HedleyLamarr Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, 4_tattoos said: Have a question regarding Men's Olympic soccer. Can't help but notice many people refer to the participants in the men's Olympic tournament as U-23 squads. Just so I have a better understanding, what would the baseball equivalent to U-23 be? (Triple A, Double A, etc.) And how is Neymar Jr on Brazil's U-23 team? I clearly remember him playing the last World Cup. Do National Soccer teams move players up and down levels the same way baseball clubs do? I'm not the biggest soccer fan. My knowledge of the current soccer landscape is pretty much DC United, the rest of MLS, Team USA, Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney & Neymar. Well, you're allowed to carry 2 or 3 players that are older than 23 on Olympic rosters. But, none of these older players can participate in the qualifying process. FIFA didn't want the Olympics to become an equal tournament to the World Cup, so that's why they placed the age restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 US is up 40. Why can't Draymond and Barnes get any minutes? That's just mean. EDIT: EDIT AGAIN: Draymond's in. Where's Harrison Barnes? Why did they even add him to the team? TRIPLE EDIT: I bet it's because Barnes is with Adidas. CASE CLOSED: Barnes gets some gold medal minutes with 5 to go. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HedleyLamarr Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 On 8/18/2016 at 0:18 PM, 2001mark said: Ryan Lochte lols. Too bad Brian Williams can't interview him for NBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 And Hilary was there with snipers firing over her head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Dancing broccoli at the Closing Ceremonies..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBolt3 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 That was almost a little too Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 7 hours ago, 4_tattoos said: Have a question regarding Men's Olympic soccer. Can't help but notice many people refer to the participants in the men's Olympic tournament as U-23 squads. Just so I have a better understanding, what would the baseball equivalent to U-23 be? (Triple A, Double A, etc.) And how is Neymar Jr on Brazil's U-23 team? I clearly remember him playing the last World Cup. Do National Soccer teams move players up and down levels the same way baseball clubs do? I'm not the biggest soccer fan. My knowledge of the current soccer landscape is pretty much DC United, the rest of MLS, Team USA, Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney & Neymar. College is the best. Basically, in addition to what has been said, this is the closest thing to the old amateur competition, rather than the fill professional team. Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 49 minutes ago, BlackBolt3 said: That was almost a little too Japan. You didn't spoiler this! The west coast hasn't seen it yet! You've ruined it for them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Does this qualify as a heel turn(not really an expert on pro wrestling)? http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mongolian-wrestling-coaches-strip-their-clothes-to-protest-match-183008114.html BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 7 hours ago, BlackBolt3 said: That was almost a little too Japan. The opening ceremonies in four years are going to be SO fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 4 hours ago, Cosmic said: The opening ceremonies in four years are going to be SO fun. If there aren't dancing robots and giant mecha, I will be very disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Jerry Colangelo is kind of a dick. Quote one of the officials said to me, ‘You know next time you play, you ought to play with four.’ And I said, ‘No, maybe the other teams better get their act together and compete.’ ” :censored: you Lithuania and Serbia and your "small populations" and "lack of money". You guys just need to try harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 11 minutes ago, Nyk33 said: Jerry Colangelo is kind of a dick. you Lithuania and Serbia and your "small populations" and "lack of money". You guys just need to try harder. He has a point. When Serbia played them straight up the first time the US took them for granted and almost lost. They were far less careless the second time around ans this game wasn't even close. I guess they found the right club this time. Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 At one point I think Serbia was 3 of 17 from 3. If even 5 more go in, the game is far more competitive. Australia, France and even Serbia showed you can get close against the US. Plus the different countries all had rosters stacked with NBA players. Not as many as the US, but far more than in 1992. The NBA's global growth means a US medal as a given won't always be the case. However, that Durant decided to show up in the last two games does change the calculus a bit. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 5 minutes ago, DG_Now said: The NBA's global growth means a US medal as a given won't always be the case. As long as the United States has a larger pool of great talent than a lot of countries put together I think the US will always be a favorite for a medal. Sure there is going to be great talent coming from the rest of the world but what are the chances that one country is going to have enough great talent at the same time to compete with the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 It happened 12 years ago in Athens, so pretty good chance. We didn't send our best, didn't have a great collective team effort, and we didn't win gold. It's been 12 years and the World has gotten even better and will continue to do so as the NBA's reach continues to grow. We'll be the best basketball playing nation nation for the foreseeable future, but it won't be the cakewalk it was in 92 or 96 or 00. They didn't lose in these Olympics, but it's clear that if they don't show up with a full effort, if some of our best keep choosing not to play, and if the management keeps making questionable personnel roster decisions well then there's a handful of country's who play good team basketball could beat them if they have a good shooting night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplatter Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Overall, the Olympics was good. Very good. I'm proud of the world. It was not better than London 2012, but it was good. I want championships! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 5 hours ago, McCarthy said: management keeps making questionable personnel roster decisions Gregg Popovich is now the coach of the national team and I have a feeling he will better at team selection and motivating players to play for the national team. 5 hours ago, McCarthy said: the World has gotten even better and will continue to do so as the NBA's reach continues to grow. I have a feeling that this US team wouldn't have won the gold in 2008 & 2012. 5 hours ago, McCarthy said: it's clear that if they don't show up with a full effort I'm not sure the early struggles were 100% because of a lack of effort. One of the main reasons why the knockout stage was easier for the US than the group stage was because Coach K placed DeAndre Jordan in the lineup in place of Cousins and had Klay Thompson/Paul George guard the Serbian PG (Milos Teodosic) who was instrumental for Serbia in the first game instead of Kyrie Irving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 As long as USA Basketball keeps the current model of having a 25-man Select Team, there's always going to be a pipeline of guys to be on the national team every two years for FIBA World Cup or Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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