2024 Olympic Team USA Roster Changes

[90sgoat]

Haliburton doesn't like to pass the ball?

Not really, not like a true point guard like TJ or Rondo. Not even as much as Schroeder.

Besides, an all black team has its own issues. What the NBA is lacking is more white basketball culture, not less.

[Xiao Yao You]

Precisely why you don’t know what you’re talking about, it’s been proven from you time and time again. But it’s funny because you speak with the conviction like you do, above all else as if some type of authority your shit is consistently laughably wrong. Stick to Jazz and Goebert fandom.

you start a thread and don't want people to have an opinion unless it agrees with yours. OK!

[Xiao Yao You]

Not really, not like a true point guard like TJ or Rondo. Not even as much as Schroeder.

He's a true pg as much as anyone today. Certainly more than Schroeder or McConnell. Again McConnell can't shoot which is one of the most important things you need

[WhiteKyrie]

You need some point guards who are content to simply pass the ball.

Do you know who Garland is and his instincts as a player? He can do both, like CP3. I would have him or maybe throw LaMelo out there.

Besides, an all black team has its own issues. What the NBA is lacking is more white basketball culture, not less.

This however is facts. You need the mix, it creates better basketball teams. Black culture basketball can lean far too heavily into selfishness. And getting yo shine on.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Not really, not like a true point guard like TJ or Rondo. Not even as much as Schroeder.

Besides, an all black team has its own issues. What the NBA is lacking is more white basketball culture, not less.

Was wondering how long it would take for someone to say something stupid.

[WhiteKyrie]

Was wondering how long it would take for someone to say something stupid.

Nothing said was really stupid. There’s some validity in what he’s saying.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Nothing said was really stupid. There’s some validity in what he’s saying.

Of course a racist would agree with another racist.

[90sgoat]

Of course a racist would agree with another racist.

It's the truth though. Black basketball is different from white basketball, everyone knows it and they even made a movie about it.

White man can't jump and blacks don't care if they lose as long as they look good. Stereotypes are only that, but there for a reason.

As I see it, the NBA has for the last 20 years catered more and more to black basketball culture, which is also why there isn't a single all star white american in years.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Who was the white player on the 2020 team? You guys are laser focused on race for whatever reasons related to your screwed up backgrounds when the important factors are talent and chemistry and roster construction. If a white player or players fits well then put them in. But what you guys are talking about is nonsense. Your fellow racist idiot made a desired roster in his OP that didn't have any white players before your stupidity excited his own inner moron.

[90sgoat]

Who was the white player on the 2020 team? You guys are laser focused on race for whatever reasons related to your screwed up backgrounds when the important factors are talent and chemistry and roster construction. If a white player or players fits well then put them in. But what you guys are talking about is nonsense. Your fellow racist idiot made a desired roster in his OP that didn't have any white players before your stupidity excited his own inner moron.

It's not really to do with there not being white players on the team, but the reason there are no white players if often because of white basketball no longer having a place in the NBA. This is simple facts. In the same period as white europeans have taken over the NBA, the white american is gone. This is obviously because of AAU ball.

[Real Men Wear Green]

It's not really to do with there not being white players on the team, but the reason there are no white players if often because of white basketball no longer having a place in the NBA. This is simple facts. In the same period as white europeans have taken over the NBA, the white american is gone. This is obviously because of AAU ball.

And want Austin Reeves in the team? Your stupid argument continues to unravel. You hate black people, I get it.

[WhiteKyrie]

It's not really to do with there not being white players on the team, but the reason there are no white players if often because of white basketball no longer having a place in the NBA. This is simple facts. In the same period as white europeans have taken over the NBA, the white american is gone. This is obviously because of AAU ball.

See, you have an actual intelligence. People without a brain or an eye for cold hard reality, will not be able to see this. They will have an emotional reaction and think you’re the one being racist. When it’s actually the inverse.

A white American player can’t make it like a Luka, or a Jokic who come into the league with more confidence and hype, because they weren’t denied playing time or touching the ball over seas due to basketball racism.

The American basketball system, more specifically, AAU has fetishized the black player and the super athleticism over anything else. That one player gets to hold the ball more than anybody else on these AAU teams, it also means they don’t know how to play without it in their hands, or without being the center of attention and superstar on every team.

Look how hard Austin Reeves had to fight just to get playing time on the Lakers, they had to move a washed and totally selfish Russell Westbrick. Then he proved himself. Then he shows up on team USA and he’s coming off the bench, he was the second best American player the entire tournament. Great decision making and skill. He should’ve been the starting guard next to Anthony Edwards over Jalen Brunson. The white American player now has to go far beyond the extra mile to prove their value.

And yes, the lack of white American players in the NBA has diluted the brand of team basketball, not having the white player on the floor. Who plays a more selfless but specified role usually and brings more intelligence.

That’s why I stand behind the fact that, while yes on average players today are more athletic and maybe skilled, back when white college players made it into the league mixed in with the black athletes, that is the best brand of basketball. Shit look what the Nuggets just did with their best player being totally unathletic milkman. Or the Suns with Nash.

[Real Men Wear Green]

That's quite a bit of whining. Must have been bullied by black kids. Sorry they hurt you.

[WhiteKyrie]

Of course a racist would agree with another racist.

A realist with a brain agrees with another realist. I no where said one player is better than the other based on skin color. You’re too slow and too over sensitive to have this conversation. And given you’re from Boston, odds are you’re the actual racist. That’s the comedy.

[PAOK]

The 127 points allowed against Canada, was the most team usa has ever allowed.

The next two, are the 113 against Germany and 110 against Lithuania.

This team needs more defense, especially in the interior, not more iso-scorers.

Tatum can take the KD role of the closer in crunch time, but I dont think that the likes of Ja or Zion can offer much to this team.

Ant, Hali, Bridges should be in the Olympics, probably Banchero as well with one more season under his belt.

Brunson, Ingram even though skilled, they cannot function as complementary pieces.

As for Reaves, Cam Johnson, JJJ etc they are just average in FIBA settings.

On the other hand, some hard working bigs like Allen, should also make the team in addition to Bam obviously