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these Olympics showed that Team USA is very beatable in LA 2028... no more Curry Lebron and KD which lets be honest saved the day, whenever bucket or 3pt was needed most those 3 came in clutch..... Serbia&France are basically coming with same team with 4 year older Wemby. It will be interesting....
@@philip5454 How about Serbia just choked, they missed 9 three pointers in the 4 quarter was that the refs fault? 32-15 just accept defeat it’s over enjoy the bronze medal🥉 and give your opponent credit.
@@dez_chi_boi Of course they deserve credit (Especially Curry, Embid and Lebron) just imo a bad call change the game way too much to consider this the Greatest game of all time
As a native born USA baby-boomer, I'm very happy that I discovered you guys. You're so knowledgeable on basketball and the history in both America, Europe and the world. Respect to both Lithuania and Serbia for the great teams that they have had(and have). Love too the class that Nikola Jokic showed postgame to the German team!
True basketball heads sub to your channel on 1st watch...You guys make quality content, don't worry about viewers, quality over quantity...God bless you and greetings from Serbia !
In 2001 Serbia displayed remarkable dominance in Europe by defeating every opponent by a margin of at least 10 points to secure the gold medal. The following year, in 2002, they achieved victory in Indianapolis. A historic performance and gold medal. Both teams were guided by the coaching of Svetislav Kari Pesic. This team is considered the best Serbian squad, consisting primarily of Serbian players, with only two from Montenegro, Cabarkapa, and Drobnjak. Scepanovic, another Montenegrin player, was part of the 2001 team but did not participate in 2002. Therefore, it is accurate to refer to it as a Serbian team.
that not with serbia name on they jourseys .This is the best Serbia team ,but if we looks that Serbian and Montenegro or SRJ ,that 2002 team was probably the best
This was the BEST basketball ive seen in soooo long. Every single countries brought out their biggest stars and did no disappoint. All love Euro brothers, at the end of the day, i share the same love of basketball like you guys. Uhtil next international tournaments, cheers to a new season of NBA and Euroleague ball
Huge respect for Serbia ! As a European i'm proud of the level of our European countries basketball teams. I feel that France succed to show they can be a though team and being real competitor to one of the best team ever assembled.
First, thank you very much for your detailed and transparent analysis. I've been watching Olympic Men's Basketball since 1972 to present. I'm a Warrior's fan from California so I especially enjoyed the Semi and finals. This was the most competitive Olympic basketball I've ever witnessed. This was the most entertaining and informative Olympics because I was able to see the same games though your eyes and with the explanation of domestic analysis. I'm a subscriber, and over the rest of the summer will start going though your earlier basketball video's. This is more entertaining than ESPN's First Take, etc... Good Luck to all of you! Have an enjoyable and well earned vacation.
Honestly, usa was the best team on this olympics and obviously deserved gold, but many people get that game vs serbia very easy... 1. People say Serbia choked and blame them even if 99%of that people's country wouldnt survive against them 5 minutes. 2. The fact that serbia led during 37 minutes against DREAM TEAM OF AMERICA is mind blowing(which people don't credit them for enough) 3. They say 1 refree call wouldn't change much... Man during that match there were at least 5 trevels by one of americans, few very important fauls(like jokic's block on davis or his 4th faul) which should not have been called if refrees use same criteria for both teams(like how much fauls bam, lebron or durant made and didn't get called? )
Lmao you can’t name a single travel we know the rules better than you.. you said all that to say the American own the weak ass Serbs 3 games an avg of 17 points and one close one 😂😂
As a Partizan fan, the only thing I blame Jabusele for today is that he didn't make a poster over Cary and Lebron, together. They committed a foul, but I take my hat off to him for that Lebron poster.😂
As a Partizan fan i think it was very wholesome how our players congratulated medal and said hi to Mathias Lessort on medal ceremony it was very cool picture!
@@Dotalol123hey man, French here, do you have a link to that picture ? By the way, I absolutely am in Love with Serbia as a magnificent team and Jokic has an AMAZING basketball and a guy that seem so genuine and wholesome
Imagine Serbia with Lebron and the USA with Jokić? Who would be strengthened and who would be weakened? Who knows the answer, he knows who is the MVP in Paris...
@@nydibs your basketball IQ not that high if you think that 40 years old player playing at this level is overrated, dumbest comment I read over long time
Fellas your English is impeccable, and so is your pronunciation of foreign names. I hope your channel continues to grow. If you covered NBA, you'd surpass all the trash American basketball/sports media and their terrible hot takes and rage bait opinions - you guys actually know your stuff, well done.
Jugoslavia was the combination of almost every single balkan country. Do not mix Serbia with Yugoslavia, they are 2 separated things. Serbia were never world champions. To this day, your best achievement is the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics
@@giuseppemaggio5894 The 1998 and 2002 Yugoslavia was just Serbia and Montenegro though. So i think that it is fair to aknowledge Serbia as two time world champions
Yo, as an Australian NBA head, I just wanted to say that really appreciathe your podcast and coverage from Eurobasket. Also just wanted to add that this marks Wemby's origin villain storyline as NBA won't be the same after Bron, Steph and KD retire from the game.
Also , Serbian lineups. More solid young NBA players from Serbia will come. I think that USA start loosing there's quallity slowlly . Afther leaving Steph , KD , LBJ , KY , honestly I don't see some monstrers form NBA in time to come. Booker , Tatum ?? Some frashmans?? Imported Embiid again ?? 2028 they need to build another Dream team as a host , but I think that team wouldn't be even close to this one or DT 2 .
Yeah youre right because Veteran players like KD ,LEBRON ,CURRY is old right now USA needs to adapt FIBA rules and European Coaching USA needs play also as team not on relying on there Superior Talent ,Athleticism and Individuals Skills and Team USA need think about future young next Team USA Players
Serbs get gold in water polo. USA should get more foreigners like Mr Cameron. They are worth over 2 billion dollars in contracts more than all the athletes in the Olympics combined. Pathetic.
I’d love for it to be a regular thing but the basketball World Cup is invisible here. No one cares because we can have the NBA Finals. Hopefully as time goes on we’ll develop an interest.
It's great to see Curry shine on the FIBA stage to cement his legacy. In 2010 he was 22, 4 years before his first all-star appearance and barely played. In 2014 he was more involved, especially in the semis against Lithuania but he was over shadowed by Irving, Harden and even Kenneth Faried and there was no "Curry moment". Now he has commented his legacy not only in the NBA but FIBA along there with Durant, James, Bryant, Jordan, Shaq, Robinson, Irving, etc...
Deserved win for team USA in the finals, but I don't know, maybe because I'm french but I feel like guys like Curry seem to look like the overconfident guy looking down on everyone, especially he doesn't seem to show much respect to other countries. Sure he did awesome in the semi and finals, and he has all the right to be super confident, and he is a superstar, but there are guys like Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Ginobili who have a pretty nice resume too but look way more genuinely nice and easy to approach as a normal dude (not only now but when they were active). Edit: I can add many players but I should especially not forget the Serbian team, who not only looks like super nice guys, but played with all their heart and soul and played amazingly well in their semi finals. Edit 2: just to make it clear but I don't hate Curry, I don't know him well. He clearly didn't do anything that would deserve hate. I just say that I don't feel nice vibes from him, I don't appreciate his show off much somehow, just a personal preference but no big deal.
That's why more than half the planet cheered for Serbia and France. Even some Americans, fans of Denver, Atlanta... Of course because of Jokić and Bogdanović, but because they behave so arrogantly. There were bigger and better players than these, but they were not so arrogant.
Nikola Jokić, Luka Dončić and Giannis Antetokoumpo are also nice and can be approached as normal dudes. So could the 1980s and 1990s players like Oscar Schmidt, Dražen Petrović, Toni Kukoč, Predrag Danilović, Vlade Divac etc.
Olympics basketball caught the attention from all over the world and its final is arguably the most important basketball game in that year, even dwarfing the G7 of NBA championships. It is the REAL world champion.
Nah, not really. The national teams don’t play consistently together, especially the USA. As great as the individual players are, you could see the lack of cohesion in the USA-France game, with all the sloppy turnovers. They play together for a month and that doesn’t happen and the score would have been a blowout.
Now all you fiba guys know what it’s been like for the rest of the nba fans for the last 14 years dealing with curry 😂. Welcome to the club , all love from the Bay Area ❤
The point made at 13:12 is why coaching matters. Steve Kerr didn’t prepare his team to attack zone defenses and it showed in the last two games. That’s when you bring range shooters and make them pay. Instead they kept forcing plays that France was ready for. Coaching matters, Steve Kerr is not it.
@@jamUSA24 Steve Kerr’s coaching decisions were an embarrassment on the world stage, yes we won in spite of it because of the talent but that wasn’t ideal. Hopefully moving forward USA basketball will choose another coach who know how to make adjustments and lineups correctly. Spoelstra, Lue, Mike Brown, Ime Udoka even Mark Few would be better IMO
Before the games, everyone's favorite number 2 was Germany, and only then Canada, Serbia, France... The USA did not play either against Germany or Canada, interestingly... I'm Serbian and I'm glad that everything went like this, I just think that the USA didn't nowhere near as strong as rumored.
@@HmmmkayUltra It doesn't matter how you start the tournament, what matters is how you finish it... I want to say that Canada, Australia, Spain, Greece are also excellent teams and that with a slightly different draw they could have reached the semi-finals... If they want to go to the finals, they have to organize Olympic Games at home :)
South Sudan was the biggest surprise, they were a tough game for all of thier opponents, and can only see them and other African nations getting better and better.
