FIBA World Cup 2014

[acesup]

Harden once more with amazing defense.

[MACK11]

DeMar killing it right now

[MACK11]

Harden once more with amazing defense.

Hahaha hahaha

Oh my goodness how can he not be aware that his man is completely gone lmao

[JimiCliff]

Demar's instincts for playing the passing lanes are improving very nicely

[MACK11]

All tournament team
Tedosic
Irving
Gasol
Faried
Batum


Tournament MVP : Kyrie Irving

[Mr.Z]

All tournament team
Tedosic
Irving
Gasol
Faried
Batum


Tournament MVP : Kyrie Irving

Really? Because of this one game? I'd give it to Davis or Faried.

[YoungGunRaptor]

Demar was a human microwave out there today.

Anybody have a link to a video of that D Rose crossover?

[rocwell]

no more hard liquor drinking games when USA is playing,

[blackjitsu]

All tournament team
Tedosic
Irving
Gasol
Faried
Batum


Tournament MVP : Kyrie Irving

I was really hoping that JV beat out Gasol. Oh well.

[GLF]

How did Demar look out there guys? Defensively and offensively. From the stat sheet it looks like he played well but I missed the game. I'm glad that both our guys ended in the tournament on a good note.

[blackjitsu]

let's #RTZ this: RT @usabasketball: #Spain2014 Gold Medalist @DeMar_DeRozan! pic.twitter.com/29pXAZE6RW

— Holly MacKenzie (@stackmack) September 14, 2014

[enlightenment]

Demar, you better bring that champion-inertia to T.Dot

[stretch]

My general impression of the World Cup is that the rest of the world has taken a step back compared to the talent of the USA, that basketball is not at present a truly global sport, and that FIBA is inept at presenting and promoting it's flagship tournament.

[white men can't jump]

My general impression of the World Cup is that the rest of the world has taken a step back compared to the talent of the USA, that basketball is not at present a truly global sport, and that FIBA is inept at presenting and promoting it's flagship tournament.

It was definitely one of the weaker crops in recent years. But this could just be cyclical. The mix of teams behind them has lots of teams that are either old and past their prime, or young and not yet near their peak.

It's not like there were many teams who could match them before. Heck, since that bronze in the 06 FIBAs only Spain has been close. Other teams have been falling behind them steadily since around then. Before Spain, Argentina and Serbia (and Montenegro) were the only teams that really could compete against them, and that's including the weaker early 00s years for the USA.

Anyway, we'll see how some of the younger teams shape up over the next few years. I do think Spain has lost ground, but maybe another team or two can move up.

[iblastoff]

interesting article from woj

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba-nee...044717393.html

basically saying fiba is now nothing more than a recruitment video for coach k and duke.