Canada Basketball

[tonious35]

As Raptors fans we should always expect the worst

And the Coach was Triano......we all see that coming

[Axel]

Tough loss but we are young and learning. This game might be the catalyst for future success cause I guarantee Wiggins/Olynyk/Stauskas/Joseph will not forget this.

[stretch]

are we going to play teams from Europe in this qualifying tournament?

5 teams from Europe, 18 in total.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_F...nament_for_Men

[MangoKid]

Why are people blaming Grange? This team should have destroyed a crap Venezuela squad. It was a bad day to have a day off. Lots of turnovers didn't do this team any favors. The call at the end was terrible, but it never should have gotten to that stage.

[MACK11]

1 game

All these guys had to do was win 1 fucking game.

[rocwell]

5 teams from Europe, 18 in total.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_F...nament_for_Men

Ya it's messed up. Turkey, Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia... Fuck.

[KHD]

Why are people blaming Grange? This team should have destroyed a crap Venezuela squad. It was a bad day to have a day off. Lots of turnovers didn't do this team any favors. The call at the end was terrible, but it never should have gotten to that stage.

people aren't really blaming grange, but he does look a bit stupid right now and the piece he wrote was little more than arrogance.

[007]

This game might be the catalyst for future success

It better fucking be. we need some sort of basketball success somewhere.

[KHD]

at least the blue jays are beating up on the yankees right now.

[JimiCliff]

Murray wouldn't have let us lose this game. GODDAM YOU KENTUCKY

[007]

Murray wouldn't have let us lose this game. GODDAM YOU KENTUCKY

And TT and his fucking max contract demands

[MangoKid]

people aren't really blaming grange, but he does look a bit stupid right now and the piece he wrote was little more than arrogance.

How is it arrogant? From the previous games in this tournament, they were crushing teams. This team should have won and won handily. No excuses. No one could forsee what actually transpired.

[JimiCliff]

And TT and his fucking max contract demands

Yeah TT would have helped tonight, we got beat up on the boards

[stretch]

Ya it's messed up. Turkey, Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia... Fuck.

Lithuania played into the 2012 Olympics via the 2012 qualifier. Finished 8th in London.

[JimiCliff]

How is it arrogant? From the previous games in this tournament, they were crushing teams. This team should have won and won handily. No excuses. No one could forsee what actually transpired.

Very young, inexperienced team, playing in a hostile environment...I'm not surprised at all