The US doesn't always send it best. This year the US manage to convince good players to go, but the Europeans are definitely getting better and they have multiple NBA stars on own teams. This year it was real competition. The US can no longer expect to be the only competition.
Disregarding what FIBA might say (amongst others), you ask the Serbs it is very simply - all other former Yugoslav republics chose to leave SFRJ (and later SRJ and later S&CG ). Just as the economic depth of former Yugoslavija was left with whoever was left (Serbia in the end), all former Yugoslav republics have no more claim as "theirs". Yes, they participated in all previous medal runs and should be mentioned as such as well and honored and celebrated. But Claim? No - only Serbia has the moral if not the legal claim as well. As such - having said that, which is the best "Serbian" team (including those that did not have Serbia on the jersey)? There can only be 2 answers: 1995 (the legendary, epic match against Lithuania in Athens) and the 2002 Indiannapolis teams. This 2024 does come reeeeeally close, though - making people believe again what we as a people can achieve and reviving the basketball myth that the older generations know (there was a certain respect/fear when it came to those older teams, especially from 1995 and later). Even for me as a Serb, it is hard to decide but somebody approaching the 50ies slowly, I have to admit: 1995 - simply because of the Zeitgeist of the time, its impact on the Serbian people, the cultural implications, licking the wounds of the Yugoslav break up. When it comes to the best team with "Srbija" written on the jerseys ... Again several options. But to me, there are the 2016 team/Rio, 2023/Manila and this 2024 team. All of them have their different places in my heart - equal but yet different. Congrats on the great coverage - keep them coming like that. And yes, this SRB bronze is like gold to us, absolutely no doubt.
Addendum: I considered myself Yugoslav until the 90ies, not a Serb - and yes, I did watch that 1995 game live - as well as the 2002 Indianapolis game ...
2016 team was great. People forget that Serbia already lost close game agains USA All Star team in Rio 2016 Olympics group stage when they lost by only 3 points. That USA team had legends like Durent, Melo, Irving, DeRozan, prime Lowry, Paul George, Draymond Green and Jimy Buttler. It was a terrible strategy cause they showed each and every trick in their beg and were blown by 30 in the match for gold.
I am not European but have followed FIBA for some time. My favorite Serbian player of all time is Dejan Bodiroga. Thanks for the additional info. I think it was Cousins and Irving that were the thorns in Serbia's sides in Rio 16. Personally I think your side needs a PG. If Milos still played with this team. The sky would be the limit. Cheers
young players will have their moment. it so happens it's not only the country at stake but the legacy of james, kd and curry for this might be their last dance in the Olympics. those 3 vets/mvps just made history. it was great watching them play together for the gold with the rest of the team. they were all great. it doesn't matter how many minutes you have played what matters is they won and got the gold.
you shold count Serbia from 1990, because even whit the name of yugoslavia few years more that team was only of serbian players, and one player from montrenegro who declares as Serb, i mean we all know montenegrins are Serbs.
Greatest Olympics ever???!?!?? Refs below average… France pushed all the way to final, USA team not applicable to travelling regulation… If your criteria is Curry’s performance for two games…then yeah… best ever!
France pushed away to the finals ? Are you high ? Against Germany, I didn’t even hear coaches players or fans complaining I only hear that from Canadians that was complaining not aknowledging that we punished their “switch all” defense using Lessort as an enforcer, and Canada NEVER adjusted. It is so basic basketball, we capitalize on a tactical aspect, Canada didn’t adjust, end of story
Feeling sorry for people who missed 80s and 90s basketball. Different times different game and all, but back then the sport in general and especially the NBA was more about making it as difficult as possible for people to score and extremelky physical. This type of basketball produced tons of exceptional people because it waa too hard. Don't get me wrong there are still gifted people around but the easier you make the game the less good they get. Some of the people we're talking about today we wouldn't even bother with back then, they'd be bounced around like a ball in a pinball machine. Talking about the NBA mostly. Steph Curry and Lebron (not at the age of 39 though) would be playing but they'd be sidelined by guys like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan; they'd be competing for a spot in the team with guys like Thomas and Pippen. Watching that remarkable 3pointer from Curry and I couldn't help thinking this picture is soooo much Larry Bird, except that it was from 7.25m back then.Or maybe the guys of today they'd be even better players than they are today if they were put into much more difficult situations like it was back then, I guess we ll never know. Anyway a little bit of nostalgia in the mix I guess but my feeling is that these NBA guys of today look a bit lost dealing with European teams playing a game that in some ways resembles more the NBA game of old.
Steph and LeBron could play in any era, even given the relative unimportance of the 3-point shot. I’d prefer to see MJ and Bird in this era because they would just feast.
The 2028 LA Olympics is going to be the toughest for the Americans since the as the All Time Greats trio of James Durant and Curry is not going to be around while international stars like Giannis of Greece, Luka of Slovenia, Franz of Germany, Victor of France and SGA of Canada is going to be better
Other countries have one or two NBA stars. Team USA will have 12. We don’t need the best player, we need 12 super skilled players that can play together with a good coach (not Steve Keer). Look at our bench, any country would kill to have Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid, Anthony Edwards, Jason Tatum, plus the new talent that’s coming up through the NBA. So, we don’t necessarily need one superstars. We win with lockdown defense and 12 great NBA players.
@@jamUSA24 despite having the most talented line up and the deepest bench the US team relied on old retiring superstars that were not supposed to play in this Olympics to beat Serbia and France for the Gold I have nothing against Edwards, Tatum, Davis or Haliburton but they are not ALL TIME GREAT level like the trio of James Curry and Durant
Mind you it’s four years from now. We have TONS of talent and potential for a new USA team roster with Edwards, Bam, Tatum coming back. Possibly Tyrese, Zion, maxey, Ja , d Mitchell and more on the way. 2028 Olympics will be tough for USA because of more competition. I don’t see us turning up for FIbA World Cup as usual. But when 2028 Olympics comes to USA the USA Men’s BB team will be ready.
@@OneZxxscsc i did not say that US is not going to be ready what im saying is that GOLD is not a sure thing anymore even if the US sends their best of the best
Can anyone explain why they made the schedule that the teams playing in the same group met somewhere along the way and not only in the finals? They have robbed us from seeing some other very interesting match-ups. France - Serbia or Germany - USA
But, you know, in old yugoslavia, Djordjevic did not have the spot on the national team. Drazen was the play. That is the absolute all star being left out, and there were probably a few more examples.
Idea that USA shouldnt take 12 best available players (all stars) in order not to have that media pressure is so wrong. This way no team should bring good players for it wouldnt be any pressure ever. Jeez man.
none of this team can beat the 92 dream team that team is stacked all of those guys are first ballot hall of famers other than laetner because during that time national team need to get one collge player and at that time chrostian was the best imagine if they pick shaq over christian that team blows everybody a team with prime jordan the goat
@@harvestmoon4968 sorry dude but the 2024 Olympics is the best basketball tournament so far with almost all the best players in the world playing The 92 team pave the way while the 24 avengers team is the PEAK
Jordan the goat but don’t get it twisted. Tell me about 92 dream teams competition. How many players did they play that were in the nba ? Now compare that to the 2024 USA men’s team.
Unstoppable. The only reason European teams can keep up is roster turnover. If the US team started playing exhibitions a year out from the Olympics, it would be unfair. This current team had 1 month to prepare against teams that played together for 2 years.
@@FindWhatYouLookFormaybe don’t miss 14 shots in a quarter while your opponent is increasing the defensive pressure and making all their shots. Ask Australia. You had a great first halve thou.
I'm from and live in the hometown of Jamal Murray but it's hard to disagree that he and Team Canada were the biggest disappointments of the tournament.
2004 didn’t bring the best players in the NBA at that time. Compare the players who played qualifying games for Olympics vs the players who played the Olympics that 2004. Team USA doesn’t always bring the top best players in the NBA to the Olympics.
Common guys , to praised this american team as the best ( which individually every player is ) but as a team they needing the help of the refs to reach the final against serbia it is an insult to them but most importantly us . your viewers . We know you run a business and the american audience / market is a big one and it is great plan to expand there . And as ritus said , i prefer to hear about the news of bolognia searching for a forward , instat of admiring the greatness of team usa and the nba where everything there is for show and not substance , because recent history show us they dont had the team ability to beat serbia .
don't forget that serbia has only 6 million inhabitants. Like the suburbs of New York. Novak Djokovic is also Serbian, the best tennis player of all time.
I disagree with the Olympics is the toughest tournament, the nba playoffs is still the top tournament of the world, yes the competition is high, but the quality is nowhere near playoffs, we are seeing some of these countries have players that were cut from there nba teams and couldn’t make a nba rotation playing as star players for their country,
Guys you are Europeans and you talk about the competition now being higher than back in 92. I was a teenager then and grew up with Jordan Magic and Bird but also Petrovic, Galis, Sabonis. Back in 92 Croatia had three Hall of Famers (Petrovic, Kukoc and Radja) and the best defensive center, Vrancovic. Lithuania had two Hall of famers, Sabonis and Marciilionis, and two more players hitting more than 42% from three. Why is the competition now better? The US faced one future HOF, Jokic and possibly rookie Wemby. Serbia now is no better than that Croatian team. The 80ies and 90ies was a golden era for global basketball, not just USA. It’s just that Dream Team was really that good.
Because now the best European players are also winning MVPs and multiple All-NBA teams. Jokic, Luka, and Giannis are all top-5 players in the NBA now. Perhaps Sabonis could have been an MVP if he played in the NBA earlier, and Petrovic could have been All-NBA if not for the tragic accident, but this is all conjecture.
