2023 Fiba Basketball World Cup

rustywest · 08-23-2023, 10:25 AM

Who's looking forward to strapping into some ball? Its been awhile for me, I'm really looking forward to it.

So good that basketball CRAZY Philippines (Japan & Indonesia) gets to host!

USA looked slick in warmups. Looks like a very nice mix of players who love to play ball. Antman emerging as the leader of this team but a bunch of fringe All-Stars and upper echelon role players looking to contribute...

Who is going to surprise? We got the usual suspects who we expect strong showings - Spain, Serbia, Greece, Lithuania, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Italy & France. But Canada is stacked with NBA talent and the Philippines look to have drawn a weaker pool.

My compatriots New Zealand look pretty young and raw. Not expecting a dream run like 2002 but they will scrap. That game against USA is our big one...

Commentator for this highlight package, comical. Hope he gets more assignments

rifleman69 · 08-23-2023, 12:59 PM

Meh, seems like it's just a USA vs the World.

jcardstore · 08-23-2023, 01:24 PM

Pumped, really going to be a great world cup. So many good teams, tons of NBA talent.

I think team USA is gonna finally be fun again. The last couple olympics and FIBA teams have just not cared and it wasn't really a great watch. This years it's a bunch of young kids, all hungry to win it's gonna be scrappy.

Spain is always really good.

Australia is stacked with talent and has a really interesting roster makeup

I think Germany is going to be really competitive

and of course it will be fun to see Luka but I don't think they're gonna get that far.

IronCladLou · 08-24-2023, 06:19 AM

We should do ok.

Happy Ben Simmons will never come near our national team again

rats60 · 08-24-2023, 06:46 AM

4 players with 1 AS selection each. No players with an All NBA selection, even 3rd team. If USA Basketball doesn't care about this tournament, why should I?

jcardstore · 08-24-2023, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rats60

4 players with 1 AS selection each. No players with an All NBA selection, even 3rd team. If USA Basketball doesn't care about this tournament, why should I?

You care enough to post about it here

DontToewsMeBro · 08-24-2023, 07:39 AM

Too bad Jamal Murray dropped out last minute for Canada. But I guess a long NBA season and some nagging injuries forced the Nuggets to send the word down - no FIBA for you Jamal! But I do like our chances as all our other top NBA guys are there. We'll see how good they are with France tomorrow.

yiguiri2002 · 08-24-2023, 08:22 AM

It sucks there will be no Jokic, Giannis or Murray

rats60 · 08-24-2023, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcardstore

You care enough to post about it here

And when I saw the best players didn't care enough to represent the USA, I lost interest.

indyguy · 08-24-2023, 08:48 AM

The league is marketing their young talent for this. It's a great business move for them and it's great for the players too. We don't need LeBron and Steph and KD out there for this.

https://www.usab.com/teams/5x5-mens-world-cup/roster

jcardstore · 08-24-2023, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rats60

And when I saw the best players didn't care enough to represent the USA, I lost interest.

People would rather watch young kids out there playing their hearts out than a bunch of "all-stars" who don't give a crap and don't want to be there

oldgoldy97 · 08-24-2023, 08:58 AM

Harden was holding out for a trade to Lithuania.

dunkindutchmen · 08-24-2023, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rats60

And when I saw the best players didn't care enough to represent the USA, I lost interest.

Cool rationale but it's lazy as hell:

Top US NBA players:

Kawhi: Glass, literally can't play
AD: Too fragile, can't play
Curry: Already won twice and wanted to focus on training in offseason
Durant: older now and has played a ton for Team USA
Lebron: same as Durant but much older, not going to put extra miles on at this point.
Tatum: Don't know
Booker: Don't know

So it's like 2-3 players who "didn't care enough" lmao.

mvp · 08-24-2023, 09:26 PM

I really feel like if Australia makes a good run, it could do a lot for basketball in this country. Basketball is growing over here, but our next generation of young stars haven't broken through as household names yet to the level of say, a Patty Mills. I've seen Josh Giddey on the back of a Weet-Bix box, but it was kind of an "if you know you know" sort of thing. Exciting young guys like him and Josh Green haven't really had a chance to show out on a national stage in the green and gold yet.

PhillyVintage · 08-25-2023, 08:07 AM

Jordan Clarkson looking better than Karl-Anthony Towns so far in the Gilas’ opener.

Big soft spot for the Philippines for me, as I managed a data team there a few years ago and spent about a month there, myself.

And yes, it is hard to overstate how wild Filipinos are for basketball. Here’s Steph Curry trying to sell me cellphone service in Manila.

codered · 08-25-2023, 10:12 AM

SGA having a hell of a game!

