07-29-2024, 03:57 AM
(07-28-2024, 02:57 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: US would definitely win a seven game series against any given team in the tournament but with single elimination there is a small chance that France or Germany catch them on a bad day. Ignoring the US France has by far the most talented roster. Germany is probably the best "team" in the bigger than the sum of its parts sense and looked really good in the last few matchups against the US (including the friendly last week).
Today they went on big runs whenever Jokic was on the bench (they actually lost the minutes with Embiid on the floor). With incredible 3-point shooting (18/32 56%). Not sure if that is sustainable but they are certainly creating enough wide open looks for elite shooters to stay in the 40-45% range.
The funniest pre-Olympics story out of the USA was their concern that Embiid would get in foul trouble and it would hurt Team USA. Meanwhile every international coach shared that foul trouble concern, cause contrary to what the US "experts" think, they all want Embiid on the floor for 40 minutes.