@@kingofthenoobs Petrovic was the best player on the Nets, running around multiple screens like Steph, shooting above 40% from three as a career. He was ahead of its time and obviously a better player than Bogdanovic. Kukoc became an nba champion and Radja was underrated and all star material. The Dream team faced all three of them together, while Giannis was eliminated on a bad Greek team and Doncic did not even make the Olympics.
If the Germans want to be perfect, they have to bring back the biggest coaching name in German basketball. Svetislav "Kari"Pešić. 😂 We Serbs had to do it too. Although many compared him to Biden, he proved to everyone that they know nothing.
I know more subscribers means more money for you guys, but regardless this is one of the best pure basketball channels on TH-cam. I’m American and because of this channel I watched Euroleague for the first time it was great thank you 🫡
Aside from being a bit too biased to the euro league theyre great, but then again us channels are also biased af to the nba so its just human nature at this point cant expect much. Nobody tries to understand both parties and make a neutral statement its always emotions first. But then again if somebody is truly unbiased all sports debates would go nowhere.
Can someone explain to me why France didn’t have to play Serbia now because they both lost to the USA and beat Germany where was the deciding game that said that France is better than Serbia? I’m lost?
It was not a championship where each team encounters every other ones. It was a tournament. Eight teams made it to the quarter finals (4 games in total), then the four winners played the semi-finals (2 games), and at the end the two winners made the final. Serbia lost in the semi-final against USA, so they didn't play against France because they were eliminated from the tournament at that point. But in order to award the bronze medal, they had to play a game against the other semi-final loser (Germany). While France, wich win its semi-final, made it to the final against the USA.
next olympic will be awesome and very competitive ..USA will loose more and more dominance ...James is leaving curry KD ,, and other countires getting better and better even this year was tough ..serbia will get better ..germany most likely 2 ...not talking about france ..wemby ..hopefully greece italy as well or magic LUKA FOR ME AS FAN ...can t wait for it ...
USA could’ve beaten teams a different number of ways with a different coach , what we saw is golden state , Steve Kerr is a one trick pony all he knows is to draw plays for Steph. Durant and Tatum won gold In 2020 without lebron and Steph. A different coach like coach K or popovich you’d see a very very different and better brand of basketball. We just saw kd and lebron just play through Steph curry which is all Kerr knows how to do and why Tatum couldn’t play because durant knows how to play with Steph and lebron have been playing with Durant in team USA a long time. We just saw 3 old players with experience play off each other . Serbia played more team basketball with actual coaching.
Great site and some good comments. But come on guys, enough with the moral victories. "Bronze that shines like gold?" Lol. Did you all tell your wives that their cubic zirconia engagement rings shine like diamonds? Lol. The first 3 quarters for Serbia were magical. I thought I was watching the 2002 World Cup 2.0. But then the magic switched sides and USA snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. This demoralizes opposing teams’ and coaches’ psyches. Once the USA got past Serbia, I saw France as less of a threat. Serbia's more technically sound and has better shooters. Both teams have a very bright future. Tony Parker played for Team France in the wrong era. The USA must take World Cups seriously like they did in 10 & 14 if they want continued success. France Serbia and Germany are the new Spain Argentina and Lithuania. While Sudan is the new Puerto Rico ( for now). Thanks David Stern & Boris Stankovic (RIP to both) your legacies live on through these tournaments. Cheers my FIBA friends.. USA🥇🇺🇸😊
@@DsLmaNiaC get outta here man. His resume checks out. Lebron is too 2 in all serious basketball conversations. Your opinion is irrelevant. You have no weight when it comes to the world basketball conversations.
Curry is a great shooter maybe the best ever but his on court behavior is childish and really doesn't belong in an Olympic arena .. chewing mouthpiece acting like he is the sh.. somebody should try to tell him how to behave in public at his age .he is 36 ..
All that talk about “the world catching up” but once again team USA proves that they are still levels above everybody. WORLD CHAMPIONS OF WHAT ???????? 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Also keep in mind, this USA team could’ve been even better. No Paul George, no Jaylen Brown, no Kawhi Leonard, no Klay Thompson, no Karl Towns, no Chet Holmgren.
I mean you barely beat Serbia and France, with what is considered a top 3 roster of all time. The 3 best player in your team are 35 years+ and aren't gonna be there in the future, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the last gold medal for USA in a while.
@@jorisoims3085, start thinking by yourself and stop being so manipulated by the so called saying stating that this 2024 team was a top 3. Don’t be fooled !!! Lebron, KD and Curry are not even at their best level so how can this be the a better version of 2012 KD or LBJ ? These 3 guys, in most case are supposed to be retired or completely gassed. International basketball level is becoming better and that’s great, but Serbia and France failed to beat pre retired players. Curry barely run, Lebron played like an old guy and KD was hurt.
The myth of the famous and invincible "dream team" has been destroyed in reality. Is it the best and most crowded team of all time made up of the first five MVPs and "all star" players? If this is the "hall of fame" of basketball, we're going to abolish it as soon as tomorrow. That "GOAT from Ali Express" had to "seriously talk to the judges" before the result was overturned. Sadness. For nothing. The planet, or rather, anyone with an IQ higher than 22 has seen what they need to do. The result is completely irrelevant, these guys from the hilly Balkans showed that they are better in a million dimensions: loop, attitude, combativeness, not an equal - but a superior game compared to the characters who were defeated in every sense for more than three quarters of the game. It is also ridiculous to compare their salaries, jersey sales, planetary statuses - or the fact that they are competing against a team that is realistically three times better than the "dream team" from 1992, anyway. These boys are something out of the league. And they are better because, regardless of the laughter of the game in which no one judged steps, carried balls, forced fouls and the literal play of the opposing team at the level of a fight - they were still better in every segment. Considering where and how this unfortunate "Olympics" is played, which is anything but a sport and essentially a parody of sports - they won. A team of boys in which NOBODY has any complexes, paid people to manage their profiles "professionally", no one needs proof, mistresses, scandals, no one is tattooed from head to toe, but they are all honest, healthy, normal and honest guys. Bogi fake "goat" drives three beautiful mothers. Avram passes under their basket at will. The same ones who until yesterday were talking about how each of their 12 is better than Jokić have been talking for the last three days about how their 12 will beat that one Jokić. Now they tell me that all of Denver cheered against HIS national team because of Jokić. People love basketball. Smart enough, even too much. Myth busted. A beauty to behold. Well, that's a win. I pee on their "results" and "medals". They beat me. Because they are just the way they are, for the heart. -Arsen Carkic
@@xueperman lol , beside Jokic, one of ur superstar player cost as whole Serbian team, and u almost lose it, this is proof that Serbians play most beautyfull basketball in world! and refs helped u to get win,lame.
2012 and 2008 were way better Olympics. Spain was a true power house with elite offensive players and defensive players and they faced the like of Lebron, Wade and KD at their Best. When Serbia faced USA in 2014, they were annihilated by a young rooster (Kyrie, Harden, Cousins, Gay, Faried…). This year had one of the weakest Team USA with old guys being the best and not even being at their best. How can people be so blind just to give credit to Serbia and France. WHY ?
Serbia today is just as good as Spain back then if not better. Jokić is better than the Gasol brothers. Bogdan Bogdanović is better than any guard on those Spanish teams. Avramović and Gudurić are better defenders than anyone on that Spanish team. Why don't you look at what happened to that Spanish team in the 2010 world cup against Serbia? They lost. And they lost to Serbia again in the 2015 EuroBasket too. And that wasn't even a close game, Serbia easily won that game. And these Serbian teams in the 2009-2016 period were good, but not nearly as good as the Serbian team of 2024 and yet Serbia still had a 3-3 head to head record with the Spanish generation that you think is better than the current Serbian generation. The only player for Serbia that played both in that 2014 final and today is Bogdan Bogdanović and he wasn't even close to his prime years in 2014, while Steph Curry, Irving, Harden, DeMarcus Cousins, AD, Klay Thompson were all in their prime in the 2014 world cup.
The 2024 Serbian team is slightly better than the Spanish teams from 2008, 2010, 2012 (all the way to 2019 when it was the end of that Spanish generation). Jokić is better than the Gasol brothers. Bogdan Bogdanović is better than any guard on those Spanish teams. Avramović and Gudurić are better defenders than anyone on that Spanish team. Why don't you look at what happened to that Spanish team in the 2010 world cup against Serbia? They lost. And they lost to Serbia again in the 2015 EuroBasket too (the Spanish roster in that EuroBasket was almost completely the same as in the 2012 Olympics). And that wasn't even a close game, Serbia easily won that game. And these Serbian teams in the 2009-2016 period were good, but not nearly as good as the Serbian team of 2024 and yet Serbia still had a 3-3 head to head record with the Spanish generation that you think is better than the current Serbian generation. The only player for Serbia that played both in that 2014 final and today is Bogdan Bogdanović and he wasn't even close to his prime years in 2014, while Steph Curry, Irving, Harden, DeMarcus Cousins, AD, Klay Thompson were all in their prime in the 2014 world cup. As for 2008 and 2012 US teams vs current US team Lebron at those Olympics was nowhere near as good as Curry was in the semi finals and finals game of 2024. KD still played on the same level in these Olympics, especially in the first game against Serbia as he played in his prime years. Embiid, Anthony Edwards played well too. This US team is not much worse than the 2008 and 2012 teams, the difference is small, just like the difference between the 2024 Serbian team and 2008-2019 Spanish generation is small (small in Serbia's favor).
@@DipsAndPushups , you say it yourself : the american players were in their prime years in 2014 or 2012. If today, the same at the dawn of their retirement are still the best in their team while being weaker than what they used be, it definitely shows this current USA squad is far from being one of the top USA team. And for the Gasol brothers : as good as Jokic can be, he would have struggled a lot more in FIBA agaisnt the Gazol bro and Ibaka. In 2010, Serbia did beat Spain without Pau (their best player). In 2015, Spain is no longer a top team and this exemple is irrelevant as we’re talking about the great teams USA had to face. To me, and to this day, no European team could have beaten the 2008 and 2012 Spanish team.
