NFT: 2014 FIBA World cup thread

Rose's best game.

after the awful awful 1st half. I'm happy that he bounced back like that.

I think Coach K is making a mistake by not going to the Cousins/Davis frontcourt more often. Because this is going to come down to Spain and it's going to come down to Pau Gasol. And Anthony Davis needs to be guarding Pau. Davis is a shot-blocking beast but not a good low-post man defender yet, but he is easily our best option against Pau. Davis' best game last year happened when he utterly dominated the Lakers and Pau in a head to head matchup.

So either you'll have Davis guarding Marc and Faried guarding Pau, which is a recipe for disaster. Or you have Cousins/Drummond in the game guarding Marc and Davis guarding Pau. Faried has been an animal in this tourney outworking lesser athletes, but against the big boy athletes of Spain he becomes less useful. I don't think we can beat Spain with Faried getting heavy minutes guarding one of the Gasol's.

Spain answers with a 10-2 run. Now 13-12 france. game on espn2

serbia beat brazil down today, very surprising. Theyll play the winner of france v spain. Usa will play lithuania to round out the final 4

Spain answers with a 10-2 run. Now 13-12 france. game on espn2

serbia beat brazil down today, very surprising. Theyll play the winner of france v spain. Usa will play lithuania to round out the final 4

Tune in if you can. France without tony parker and noah (but with batum, diaw, gobert among others) up 7 at half against spain in madrid. If spain gets knocked out in the round of 8 with no chance to medal, thats catastrophic. Especially as the host city, but even if they werent it would still be

only up 7 at halftime? If they were up 17 I'd probably co-sign this. Not only up 7.

And a fiba half is not as long as an nba half

id still expect spain to win, but this is crisis time

win would be huge for the US because I think Spain is the favorite with their frontcourt size advantage they possess against us.

Faried has been awesome this tournament but I don't like him against Spain should we play them because he can't shoot.

as the location of the games

Of every whistle and non whistle in this 3rd.

But I would still clearly favor us. I would love to watch france with their full team

espn needs to do something about these graphics. You can barely read the clock its so dark

France up 6 in the 4th. Spain getting tight

With his 7'8 wingspan

spain 2 for 19 from three.

Spain is a bigger threat to the US, but I would still rather watch a USA vs. Spain game. More star power-- though I love my man Boris

to say... Rudy Gobert actually looks GOOD in International ball!

defense is horrible.

I tip my cap to you. You warned of the upset, I didn't believe, and you were correct.

Stunner. Absolute stunner.

France is going to be a force 2 years from now in olympic play if they have their guys. Its an amazing accomplishment to make it to the final 4 so shorthanded

might not make it out of the arena alive.

A part of me is similarly upset that we wont get that heavyweight bout for the 3rd time since 08 in a title game. Its a stunner

eric, I deserve no credit. Im as stunned as anyone, I was just passing along a halftime score

But congrats to France.

one of the worst losses in Spain's history. Full roster at home against a big underdog.

Who always gives us competitive games. They are without a couple key players including their pg, but they have valencunas inside, montejunas(sp?) of the rockets, and a bunch of guys who can stroke it from three.

6-4 early lithuania. Serbia vs france tommorow in the other game. Final on sunday

yum yum.

Thompson is a fantastic player.

3 starters with 2 early, this is crazy

on the USA. The 2nd foul on Harden was utterly ridiculous.

Harden was close enough to someone on defense to get two fouls is the real story.

But these first few minutes are a travesty. That travel on rose is a joke

Pretty ridiculous

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blow em out in the 2nd quarter.

are ridiculous.

just got sniped.

looks horrendous right now, IMO.

who arent good to begin with, played no defense at all in the 2nd.

The Rose/Irving actually worked well. Shocking Coach K didnt use it til now in the 2nd.

has to finish at the basket better. He is getting there easy.

Good on him for not getting out of control.

despite playing pretty badly for most of the 1st half and being in ridiculous foul trouble.

got a chip on his shoulder by some accounts, and I think we Warriors fans will benefit.

But if he can improve his ball-handling and creating, he could hit a completely different level.

I will still disagree with the exclusion of him from the love talks, but he has an awesome future ahead of him. Could one day be the best two way sg in the league

Gives him so much value next to Curry, who has no chance guarding those guys. Klay just needs to become better at creating for himself and others off the dribble to be a legit star. If he can do that and allow Curry to play off ball more like Jarret Jack did, the GS offense becomes a nightmare.

10-0 run to start this one too

In comment 11856667 MarshallOnMontana said:

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Could one day be the best two way sg in the league

Word is that the Warriors already think he is. But... well, they've been wrong about their own players before.

Just like that it's a blowout.

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Preseason in about 3 weeks. Regular season in 6 or so weeks.

Between an anticipated draft, a crazy free agent period, and now the fiba world cup, it doesnt feel like there has even been an offseason

I haven't been that into this World Cup. I've paid attention peripherally but not really into it. I've been watching the knockout round games, though.

He has been sometimes guilty of straying from the offense and over dribbling, but for the most part he has been excellent. He has even shown a defensive pulse. He should benefit as much as anyone from this experience when it comes to translating it to his nba situation. Hes having to fit into an offense without being as ball dominant as usual with the surrounding talent, and thats life from now on for him.