBA the court's smaller, the defense is mor physical and teams play 40 minutes of intense defense. That gets under the skin of a lot of american players who are used to have space to operate and calls go their way. Serbia was in the final of the World Cup without the best player in the world on their roster, greece was top 8 without giannnis. The US is going to have to sacrifice on some perimieter talent to bring 3 quality bigs to Paris.
KD won in tokyo
@@marshallchristopher1304by 5 points...
NBA killed the big man. I miss the post moves of big man of the past. 😢
Walker Kessler no doubt shoulda played more he's a great rim protector and rebounder. We had players who coulda made a difference including Bobby portis and kerr decided to play small smh this is on the coaching
What do You think about:
America to play with american player who are playing in Europe on world cop and olimpics with nba players
Yeah! US has a best talent in the world but in international games it's all about who will fit on the system. It is better to form a team out of NBA to compete internationally. Coaches and players who are committed to play for your country. This is the trend in world stage gentlemen
NBA world champions? Germany = the real world champions
I'm excited to see what the US rooster will look like next year. At least 2 big man and 2 very good shooters thats all USA needs for the win.
Bontemps gotta snuff windhorst after that exchange at 11 min
To be honest I would have been okay with a bronze as I am aware the world caught up but 4th after winning most of your games and loss to a team you already beat in exhibition games is extremely unacceptable. The top NBA American stars have no choice but to show up in Paris next year.
World. Champions. Of. WHAT??!
I think it's basketball mate.
@@kb5509 Indeed, Germany are world champions of basketball.
I think all the hype Ant was getting in the early rounds in some way destroyed the chemistry on this team. These are all young up and coming guys that were getting along super well, then all of the sudden one of them (the youngest one) is being called “inarguably the guy” on the team, and being compared to Wade and MJ. After that you started to see some weird quotes and a different energy on the court.
Yes. I know he’s still young but everyone says Ant is MJ, and i dont see any winning … nba or fiba
That's how NBA related media works, they wouldn't make this amount of money if they would change it to team first. That is exactly why they don't hype Joker...
How can you expect Luka not argue with officials, when you can not expect Bontemps not to interrupt you on you own podcast.
JJJ can't rebound when he's been switched out on the 3 point shooter.
Isn't good bench coaching about adapting to what's happening in the game? Not sticking to a pre-determined plan... Kerr is too inflexible.
That shot by Mikal should have rallied the players to WIN!!
It rallied SGA to take over!!
It's a simple conclusion... They dont have reliable centers and all hero plays...