Great team D by the Canuck’s! Great effort! Can’t believe how well we have outplayed France today. Couldn’t have expected such a great result this morning

messier2 · 08-25-2023, 10:40 AM

It's something where you watch the NBA nightly, then watch the Philippines team. Tough, scrappy team with a lot of heart. But, poor coaching and riding one player is their doom.

NBA talent is supreme...even G-League games are different for sure!

Ferg1945 · 08-25-2023, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rats60

4 players with 1 AS selection each. No players with an All NBA selection, even 3rd team. If USA Basketball doesn't care about this tournament, why should I?

This is me.

No one on the team gets me excited. It's NBA players so they "should" win.

Hope they do.

rustywest · 08-28-2023, 02:02 AM

Should be a better test for Team USA tonight with their biggest group play match-up vs Greece...

rustywest · 08-28-2023, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcardstore

Pumped, really going to be a great world cup. So many good teams, tons of NBA talent.

I think team USA is gonna finally be fun again. The last couple olympics and FIBA teams have just not cared and it wasn't really a great watch. This years it's a bunch of young kids, all hungry to win it's gonna be scrappy.

Spain is always really good.

Australia is stacked with talent and has a really interesting roster makeup

I think Germany is going to be really competitive

and of course it will be fun to see Luka but I don't think they're gonna get that far.

Whoops, I completely forgot about Luka and Slovenia! Any team that has Doncic is going to be dangerous and it looks like they will coast to the 2nd round.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DontToewsMeBro

Too bad Jamal Murray dropped out last minute for Canada. But I guess a long NBA season and some nagging injuries forced the Nuggets to send the word down - no FIBA for you Jamal! But I do like our chances as all our other top NBA guys are there. We'll see how good they are with France tomorrow.

Canada has been impressive, dishing out 2 from 2 absolute poundings. I was really surprised how they laid waste to France!

rustywest · 08-28-2023, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillyVintage

Jordan Clarkson looking better than Karl-Anthony Towns so far in the Gilas’ opener.

Big soft spot for the Philippines for me, as I managed a data team there a few years ago and spent about a month there, myself.

And yes, it is hard to overstate how wild Filipinos are for basketball. Here’s Steph Curry trying to sell me cellphone service in Manila.

Disastrous opening night loss for Gilas under that crazy world record crowd and followed it up with another clunker. I have a soft spot for them too because I play with a bunch of Filipinos so was hoping they could progress, would've been nice for the tournament too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by messier2

It's something where you watch the NBA nightly, then watch the Philippines team. Tough, scrappy team with a lot of heart. But, poor coaching and riding one player is their doom.

NBA talent is supreme...even G-League games are different for sure!

True. They are battlers, much like NZ. You hit the nail on the head. Not enough diversity on offense, not enough size or talent and questionable coaching.

European talent is a step above those Asian teams though...

bjho852 · 08-28-2023, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rustywest

Should be a better test for Team USA tonight with their biggest group play match-up vs Greece...

...and ending in another blowout...

daeve · 08-28-2023, 09:27 AM

JJJ too nasty

https://streamable.com/uj9juh

jcardstore · 08-28-2023, 09:45 AM

Team USA is looking really good so far. A little slow starting games but really turned it on today.

Canada is looking incredible and Germany is as well

ScooterT312 · 08-28-2023, 10:56 AM

Watched every second of every USA game so far. Including warm up games.

Things are going pretty well thus far, the team is gelling nicely.

I still think the rotation is a bit of a question mark, not surprisingly. I’m not sure we know which 5 close tight games. They’ve blown everyone away pretty much, at least by the end of the contest…so we haven’t had a great view yet of who is going to be out there when things become inevitably closer further into the tourney.

08-23-2023, 10:25 AM	#1
rustywest Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 2,690	2023 Fiba Basketball World Cup Who's looking forward to strapping into some ball? Its been awhile for me, I'm really looking forward to it. So good that basketball CRAZY Philippines (Japan & Indonesia) gets to host! USA looked slick in warmups. Looks like a very nice mix of players who love to play ball. Antman emerging as the leader of this team but a bunch of fringe All-Stars and upper echelon role players looking to contribute... Who is going to surprise? We got the usual suspects who we expect strong showings - Spain, Serbia, Greece, Lithuania, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Italy & France. But Canada is stacked with NBA talent and the Philippines look to have drawn a weaker pool. My compatriots New Zealand look pretty young and raw. Not expecting a dream run like 2002 but they will scrap. That game against USA is our big one... Commentator for this highlight package, comical. Hope he gets more assignments

