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The top teams don’t care. Us ranked number 1. Canada has a low world ranking and if we can pump it up go for it. -
Talent-wise, Canada is so deep that we should be no worse than top 3 in the world in any major tournament. Seeding shouldn’t matter that much, unless we draw Team USA in an early elimination game.Gonzz wrote: View PostComment
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Watching highlights of the Serbia/Greece game from a couple of days ago, the insane play of Giannis and Jokic tells me that Team Canada likely still has a distance to go...golden wrote: View Post
I feel like maybe I've become a bit desensitized over the last couple of years with the fantastic level of parity the NBA is presently enjoying... but watching clips of that game reminds one, it's still a superstar's game. (I'm not saying the Raps don't have enough depth to go far ..... Team Canada though, as much as there is to be excited about there... I think we still have to gain more talent to easily take down those kind of countries... and yeah, not to be all Demo-shift about it (Much love, Demo) but we may need more than we got for big bodies, cause the Giannis/Jokic's of the world are gonna BULLY us ...
Or maybe I'm wrong. (GO CANADA)Comment
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Canada's weakness is at the big position and in every big game they come across it seems there is a big body they have a hard time containing .GOLDBLUM wrote: View PostComment
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But Team Canada has the Superstar of all Superstars: Nicky Nurse! He's a well established Giannis, Steph & Embiid Killer. How could you forget that, my gold brotha?GOLDBLUM wrote: View Post
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He's got long way's to go. Sure he can play well against other bigs from South America but will be eaten alive by NBA or Euroleague bigs. I think if you want to win against top European talent (Greece, Serbia, Lithuania, France, Slovenia, Germany) you are going to have to play a faster pace basketball cause they would want to slow things down defensively and eliminate Canada's spacing where Nick Nurse will opt to play small ball.TrueTorontoFan wrote: View PostComment
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yeah I mean he is good for now... I like him on the roster but I agree our best play is with him off the floor against top top talentHotshot wrote: View PostComment
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Canada will face Mexico in the quarter finals. Winnable game.Twitter @WJ_FINDLAYComment
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They were more motivated to beat the U.S but the states best player is Norris Cole and Banton is better than him.guyroch wrote: View Post
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Canada will advance to the semi-finals. A top 4 finish for this group is a huge accomplishment. They will face the winner of Brazil/DR.
https://www.fiba.basketball/americup...a#tab=boxscoreTwitter @WJ_FINDLAYComment
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Well said ... This team just thrown together with no exhibition games and still manages a top 4 finish with a chance of more .WJF wrote: View PostComment
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If they manage to get into the podium and actually get a medal, I would say that is a great overachievement for this group.WJF wrote: View Post
Sometimes its not only talent that counts but the will to give it all and take this very seriously.
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I don't know how people can even gauge the relative talent of Canada vs. other countries to be able to say this is an over-achievement, or it should simply be expected. It's great, but to me this would be more indicative of the rising trend that Canada is bursting with talent depth at this point in time, relative to other nations. It would mirror what we're seeing at the NCAA levels. And ultimately, talent should win out.Hotshot wrote: View Post
I'm also not buying the argument that these other teams haven't been hastily slopped together like Canada. Where are people getting the info to know this kind of stuff? Like how long some of these obscure guys on other national teams have been playing together, especially for an equally obscure and non-important tournament like Americup.Comment
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