06-25-2024, 04:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-25-2024, 04:26 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(06-25-2024, 02:32 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: The reason I disagree is that the Americans don’t play together consistently. It’s a revolving door of who’s who players. Talented, yes, but not as cohesive as some of the other teams, and those teams are starting to be full of NBA players, too.
LeBron playing is a big deal because everybody will definitely fall in line behind him, but that last time around they had the most talented team and then we found out none of them knew how to play anything but one on one basketball. In retrospect, that’s not surprising, because they were all the best players on their teams.
Those stacked international teams have been playing together for years.
Also doesn't hurt that most of them play under FIBA rules all season long and don't have to make adjustments. France and Germany aren't even bringing all of their NBA guys because they are bad fits or lack the necessary amount of reps with the national team.
Just a different game. Some role players turn into stars. Some franchise level players are barely playable. I fully expect to see the FIBA goat version of Mills, Fournier and Theis.
Still a weak move from Embiid to join team USA but at least they added more size and have a legit center rotation. Learned from last years mistake.