08-23-2023, 01:24 PM	#3
jcardstore Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 21,960 Jcardstore	Pumped, really going to be a great world cup. So many good teams, tons of NBA talent. I think team USA is gonna finally be fun again. The last couple olympics and FIBA teams have just not cared and it wasn't really a great watch. This years it's a bunch of young kids, all hungry to win it's gonna be scrappy. Spain is always really good. Australia is stacked with talent and has a really interesting roster makeup I think Germany is going to be really competitive and of course it will be fun to see Luka but I don't think they're gonna get that far. __________________ Just moonwalking through hell on my last brain cell

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08-24-2023, 09:26 PM	#14
mvp Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 783 diamond_d7	I really feel like if Australia makes a good run, it could do a lot for basketball in this country. Basketball is growing over here, but our next generation of young stars haven't broken through as household names yet to the level of say, a Patty Mills. I've seen Josh Giddey on the back of a Weet-Bix box, but it was kind of an "if you know you know" sort of thing. Exciting young guys like him and Josh Green haven't really had a chance to show out on a national stage in the green and gold yet. __________________ Looking for Josh Green rookies

08-23-2023, 12:59 PM	#2
rifleman69 Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Space Mountain Posts: 3,534	Meh, seems like it's just a USA vs the World.

08-24-2023, 06:19 AM	#4
IronCladLou Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,615 eightytwopolly	We should do ok. Happy Ben Simmons will never come near our national team again

08-24-2023, 06:46 AM	#5
rats60 Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,002	4 players with 1 AS selection each. No players with an All NBA selection, even 3rd team. If USA Basketball doesn't care about this tournament, why should I?

08-24-2023, 07:39 AM	#7
DontToewsMeBro Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Proudly Canadian, eh Posts: 3,681 centurion-collectibles	Too bad Jamal Murray dropped out last minute for Canada. But I guess a long NBA season and some nagging injuries forced the Nuggets to send the word down - no FIBA for you Jamal! But I do like our chances as all our other top NBA guys are there. We'll see how good they are with France tomorrow.

08-24-2023, 08:48 AM	#10
indyguy Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 8,512 arndru indyguyat	The league is marketing their young talent for this. It's a great business move for them and it's great for the players too. We don't need LeBron and Steph and KD out there for this. https://www.usab.com/teams/5x5-mens-world-cup/roster

08-25-2023, 08:07 AM	#15
PhillyVintage Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 66	Jordan Clarkson looking better than Karl-Anthony Towns so far in the Gilas’ opener. Big soft spot for the Philippines for me, as I managed a data team there a few years ago and spent about a month there, myself. And yes, it is hard to overstate how wild Filipinos are for basketball. Here’s Steph Curry trying to sell me cellphone service in Manila. Last edited by PhillyVintage; 08-25-2023 at 08:11 AM. Reason: Add picture

08-25-2023, 10:12 AM	#16
codered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Saskatoon, SK Posts: 4,006 codered	SGA having a hell of a game! Great team D by the Canuck’s! Great effort! Can’t believe how well we have outplayed France today. Couldn’t have expected such a great result this morning

08-25-2023, 10:40 AM	#17
messier2 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 15,295	It's something where you watch the NBA nightly, then watch the Philippines team. Tough, scrappy team with a lot of heart. But, poor coaching and riding one player is their doom. NBA talent is supreme...even G-League games are different for sure!

08-28-2023, 02:02 AM	#19
rustywest Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 2,690	Should be a better test for Team USA tonight with their biggest group play match-up vs Greece...

08-28-2023, 09:27 AM	#23
daeve Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: savannah GA Posts: 13,145 accrules	JJJ too nasty https://streamable.com/uj9juh

08-28-2023, 09:45 AM	#24
jcardstore Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 21,960 Jcardstore	Team USA is looking really good so far. A little slow starting games but really turned it on today. Canada is looking incredible and Germany is as well __________________ Just moonwalking through hell on my last brain cell

08-28-2023, 10:56 AM	#25
ScooterT312 Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 143	Watched every second of every USA game so far. Including warm up games. Things are going pretty well thus far, the team is gelling nicely. I still think the rotation is a bit of a question mark, not surprisingly. I’m not sure we know which 5 close tight games. They’ve blown everyone away pretty much, at least by the end of the contest…so we haven’t had a great view yet of who is going to be out there when things become inevitably closer further into the tourney. __________________ Bulls /White Sox/Tar Heels Collecting MJ, Luka, Giannis, Luis Robert, SGA, Dejounte Murray, 1/1’s, optic black gold, 2019-20 Revolution