@@Mozimikeyeah they don’t understand how impressive 2024 team is . These guys are 36+ year old . 92 Dream team were young all under 29 years old and in their prime , 2008 Kobe lebron wade were all in their prime. People don’t understand how special 2024 team is but in the future they will
@@curtiszyr , indeed I also missed to point out how special this was : these old dudes are very special. People want USA to be defeated so bad that they try to make Serbia the « big team » that could almost beat one of the best USA squad. This was far from being the best USA squad, not when the best overall player is way past his prime : his IQ though, is something else; on the DEFENSIVE and offensive side. It is not as if Serbia was not on a verge of a loss agaisnt Australia 🇦🇺. Don’t hear nothing about them kangourous arguing. Anyway! We need to see a complete Serbia versus a more experienced French team to definitely see which country s the true European powerhouse of the decade. As it seems Serbian think they’re the second best team in the world with no eurobasket, no world up and a bronze medal 🥉 at tue OG. French and Serbia need an elimination type of game with their full squads!!!
Damn guys everything i see is all about the refs. Wtf guys i am greek and i didnt expect Serbians to be acting this way. The teuth of the matter is really simple. Serbia got underestimated and usa nearly lost. If the match were to happen another 100 times mb onece or twice Serbia would win. There is a huge gap between the yeams and that was proven in all there games previous to that last one. Cause you know it is one game you shoot well and it may happen. No refs involved at all. The whole 4th quarter Serbia got dominated and lost the winner mentality. The loss was natural. If Srrbia stayed the same you could have won. You are acting like little kids man. I expected more accountability from Serbian brothers but i was wrong
@@minnussI can guarantee you he is the exception. Greeks and Serbians we are friends and neighbors. I was sad for the semifinal like it was Greece playing. I was rooting for them for the bronze medal win too.
Dude all i am saying is you gotta take responsibility. When you lose you stop talkin and try to see whats wrong so you come back stronger. All i see is a bunch of crybabies. Maybe you have never played any competitive sport. Whining when losing 13 3s in the 4th is completely idiotic. When you lost in the first round at the group stage where was your whining. Did Nicola cry lile a b...ch when he lost no because he knows whining is for failures
@@mariostheodorou9877 You really sound ridiculous. Your take of "See what's wrong so you can come back stronger" makes it seem like this game is just another regular matchup to be played week after week. This was a historic Olympic semi-final, and there were no second chances. All we’re trying to express is that the US didn’t need the refs' assistance, which they definitely received, and that influence shifted the momentum in their favor during the fourth quarter. And just remember this attitude tomorrow when the refs unfairly sabotage Greece in some of their crucial matches ;)
Whine away man. You had 13 chances to close the game out. That was the crucial factor. In the 4th i didnt really see clear ref help. I definitely saw that in the 2nd quarter with the travelling but certainly usa shooting and defensive pressure won them the game. Can you specify which are the so called rigged ref plays in the 4th quarter. Cause the only rigged cases i saw were all the french team games even the final. Everyone call for rigged refs but 4th quarter was clean in most cases. The channel has a video about that a few days ago look it up which are the rigged cases in the 4th defining quarter. All i see is a huge comeback that Serbia should have stopped with 1 or 2 3s. Please point out the exact rigged moments and maybe we ll see who is ridiculous. Those same refs definitely helped a bit against south sudan
It will be much more epic and painfull when we beat USA in LA 2028. LIke in Indianapolis 2002. We already have better basketball and tactic..they have only and just help of reffs and insane % for 3 of Curry.
Agaian Serbia built Yougoslavia Kingdom,latter communists country,latter SRJ,latter SCG,lattar Serbia,every medal whos won Lithuanin players for USSR is Russian , Russia is succesor of USSR,Serbia of Yougoslaia,we have so many medals.Serbia exist before Yougoslavia,and at the end of same,our biggest mistake is byilt Yougoslavia where Croats kill us in 1941-1945,same like you homeland.But Serbia is succesor of ex Yu.Thats answer about how many medals have Serbia,so much.But that is politics,becouse some run away from Yu and built new countries,but Serbia be here before and latter.Even medal from boxer Mate Parlov-pure Croat is serbian.If any body dont understand,sorry.You from ex USSR must understand that.
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these Olympics showed that Team USA is very beatable in LA 2028... no more Curry Lebron and KD which lets be honest saved the day, whenever bucket or 3pt was needed most those 3 came in clutch..... Serbia&France are basically coming with same team with 4 year older Wemby. It will be interesting....
Do you guys speak to each other in English or Lithuanian when off the air?
USA v SER was the best, most exhilarating game of basketball ever, hands down.
The problem is that 1 really bad call possibly change the result of the game.
KD clearly hadn't shoot when Jokic fould AD
Spain vs USA olympic final 2008 is still the best Fiba game ever for me . But if you are Serbian I can definetly understand your feeling.
@@philip5454one call isn’t gonna be the reason a team that blew a 17 point lead lost….
@@philip5454 How about Serbia just choked, they missed 9 three pointers in the 4 quarter was that the refs fault? 32-15 just accept defeat it’s over enjoy the bronze medal🥉 and give your opponent credit.
@@dez_chi_boi Of course they deserve credit (Especially Curry, Embid and Lebron) just imo a bad call change the game way too much to consider this the Greatest game of all time
And drunk serbians😂All put smiles on their faces,bronze on chest and Rakija in stomach.:)
We are Balkans. There is nothing you can do about it. Greeks and Serbians we are the same.
@@Kate22178brothers forever 🤝🏻🇷🇸 🇬🇷❤️
@@mijodragvujosevic5544 I thought I was watching some old footage of Miličić when he was "live" in Paris.
@@Kate22178 Just came back from your beautiful country. You are great. See you again next summer.
As a native born USA baby-boomer, I'm very happy that I discovered you guys. You're so knowledgeable on basketball and the history in both America, Europe and the world. Respect to both Lithuania and Serbia for the great teams that they have had(and have). Love too the class that Nikola Jokic showed postgame to the German team!
True basketball heads sub to your channel on 1st watch...You guys make quality content, don't worry about viewers, quality over quantity...God bless you and greetings from Serbia !
Thank You!
I have to admit ,that you know better Serbian and Yugoslavian basketball history ,better than many Serbian journalist .Well-done :)
Very true. I follow and watch Yug, SRb basketball from middle 80'ies...and this guys have huge knowlage as well as respect.
In 2001 Serbia displayed remarkable dominance in Europe by defeating every opponent by a margin of at least 10 points to secure the gold medal.
The following year, in 2002, they achieved victory in Indianapolis. A historic performance and gold medal.
Both teams were guided by the coaching of Svetislav Kari Pesic.
This team is considered the best Serbian squad, consisting primarily of Serbian players, with only two from Montenegro, Cabarkapa, and Drobnjak.
Scepanovic, another Montenegrin player, was part of the 2001 team but did not participate in 2002.
Therefore, it is accurate to refer to it as a Serbian team.
that not with serbia name on they jourseys .This is the best Serbia team ,but if we looks that Serbian and Montenegro or SRJ ,that 2002 team was probably the best
In 2001, YUGOSLAVIA won the final match against Turkey 78-69, which is not at least 10 points.
@@truthhearer6323 OMG :D
and other games?
List them smartass...
it wasnt team A u.s.a
Serbis built Yougoslavia,Serbia is Yougoslavia forwardlike Rusia and USSR,learn little,every medal from Anwerpen to Paris today is Serbian.
This was the BEST basketball ive seen in soooo long. Every single countries brought out their biggest stars and did no disappoint. All love Euro brothers, at the end of the day, i share the same love of basketball like you guys. Uhtil next international tournaments, cheers to a new season of NBA and Euroleague ball
Yep, much better than watching the NBA, , FIBA rules are better.
What can I say about Jokić.. Born to drink and love horses, forced to be the best basketball player in the world..
Huge respect for Serbia ! As a European i'm proud of the level of our European countries basketball teams.
I feel that France succed to show they can be a though team and being real competitor to one of the best team ever assembled.
Congratz to team USA from Serbia, see you in LA 2028, our gold will shine even brighter
I hope so, but tell Bogi to chill😂
@@hollister2320 if you tell LeBum to treat kids better😂
As a Frenchman, I have to disagree 😉 !
Ok time to subscribe,great stuff guys keep up the good work,greetings from Serbia.
First, thank you very much for your detailed and transparent analysis. I've been watching Olympic Men's Basketball since 1972 to present. I'm a Warrior's fan from California so I especially enjoyed the Semi and finals. This was the most competitive Olympic basketball I've ever witnessed. This was the most entertaining and informative Olympics because I was able to see the same games though your eyes and with the explanation of domestic analysis. I'm a subscriber, and over the rest of the summer will start going though your earlier basketball video's. This is more entertaining than ESPN's First Take, etc... Good Luck to all of you! Have an enjoyable and well earned vacation.
Honestly, usa was the best team on this olympics and obviously deserved gold, but many people get that game vs serbia very easy...
