Canada Basketball

[MixxAOR]

Yeah tough look. Coach who was asking players of commitment got fired.

[A.I]

Did Nick quit or did he get fired?

Just silently disappeared it seems like lol

[The Great One]

Did Nick quit or did he get fired?

[planetmars]

Jordi replaces Nick? I thought Nick was still going to do this. Guess not.

[WJF]

Canada is playing in the Worlds Under 19 .. 1 - 2 record but they didn't play our 7'7 centre Olivier RIOUX

He played a few minutes in their game vs. China.

[guyroch]

Canada is playing in the Worlds Under 19 .. 1 - 2 record but they didn't play our 7'7 centre Olivier RIOUX

[guyroch]

USA is already qualified for the Olympics, they have the luxury of sending the C squad.

Confused as to why you say this . How is the U.S already qualified . This World Cup is the 1st
cylce of qualifying for the Olympics ..

The top two finishers in the FIBA Americas group of teams in this World Cup will automatic
get a berth to the Olympics .

[planetmars]

Wemby skipping the world cup:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-rookie-season

Significant because France is in Canada's pool.

[Primer]

Yeah I know, but placement at the FIBA tourney will impact seeding in the Olympics. Plus who's to say they don't use the same team for the Olympics?

100% they will not use that team for the Olympics. This is the C squad. Maybe some guys from here make the Olympic team but definitely not this whole team.

This squad is still good enough to win the cup, and will place high enough even if they don't.

[planetmars]

USA is already qualified for the Olympics, they have the luxury of sending the C squad.

Yeah I know, but placement at the FIBA tourney will impact seeding in the Olympics. Plus who's to say they don't use the same team for the Olympics?

[Primer]

USA is going young:

If Shai and Murray suit up we'll arguably have a better back court.

USA is already qualified for the Olympics, they have the luxury of sending the C squad.

[planetmars]

USA is going young:

If Shai and Murray suit up we'll arguably have a better back court.

[guyroch]

I wonder why the Americans never put it to any other team like this?

Maybe a rivilary has started between these 2 teams in the FIBA americas and the Americans have
an extra juice when they play .

[Puffer]

...The press killed them early and often. Many times it appeared that the Canadians just passed the ball right to the Americans, no teammate even close to receiving the pass. As a coach, I try to teach my players about the importance of a dead-ball turnover vs. a live-ball turnover. I would rather them eat the ball and get a 5 second call than throw it away for an uncontested layup...

They made numerous other very basic mistakes as I mentioned in my post. Constantly losing the battle for interior position on defensive rebounds was a result of the American's size and strength I believe. But it is all grist for the mill. Now they know how much they have to improve. Ideally, it helps provide focus. Hopefully, we will hear some Canadian-born NBA player saying, in 5 or 6 years, "It was in the Gold medal game against the Americans in Yucatan that I realized how far I had to go. Since then it has been just putting in the work every day. And now here I am. It was worth it."

[WJF]

I watched it and first of all I couldn't believe these were 16 year old's .. Second it looked like a Senior basketball teams playing Freshmen .. Often in blow outs you might see some lazy plays cause players just trying to get points but this blow out it seemed the Americans defense was never going to let up ..

I wonder why the Americans never put it to any other team like this?