1. People say Serbia choked and blame them even if 99%of that people's country wouldnt survive against them 5 minutes.
2. The fact that serbia led during 37 minutes against DREAM TEAM OF AMERICA is mind blowing(which people don't credit them for enough)
3. They say 1 refree call wouldn't change much... Man during that match there were at least 5 trevels by one of americans, few very important fauls(like jokic's block on davis or his 4th faul) which should not have been called if refrees use same criteria for both teams(like how much fauls bam, lebron or durant made and didn't get called? )
I understand the referee argument, but you guys still had a substantial lead regardless of the situation
Lmao you can’t name a single travel we know the rules better than you.. you said all that to say the American own the weak ass Serbs 3 games an avg of 17 points and one close one 😂😂
@@jaylenstewart4462 I really thought Serbia would won or it would go overtime if not for the bad calls in 4th quarter
@@jaylenstewart4462 Lead of 15 points is nothing because 3-4 referee calls can annihilate that.
@@pivonroll going 0/9 from 3 point range will do that too
As a Partizan fan, the only thing I blame Jabusele for today is that he didn't make a poster over Cary and Lebron, together. They committed a foul, but I take my hat off to him for that Lebron poster.😂
As a Partizan fan i think it was very wholesome how our players congratulated medal and said hi to Mathias Lessort on medal ceremony it was very cool picture!
@@Dotalol123hey man, French here, do you have a link to that picture ?
By the way, I absolutely am in Love with Serbia as a magnificent team and Jokic has an AMAZING basketball and a guy that seem so genuine and wholesome
Imagine Serbia with Lebron and the USA with Jokić? Who would be strengthened and who would be weakened? Who knows the answer, he knows who is the MVP in Paris...
USA would be untouchable with Jokic instead of Lebron, Lebron is extremely overrated. No way the US should have struggled as they did with that roster
@@nydibsa 40 year old man os overrated.Dude what are you talking about
@@laffytaffy485 - OVERRATED
@@boza5684 jokic mvp
@@nydibs your basketball IQ not that high if you think that 40 years old player playing at this level is overrated, dumbest comment I read over long time
Fellas your English is impeccable, and so is your pronunciation of foreign names. I hope your channel continues to grow.
If you covered NBA, you'd surpass all the trash American basketball/sports media and their terrible hot takes and rage bait opinions - you guys actually know your stuff, well done.
The country with the capital Belgrade was the world champion in basketball 5 times
@@truthhearer6323 What are u even speaking about slavic comes from word slava which glory and word slave comes froms slavs when muslims enslaved slavs
Jugoslavia was the combination of almost every single balkan country. Do not mix Serbia with Yugoslavia, they are 2 separated things. Serbia were never world champions. To this day, your best achievement is the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics
@@giuseppemaggio5894 The 1998 and 2002 Yugoslavia was just Serbia and Montenegro though. So i think that it is fair to aknowledge Serbia as two time world champions
@@Pro13SabNo, Serbia was not on the team uniform, it wasn't Serbia.
@@iggyblitz8739 It was the same country plus Montenegro. There was not Croatia, Slovenia or Bosnia
Yo, as an Australian NBA head, I just wanted to say that really appreciathe your podcast and coverage from Eurobasket. Also just wanted to add that this marks Wemby's origin villain storyline as NBA won't be the same after Bron, Steph and KD retire from the game.
RYTIS IS BACK LET'S GO. OLY LEGEND!!!
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I'm surprised you guys didn't discuss what the 2028 USA and France lineups will look like
Also , Serbian lineups. More solid young NBA players from Serbia will come. I think that USA start loosing there's quallity slowlly . Afther leaving Steph , KD , LBJ , KY , honestly I don't see some monstrers form NBA in time to come. Booker , Tatum ?? Some frashmans?? Imported Embiid again ?? 2028 they need to build another Dream team as a host , but I think that team wouldn't be even close to this one or DT 2 .
@@Balagio100 let’s see they’re definitely vurnerable
Thank you for your great job on this podcast. It's so satisfying to listen to smart and objective connoisseurs of our beloved game. From France.
USA without Stef curry, wouldn't take even the bronze metal.
Your constant crying makes Americans smile. Cope, lol.
Umm ok. Serbia without Jokic wouldn't even Bronze. See how this game can be played both ways?
The world getting better at basketball is what’s best for the sport. By 2028, USA can’t rely on having the best player anymore
Yeah youre right because Veteran players like KD ,LEBRON ,CURRY is old right now USA needs to adapt FIBA rules and
European Coaching USA needs play also as team not on relying on there Superior Talent ,Athleticism and Individuals Skills and Team USA need think about future young next Team USA Players
Even now they don’t have best player,Jokic is another level
I've been hearing this same wishful thinking bs for decades now. Another Olympics done...same result. Gold for USA. Cope.
Serbs get gold in water polo. USA should get more foreigners like Mr Cameron. They are worth over 2 billion dollars in contracts more than all the athletes in the Olympics combined. Pathetic.
@@helbingstein8429 The USA waterpolo head coach is the most renowned Serbian waterpolo coach. Ha!
Your crying and whining is "pathetic". You lost. Grow up.
USA owned the entire olympics
You wanna bring up other sports? Go look at the medal count
@@FindWhatYouLookFor The US crushed the entire world by medal count.
Team USA needs to send a top squad to the World Cup in 2 years as well. We need to see another one of these great tournaments as soon as possible.
Dont forget to buy the refs there too .
@@Bouzoukistudentyall are honestly insufferable
I’d love for it to be a regular thing but the basketball World Cup is invisible here. No one cares because we can have the NBA Finals. Hopefully as time goes on we’ll develop an interest.
@@Bouzoukistudent keep crying
@@benitofranklyn4237 these guys want to have time off. The World Cup is a good place to get the next generation ready for international play.
It's great to see Curry shine on the FIBA stage to cement his legacy. In 2010 he was 22, 4 years before his first all-star appearance and barely played. In 2014 he was more involved, especially in the semis against Lithuania but he was over shadowed by Irving, Harden and even Kenneth Faried and there was no "Curry moment". Now he has commented his legacy not only in the NBA but FIBA along there with Durant, James, Bryant, Jordan, Shaq, Robinson, Irving, etc...
Deserved win for team USA in the finals, but I don't know, maybe because I'm french but I feel like guys like Curry seem to look like the overconfident guy looking down on everyone, especially he doesn't seem to show much respect to other countries. Sure he did awesome in the semi and finals, and he has all the right to be super confident, and he is a superstar, but there are guys like Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Ginobili who have a pretty nice resume too but look way more genuinely nice and easy to approach as a normal dude (not only now but when they were active).
Edit: I can add many players but I should especially not forget the Serbian team, who not only looks like super nice guys, but played with all their heart and soul and played amazingly well in their semi finals.
Edit 2: just to make it clear but I don't hate Curry, I don't know him well. He clearly didn't do anything that would deserve hate. I just say that I don't feel nice vibes from him, I don't appreciate his show off much somehow, just a personal preference but no big deal.
Ha! The whole US team is acting so unsportsmanlike, it is insane. Heads in the clouds, like Gods.
@@FindWhatYouLookFor I wouldn't say it's unsportsmanship. They do show decent sportsmanship, but too much arrogance that's for sure.
That's why more than half the planet cheered for Serbia and France. Even some Americans, fans of Denver, Atlanta... Of course because of Jokić and Bogdanović, but because they behave so arrogantly. There were bigger and better players than these, but they were not so arrogant.
Nikola Jokić, Luka Dončić and Giannis Antetokoumpo are also nice and can be approached as normal dudes. So could the 1980s and 1990s players like Oscar Schmidt, Dražen Petrović, Toni Kukoč, Predrag Danilović, Vlade Divac etc.
@@DipsAndPushups yep, Serbia dudes look like legit nice guys too.
Olympics basketball caught the attention from all over the world and its final is arguably the most important basketball game in that year, even dwarfing the G7 of NBA championships. It is the REAL world champion.
Nah, not really. The national teams don’t play consistently together, especially the USA. As great as the individual players are, you could see the lack of cohesion in the USA-France game, with all the sloppy turnovers. They play together for a month and that doesn’t happen and the score would have been a blowout.
Now all you fiba guys know what it’s been like for the rest of the nba fans for the last 14 years dealing with curry 😂. Welcome to the club , all love from the Bay Area ❤
For us Fiba fans, I would say KD is a worse nightmare. 😂
@@AlexS-qq7nxboth are terrifying tbh. Im glad they probably wont be around in LA 2028
Yeah guys. That was a night to remember. Top 3 dogs save USA 🇺🇸. 🤴👨🍳⛏️ 🏹🎯😀 Curry right now show in Fiba that he is the best shooter in the history 😎
best team UsA ever against the best competition ever seen!
The point made at 13:12 is why coaching matters. Steve Kerr didn’t prepare his team to attack zone defenses and it showed in the last two games. That’s when you bring range shooters and make them pay. Instead they kept forcing plays that France was ready for. Coaching matters, Steve Kerr is not it.
@@jamUSA24 Steve Kerr’s coaching decisions were an embarrassment on the world stage, yes we won in spite of it because of the talent but that wasn’t ideal. Hopefully moving forward USA basketball will choose another coach who know how to make adjustments and lineups correctly. Spoelstra, Lue, Mike Brown, Ime Udoka even Mark Few would be better IMO
@@dez_chi_boi Spoelstra and Lue are assistants with the current coaching staff...
I enjoyed the conversation.❤
For me being from USA I love all you guys perspective on things
Before the games, everyone's favorite number 2 was Germany, and only then Canada, Serbia, France... The USA did not play either against Germany or Canada, interestingly... I'm Serbian and I'm glad that everything went like this, I just think that the USA didn't nowhere near as strong as rumored.
@@boza5684 Canada was clearly rated above Germany before the tournament
Listen my friend.. All that matters in the end is the win.. Doesn't matter if it's by one point or twenty.
@@HmmmkayUltra It doesn't matter how you start the tournament, what matters is how you finish it... I want to say that Canada, Australia, Spain, Greece are also excellent teams and that with a slightly different draw they could have reached the semi-finals... If they want to go to the finals, they have to organize Olympic Games at home :)
INDEED U R RIGHT ,LIKE FOR REAL.I'm with you on this one for 101%
South Sudan was the biggest surprise, they were a tough game for all of thier opponents, and can only see them and other African nations getting better and better.
They should increase the number of Olympic teams to 16 so no 3rd place teams get through the group stage
The US doesn't always send it best. This year the US manage to convince good players to go, but the Europeans are definitely getting better and they have multiple NBA stars on own teams. This year it was real competition. The US can no longer expect to be the only competition.
This US team is number 5 all time among "Dream Teams"
The 1992,1994,1996 and 2008 teams are ahead of them
The 1994 team is always overlooked that is my personal favorite team of all time, young Shawn Kemp and Shaq unstoppable 💪🏾
@@dez_chi_boi Because it wasn't an Olympic team but a team for the WC
the 2014 Team was pretty stacked too. Maybe it was the competition that year but they beat every opponent by 20+
@@gabepizza The 2014 and 2016 were stacked but are not top 5 among other US teams i was talking top 5
no it's not. It's 2.,after originally dream team from 1992 .
Disregarding what FIBA might say (amongst others), you ask the Serbs it is very simply - all other former Yugoslav republics chose to leave SFRJ (and later SRJ and later S&CG ). Just as the economic depth of former Yugoslavija was left with whoever was left (Serbia in the end), all former Yugoslav republics have no more claim as "theirs". Yes, they participated in all previous medal runs and should be mentioned as such as well and honored and celebrated. But Claim? No - only Serbia has the moral if not the legal claim as well. As such - having said that, which is the best "Serbian" team (including those that did not have Serbia on the jersey)? There can only be 2 answers: 1995 (the legendary, epic match against Lithuania in Athens) and the 2002 Indiannapolis teams. This 2024 does come reeeeeally close, though - making people believe again what we as a people can achieve and reviving the basketball myth that the older generations know (there was a certain respect/fear when it came to those older teams, especially from 1995 and later). Even for me as a Serb, it is hard to decide but somebody approaching the 50ies slowly, I have to admit: 1995 - simply because of the Zeitgeist of the time, its impact on the Serbian people, the cultural implications, licking the wounds of the Yugoslav break up. When it comes to the best team with "Srbija" written on the jerseys ... Again several options. But to me, there are the 2016 team/Rio, 2023/Manila and this 2024 team. All of them have their different places in my heart - equal but yet different. Congrats on the great coverage - keep them coming like that. And yes, this SRB bronze is like gold to us, absolutely no doubt.
Addendum: I considered myself Yugoslav until the 90ies, not a Serb - and yes, I did watch that 1995 game live - as well as the 2002 Indianapolis game ...
2016 team was great. People forget that Serbia already lost close game agains USA All Star team in Rio 2016 Olympics group stage when they lost by only 3 points. That USA team had legends like Durent, Melo, Irving, DeRozan, prime Lowry, Paul George, Draymond Green and Jimy Buttler. It was a terrible strategy cause they showed each and every trick in their beg and were blown by 30 in the match for gold.
I am not European but have followed FIBA for some time. My favorite Serbian player of all time is Dejan Bodiroga. Thanks for the additional info. I think it was Cousins and Irving that were the thorns in Serbia's sides in Rio 16. Personally I think your side needs a PG. If Milos still played with this team. The sky would be the limit. Cheers
1:05:57 No one lost a kidney this time.
The thumbnail is next level😂
I think the biggest moment in the whole tournament was the missed 3 by Dobrić.
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young players will have their moment. it so happens it's not only the country at stake but the legacy of james, kd and curry for this might be their last dance in the Olympics. those 3 vets/mvps just made history. it was great watching them play together for the gold with the rest of the team. they were all great. it doesn't matter how many minutes you have played what matters is they won and got the gold.
you shold count Serbia from 1990, because even whit the name of yugoslavia few years more that team was only of serbian players, and one player from montrenegro who declares as Serb, i mean we all know montenegrins are Serbs.
So serbian team under name of yugoslavia in 1996 or 1995, than 1998 and 2002 than SCG and Teodosic era and now this last few years.
Greatest Olympics ever???!?!?? Refs below average… France pushed all the way to final, USA team not applicable to travelling regulation… If your criteria is Curry’s performance for two games…then yeah… best ever!
France pushed away to the finals ? Are you high ?
Against Germany, I didn’t even hear coaches players or fans complaining
I only hear that from Canadians that was complaining not aknowledging that we punished their “switch all” defense using Lessort as an enforcer, and Canada NEVER adjusted.
It is so basic basketball, we capitalize on a tactical aspect, Canada didn’t adjust, end of story
Feeling sorry for people who missed 80s and 90s basketball. Different times different game and all, but back then the sport in general and especially the NBA was more about making it as difficult as possible for people to score and extremelky physical. This type of basketball produced tons of exceptional people because it waa too hard. Don't get me wrong there are still gifted people around but the easier you make the game the less good they get. Some of the people we're talking about today we wouldn't even bother with back then, they'd be bounced around like a ball in a pinball machine. Talking about the NBA mostly. Steph Curry and Lebron (not at the age of 39 though) would be playing but they'd be sidelined by guys like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan; they'd be competing for a spot in the team with guys like Thomas and Pippen. Watching that remarkable 3pointer from Curry and I couldn't help thinking this picture is soooo much Larry Bird, except that it was from 7.25m back then.Or maybe the guys of today they'd be even better players than they are today if they were put into much more difficult situations like it was back then, I guess we ll never know. Anyway a little bit of nostalgia in the mix I guess but my feeling is that these NBA guys of today look a bit lost dealing with European teams playing a game that in some ways resembles more the NBA game of old.
Steph and LeBron could play in any era, even given the relative unimportance of the 3-point shot. I’d prefer to see MJ and Bird in this era because they would just feast.
@@joemagarac405 Me too
The 2028 LA Olympics is going to be the toughest for the Americans since the as the All Time Greats trio of James Durant and Curry is not going to be around while international stars like Giannis of Greece, Luka of Slovenia, Franz of Germany, Victor of France and SGA of Canada is going to be better
Other countries have one or two NBA stars. Team USA will have 12. We don’t need the best player, we need 12 super skilled players that can play together with a good coach (not Steve Keer). Look at our bench, any country would kill to have Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid, Anthony Edwards, Jason Tatum, plus the new talent that’s coming up through the NBA. So, we don’t necessarily need one superstars. We win with lockdown defense and 12 great NBA players.
@@jamUSA24 despite having the most talented line up and the deepest bench the US team relied on old retiring superstars that were not supposed to play in this Olympics to beat Serbia and France for the Gold
I have nothing against Edwards, Tatum, Davis or Haliburton but they are not ALL TIME GREAT level like the trio of James Curry and Durant
Mind you it’s four years from now.
We have TONS of talent and potential for a new USA team roster with Edwards, Bam, Tatum coming back. Possibly Tyrese, Zion, maxey, Ja , d Mitchell and more on the way.
2028 Olympics will be tough for USA because of more competition. I don’t see us turning up for FIbA World Cup as usual. But when 2028 Olympics comes to USA the USA Men’s BB team will be ready.
@@OneZxxscsc i did not say that US is not going to be ready what im saying is that GOLD is not a sure thing anymore even if the US sends their best of the best
@@johnclaudefrancisco1387wee have four years. That’s a long time. It took Steph Currry four years in the NBA to become who he is.We will be good.
10:13 Batum and De Colo
1:06:00 its crazy how people forget Boriša Simanić
Most points: Jokic
Most rebounds: Jokic
Most assists: Jokic
Most steals: Jokic
MVP: Lebron? just when you think usa can not be more pathetic.
Beat player on best team i think that was the criteria of mvp
@@djsilverrush you think the USA is pathetic? You just sound jealous tbh
Bro stop it,its almost always mvp from wining team
@@3ladeRunner yep, they are pathetic
@@serbianwarrior385 true
Can anyone explain why they made the schedule that the teams playing in the same group met somewhere along the way and not only in the finals? They have robbed us from seeing some other very interesting match-ups. France - Serbia or Germany - USA
Jokic is animal spirit or spirit animal? hmmm
USA vs French m and w games were good
But, you know, in old yugoslavia, Djordjevic did not have the spot on the national team. Drazen was the play. That is the absolute all star being left out, and there were probably a few more examples.
Idea that USA shouldnt take 12 best available players (all stars) in order not to have that media pressure is so wrong. This way no team should bring good players for it wouldnt be any pressure ever. Jeez man.
none of this team can beat the 92 dream team that team is stacked all of those guys are first ballot hall of famers other than laetner because during that time national team need to get one collge player and at that time chrostian was the best imagine if they pick shaq over christian that team blows everybody a team with prime jordan the goat
@@harvestmoon4968 sorry dude but the 2024 Olympics is the best basketball tournament so far with almost all the best players in the world playing
The 92 team pave the way while the 24 avengers team is the PEAK
Jordan the goat but don’t get it twisted. Tell me about 92 dream teams competition. How many players did they play that were in the nba ? Now compare that to the 2024 USA men’s team.
they had no competition in 92, you legit can't compare.
If USAB copied the continuity European teams have, how much better would they be?
Unstoppable. The only reason European teams can keep up is roster turnover. If the US team started playing exhibitions a year out from the Olympics, it would be unfair. This current team had 1 month to prepare against teams that played together for 2 years.
Jokic became elite because of his American training. Truth. He won’t credit it though.
Same with Hakeem and Gianni’s . When you go to America you get better , also when American players go overseas they get better.
@@curtiszyr Agree!
What about danilović-sabonis dunk..
France USA womens final was awesome, France can win USA , it's just lucky. France have the same level and maybe better than USA.
Most robbed Olympics ever? At least the referees got paid..
You got Bronze🥉Just be happy with that. You guys got the chance to be World Champs in 4 years ✌
how
@@zenitsuthunder3946 He's saying they were robbed because Serbia missed 13 shots in the 4th Quarter.
@@godoftsukuyomi7480 No he said that USA got a pass and the referees played great Vs Serbia. Congrats to USA and the refs.
@@FindWhatYouLookFormaybe don’t miss 14 shots in a quarter while your opponent is increasing the defensive pressure and making all their shots. Ask Australia. You had a great first halve thou.
Definitely.. ask Jason Tatum 😅
I'm from and live in the hometown of Jamal Murray but it's hard to disagree that he and Team Canada were the biggest disappointments of the tournament.
2004 didn’t bring the best players in the NBA at that time. Compare the players who played qualifying games for Olympics vs the players who played the Olympics that 2004. Team USA doesn’t always bring the top best players in the NBA to the Olympics.
Common guys , to praised this american team as the best ( which individually every player is ) but as a team they needing the help of the refs to reach the final against serbia it is an insult to them but most importantly us . your viewers . We know you run a business and the american audience / market is a big one and it is great plan to expand there .
And as ritus said , i prefer to hear about the news of bolognia searching for a forward , instat of admiring the greatness of team usa and the nba where everything there is for show and not substance , because recent history show us they dont had the team ability to beat serbia .
don't have the ability to beat Serbia although they beat them twice this tournament. OK
I love how sad these guys sound 😂
Try 'tired' instead 😄
@@BasketNews_com yup !! Tired of gettin their asses splashed on by the chef 🤣
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Kerr was just giving out pity minutes until it mattered. Can we all agree now that Tatum is highly overrated.
don't forget that serbia has only 6 million inhabitants. Like the suburbs of New York. Novak Djokovic is also Serbian, the best tennis player of all time.
What about water polo or Dragutin Topic and his daughter.
@@Kate22178or Nikola Tesla
Where you hidden 700000 Serbians?
I disagree with the Olympics is the toughest tournament, the nba playoffs is still the top tournament of the world, yes the competition is high, but the quality is nowhere near playoffs, we are seeing some of these countries have players that were cut from there nba teams and couldn’t make a nba rotation playing as star players for their country,
Guys you are Europeans and you talk about the competition now being higher than back in 92.
I was a teenager then and grew up with Jordan Magic and Bird but also Petrovic, Galis, Sabonis.
Back in 92 Croatia had three Hall of Famers (Petrovic, Kukoc and Radja) and the best defensive center, Vrancovic.
Lithuania had two Hall of famers, Sabonis and Marciilionis, and two more players hitting more than 42% from three.
Why is the competition now better? The US faced one future HOF, Jokic and possibly rookie Wemby.
Serbia now is no better than that Croatian team.
The 80ies and 90ies was a golden era for global basketball, not just USA. It’s just that Dream Team was really that good.
Because now the best European players are also winning MVPs and multiple All-NBA teams. Jokic, Luka, and Giannis are all top-5 players in the NBA now. Perhaps Sabonis could have been an MVP if he played in the NBA earlier, and Petrovic could have been All-NBA if not for the tragic accident, but this is all conjecture.
@@kingofthenoobs Petrovic was the best player on the Nets, running around multiple screens like Steph, shooting above 40% from three as a career.
He was ahead of its time and obviously a better player than Bogdanovic.
Kukoc became an nba champion and Radja was underrated and all star material.
The Dream team faced all three of them together, while Giannis was eliminated on a bad Greek team and Doncic did not even make the Olympics.
🙋 Subscribe goes from Serbia! 🙏🏻👍🏻
the judge led them, not them. If the referee wasn't paid, they wouldn't have won
If the Germans want to be perfect, they have to bring back the biggest coaching name in German basketball. Svetislav "Kari"Pešić. 😂 We Serbs had to do it too. Although many compared him to Biden, he proved to everyone that they know nothing.
I know more subscribers means more money for you guys, but regardless this is one of the best pure basketball channels on TH-cam. I’m American and because of this channel I watched Euroleague for the first time it was great thank you 🫡
Aside from being a bit too biased to the euro league theyre great, but then again us channels are also biased af to the nba so its just human nature at this point cant expect much.
Nobody tries to understand both parties and make a neutral statement its always emotions first. But then again if somebody is truly unbiased all sports debates would go nowhere.
If it wasn't for Curry and the refs, it would've been another LeBronze for the US
Cry more white boy
For the algorithm
Can someone explain to me why France didn’t have to play Serbia now because they both lost to the USA and beat Germany where was the deciding game that said that France is better than Serbia? I’m lost?
Wtf is that question? 😅
Have you ever watch a basketball tournament in your life?
Check the tree of tourament
It was not a championship where each team encounters every other ones. It was a tournament. Eight teams made it to the quarter finals (4 games in total), then the four winners played the semi-finals (2 games), and at the end the two winners made the final. Serbia lost in the semi-final against USA, so they didn't play against France because they were eliminated from the tournament at that point. But in order to award the bronze medal, they had to play a game against the other semi-final loser (Germany). While France, wich win its semi-final, made it to the final against the USA.
Rytis u happy? your national team won gold
Nope, Rytis is more about Canada and Germany as I was listening
Not sure, he loves Jokic the most.
In total Serbija have 6milion peaples,and y neads a five MVP pleyers to beat in yan position Game.
next olympic will be awesome and very competitive ..USA will loose more and more dominance ...James is leaving curry KD ,, and other countires getting better and better even this year was tough ..serbia will get better ..germany most likely 2 ...not talking about france ..wemby ..hopefully greece italy as well or magic LUKA FOR ME AS FAN ...can t wait for it ...
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USA could’ve beaten teams a different number of ways with a different coach , what we saw is golden state , Steve Kerr is a one trick pony all he knows is to draw plays for Steph. Durant and Tatum won gold In 2020 without lebron and Steph. A different coach like coach K or popovich you’d see a very very different and better brand of basketball. We just saw kd and lebron just play through Steph curry which is all Kerr knows how to do and why Tatum couldn’t play because durant knows how to play with Steph and lebron have been playing with Durant in team USA a long time. We just saw 3 old players with experience play off each other . Serbia played more team basketball with actual coaching.
Great site and some good comments.
But come on guys, enough with the moral victories. "Bronze that shines like gold?" Lol. Did you all tell your wives that their cubic zirconia engagement rings shine like diamonds? Lol. The first 3 quarters for Serbia were magical. I thought I was watching the 2002 World Cup 2.0. But then the magic switched sides and USA snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. This demoralizes opposing teams’ and coaches’ psyches. Once the USA got past Serbia, I saw France as less of a threat. Serbia's more technically sound and has better shooters. Both teams have a very bright future. Tony Parker played for Team France in the wrong era.
The USA must take World Cups seriously like they did in 10 & 14 if they want continued success. France Serbia and Germany are the new Spain Argentina and Lithuania. While Sudan is the new Puerto Rico ( for now). Thanks David Stern & Boris Stankovic (RIP to both) your legacies live on through these tournaments. Cheers my FIBA friends..
USA🥇🇺🇸😊
They are not top 15. Lebron may be on 15th spot.
Get over it.
LeBron is not a top15 player ever?!?!
@AugustasSuliauskas barely. With a 60% losing rate he would be lucky being up there.
@@DsLmaNiaCmust be salty because he stopped your country from winning gold 😂😂
@@DsLmaNiaC get outta here man. His resume checks out. Lebron is too 2 in all serious basketball conversations. Your opinion is irrelevant. You have no weight when it comes to the world basketball conversations.
@@DsLmaNiaC bruh
Curry is a great shooter maybe the best ever but his on court behavior is childish and really doesn't belong in an Olympic arena .. chewing mouthpiece acting like he is the sh.. somebody should try to tell him how to behave in public at his age .he is 36 ..
cry is free
The US players should come and do these gestures and stupid celebrations in Athens or Belgrade. Let’s see if they’re leaving the gym alive 🤣
Precisely NOTHING would happen. USA won gold...AGAIN! Cope.
SER was better
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All that talk about “the world catching up” but once again team USA proves that they are still levels above everybody. WORLD CHAMPIONS OF WHAT ???????? 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Also keep in mind, this USA team could’ve been even better. No Paul George, no Jaylen Brown, no Kawhi Leonard, no Klay Thompson, no Karl Towns, no Chet Holmgren.
@@Professional8866 Karl Anthony Towns plays for the Dominican Republic but I understand what you’re saying 😂. We could’ve easily been better.
I mean you barely beat Serbia and France, with what is considered a top 3 roster of all time. The 3 best player in your team are 35 years+ and aren't gonna be there in the future, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the last gold medal for USA in a while.
@@jorisoims3085, start thinking by yourself and stop being so manipulated by the so called saying stating that this 2024 team was a top 3. Don’t be fooled !!!
Lebron, KD and Curry are not even at their best level so how can this be the a better version of 2012 KD or LBJ ?
These 3 guys, in most case are supposed to be retired or completely gassed. International basketball level is becoming better and that’s great, but Serbia and France failed to beat pre retired players. Curry barely run, Lebron played like an old guy and KD was hurt.
they told us the world caught up while team usa went undefeated 😂😂😂
The myth of the famous and invincible "dream team" has been destroyed in reality.
Is it the best and most crowded team of all time made up of the first five MVPs and "all star" players? If this is the "hall of fame" of basketball, we're going to abolish it as soon as tomorrow.
That "GOAT from Ali Express" had to "seriously talk to the judges" before the result was overturned. Sadness. For nothing.
The planet, or rather, anyone with an IQ higher than 22 has seen what they need to do.
The result is completely irrelevant, these guys from the hilly Balkans showed that they are better in a million dimensions: loop, attitude, combativeness, not an equal - but a superior game compared to the characters who were defeated in every sense for more than three quarters of the game. It is also ridiculous to compare their salaries, jersey sales, planetary statuses - or the fact that they are competing against a team that is realistically three times better than the "dream team" from 1992, anyway.
These boys are something out of the league.
And they are better because, regardless of the laughter of the game in which no one judged steps, carried balls, forced fouls and the literal play of the opposing team at the level of a fight - they were still better in every segment.
Considering where and how this unfortunate "Olympics" is played, which is anything but a sport and essentially a parody of sports - they won.
A team of boys in which NOBODY has any complexes, paid people to manage their profiles "professionally", no one needs proof, mistresses, scandals, no one is tattooed from head to toe, but they are all honest, healthy, normal and honest guys.
Bogi fake "goat" drives three beautiful mothers.
Avram passes under their basket at will.
The same ones who until yesterday were talking about how each of their 12 is better than Jokić have been talking for the last three days about how their 12 will beat that one Jokić. Now they tell me that all of Denver cheered against HIS national team because of Jokić. People love basketball.
Smart enough, even too much.
Myth busted.
A beauty to behold.
Well, that's a win.
I pee on their "results" and "medals".
They beat me.
Because they are just the way they are, for the heart.
-Arsen Carkic
You don’t know much about America my friend. We are a great country because of hard work and style.
I ain’t reading all dat but I hope everything’s okay ❤️
@@xueperman lol , beside Jokic, one of ur superstar player cost as whole Serbian team, and u almost lose it, this is proof that Serbians play most beautyfull basketball in world! and refs helped u to get win,lame.
2012 and 2008 were way better Olympics. Spain was a true power house with elite offensive players and defensive players and they faced the like of Lebron, Wade and KD at their Best. When Serbia faced USA in 2014, they were annihilated by a young rooster (Kyrie, Harden, Cousins, Gay, Faried…).
This year had one of the weakest Team USA with old guys being the best and not even being at their best. How can people be so blind just to give credit to Serbia and France. WHY ?
Serbia today is just as good as Spain back then if not better. Jokić is better than the Gasol brothers. Bogdan Bogdanović is better than any guard on those Spanish teams. Avramović and Gudurić are better defenders than anyone on that Spanish team.
Why don't you look at what happened to that Spanish team in the 2010 world cup against Serbia? They lost. And they lost to Serbia again in the 2015 EuroBasket too. And that wasn't even a close game, Serbia easily won that game. And these Serbian teams in the 2009-2016 period were good, but not nearly as good as the Serbian team of 2024 and yet Serbia still had a 3-3 head to head record with the Spanish generation that you think is better than the current Serbian generation.
The only player for Serbia that played both in that 2014 final and today is Bogdan Bogdanović and he wasn't even close to his prime years in 2014, while Steph Curry, Irving, Harden, DeMarcus Cousins, AD, Klay Thompson were all in their prime in the 2014 world cup.
The 2024 Serbian team is slightly better than the Spanish teams from 2008, 2010, 2012 (all the way to 2019 when it was the end of that Spanish generation). Jokić is better than the Gasol brothers. Bogdan Bogdanović is better than any guard on those Spanish teams. Avramović and Gudurić are better defenders than anyone on that Spanish team.
Why don't you look at what happened to that Spanish team in the 2010 world cup against Serbia? They lost. And they lost to Serbia again in the 2015 EuroBasket too (the Spanish roster in that EuroBasket was almost completely the same as in the 2012 Olympics). And that wasn't even a close game, Serbia easily won that game. And these Serbian teams in the 2009-2016 period were good, but not nearly as good as the Serbian team of 2024 and yet Serbia still had a 3-3 head to head record with the Spanish generation that you think is better than the current Serbian generation.
The only player for Serbia that played both in that 2014 final and today is Bogdan Bogdanović and he wasn't even close to his prime years in 2014, while Steph Curry, Irving, Harden, DeMarcus Cousins, AD, Klay Thompson were all in their prime in the 2014 world cup.
As for 2008 and 2012 US teams vs current US team Lebron at those Olympics was nowhere near as good as Curry was in the semi finals and finals game of 2024. KD still played on the same level in these Olympics, especially in the first game against Serbia as he played in his prime years. Embiid, Anthony Edwards played well too. This US team is not much worse than the 2008 and 2012 teams, the difference is small, just like the difference between the 2024 Serbian team and 2008-2019 Spanish generation is small (small in Serbia's favor).
@@DipsAndPushups , you say it yourself : the american players were in their prime years in 2014 or 2012. If today, the same at the dawn of their retirement are still the best in their team while being weaker than what they used be, it definitely shows this current USA squad is far from being one of the top USA team.
And for the Gasol brothers : as good as Jokic can be, he would have struggled a lot more in FIBA agaisnt the Gazol bro and Ibaka.
In 2010, Serbia did beat Spain without Pau (their best player). In 2015, Spain is no longer a top team and this exemple is irrelevant as we’re talking about the great teams USA had to face. To me, and to this day, no European team could have beaten the 2008 and 2012 Spanish team.
@@Mozimikeyeah they don’t understand how impressive 2024 team is . These guys are 36+ year old . 92 Dream team were young all under 29 years old and in their prime , 2008 Kobe lebron wade were all in their prime. People don’t understand how special 2024 team is but in the future they will
@@curtiszyr , indeed I also missed to point out how special this was : these old dudes are very special. People want USA to be defeated so bad that they try to make Serbia the « big team » that could almost beat one of the best USA squad. This was far from being the best USA squad, not when the best overall player is way past his prime : his IQ though, is something else; on the DEFENSIVE and offensive side. It is not as if Serbia was not on a verge of a loss agaisnt Australia 🇦🇺. Don’t hear nothing about them kangourous arguing.
Anyway! We need to see a complete Serbia versus a more experienced French team to definitely see which country s the true European powerhouse of the decade.
As it seems Serbian think they’re the second best team in the world with no eurobasket, no world up and a bronze medal 🥉 at tue OG. French and Serbia need an elimination type of game with their full squads!!!
Damn guys everything i see is all about the refs. Wtf guys i am greek and i didnt expect Serbians to be acting this way. The teuth of the matter is really simple. Serbia got underestimated and usa nearly lost. If the match were to happen another 100 times mb onece or twice Serbia would win. There is a huge gap between the yeams and that was proven in all there games previous to that last one. Cause you know it is one game you shoot well and it may happen. No refs involved at all. The whole 4th quarter Serbia got dominated and lost the winner mentality. The loss was natural. If Srrbia stayed the same you could have won. You are acting like little kids man. I expected more accountability from Serbian brothers but i was wrong
Everyone, a jealous Greek has been discovered here...
@@minnussI can guarantee you he is the exception. Greeks and Serbians we are friends and neighbors. I was sad for the semifinal like it was Greece playing. I was rooting for them for the bronze medal win too.
Dude all i am saying is you gotta take responsibility. When you lose you stop talkin and try to see whats wrong so you come back stronger. All i see is a bunch of crybabies. Maybe you have never played any competitive sport. Whining when losing 13 3s in the 4th is completely idiotic. When you lost in the first round at the group stage where was your whining. Did Nicola cry lile a b...ch when he lost no because he knows whining is for failures
@@mariostheodorou9877 You really sound ridiculous. Your take of "See what's wrong so you can come back stronger" makes it seem like this game is just another regular matchup to be played week after week. This was a historic Olympic semi-final, and there were no second chances.
All we’re trying to express is that the US didn’t need the refs' assistance, which they definitely received, and that influence shifted the momentum in their favor during the fourth quarter.
And just remember this attitude tomorrow when the refs unfairly sabotage Greece in some of their crucial matches ;)
Whine away man. You had 13 chances to close the game out. That was the crucial factor. In the 4th i didnt really see clear ref help. I definitely saw that in the 2nd quarter with the travelling but certainly usa shooting and defensive pressure won them the game. Can you specify which are the so called rigged ref plays in the 4th quarter. Cause the only rigged cases i saw were all the french team games even the final. Everyone call for rigged refs but 4th quarter was clean in most cases. The channel has a video about that a few days ago look it up which are the rigged cases in the 4th defining quarter. All i see is a huge comeback that Serbia should have stopped with 1 or 2 3s. Please point out the exact rigged moments and maybe we ll see who is ridiculous. Those same refs definitely helped a bit against south sudan
Sorry for that,but when you say Wagner brothers - every in the world think on some else brotherhood.
It will be much more epic and painfull when we beat USA in LA 2028. LIke in Indianapolis 2002. We already have better basketball and tactic..they have only and just help of reffs and insane % for 3 of Curry.
Agaian Serbia built Yougoslavia Kingdom,latter communists country,latter SRJ,latter SCG,lattar Serbia,every medal whos won Lithuanin players for USSR is Russian , Russia is succesor of USSR,Serbia of Yougoslaia,we have so many medals.Serbia exist before Yougoslavia,and at the end of same,our biggest mistake is byilt Yougoslavia where Croats kill us in 1941-1945,same like you homeland.But Serbia is succesor of ex Yu.Thats answer about how many medals have Serbia,so much.But that is politics,becouse some run away from Yu and built new countries,but Serbia be here before and latter.Even medal from boxer Mate Parlov-pure Croat is serbian.If any body dont understand,sorry.You from ex USSR must understand that.
All Yugoslavian medals belongs to Serbia