taking a page from the lakers playbook for moral victories
Renegadeforever2024
Imagine they meet in the gold medal game
TheyCallMeTheWizard
And should’ve won except we got gifted a call. Impressive is a huge understatement. Give those guys some NBA contracts
Individual_Attempt50
43 points was too disrespectful , I knew that they were a good team
Rosenvial5
And this is why you actually play games to determine who the best team is instead of declaring the winners of the best national league as the world champions
khaiiization
Hang the Flag
New_Essay_4869
They shouldve won. That was a foul on Ant
BearsNecessity
I do not understand why Jaylen Brown is not on this team.
LowDistribution5842
Yeah way too close
BigGrandpaGunther
Is there a North Sudan too
TyMsy227
What was *really* an impressive showing was how much the USA players cleaned up on the bookies!
That-Log8135
Imagine if they had Bol Bol
Significant-Ad5567
I was rooting for Sudan. Sorry Home Team America. I wanted to see the upset
itsnotyellowfever
Is Serbia the worst team in their bracket?
NoCity6882
embarrassing
New-Distribution-952
fucking embarrassment.
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BamaX19
What the actual fuck. That’s a spread like I’d imagine for an nba team vs a high school team. How did USA almost lose?
SagalaUso
They were impressive in their qualifications to get to Paris. A huge accomplishment and then to play like this the US is crazy.
HenrikCrown
The Democratic Party this November.
prfrnir
South Sudan was a PROBLEM
TheLlamanati
Is this a NBA 2K generated tweet
JaderMcDanersStan
Super impressive. I was lowkey rooting for South Sudan by the end. They play gritty basketball
Chessh2036
“I took that personally” – South Sudan
BigMik_PL
I can’t stress enough how difficult it is to play a game like this for the US.
This was one of the most important games in South Sudan’s history. Their players came in to fight tooth and nail every possession.
For team USA this was a “go out there, get some shots up and don’t get hurt” scrimmage. The whole goal for US these showcases has been mostly to just get in game shape. You can see for stretches when they actually zero in how dominant they are.
It’s just very very hard to play when there is such a disparity in intensity. It’s pro equivalent of going to LA Fitness to get some shots up and there is a guy there taking it way too seriously and going balls to the wall, not caring if he gets hurt or not guarding people full court.
From what I’ve seen so far I think the US is gonna blow out every team they are going to play against regardless of how they line up and what Steve Kerr does.
There is just no path for other teams to beat them.
Shirumbe787
Team USA lets their opponents score more in the beginning but lets them choke in the last quarter.
nonstopenguins
shout out to coach Royal Ivey. Ime has low key put together a great coaching staff around him.
PorvaniaAmussa
Is it, though? Everybody is panicking their ass off. It’s the equivalent of looking at the pre-season and claiming X Team is in danger. Chill tf out lmfao.
_Tar_Ar_Ais_
South Sudan is a great team, so clean
Irvsauce
Kerr is a fraud
efficientshelter69
Confirms NBA players are ref merchants
Kojo48
I was kinda rooting for South Sudan because they were such underdogs. (And it was only a prelim game.) Damn exciting.
gogiants48
Thank God we didn’t play all of Sudan.
Redsox19681968
This is Ghana. You, my friend, are shooting for the Sudan.”
Redsox19681968
This is Ghana. You, my friend, are shooting for the Sudan.”
MaceDestroyers
Iowa State legend Marial Shayok putting in work for South Sudan.
Party-Benefit-3995
Jontay probably made a killing on this parlay!
realfakejames
Exhibition games mean nothing I don’t know how many times y’all need to hear it
Jokic played like mid in Serbias matchup with the US not a single soul thought that meant anything lmao like when the games matter then clutch your pearls
xRhai
For South Sudan, it was the finals. For team USA, it was Tuesday.
bozovisk
Man Shoutout to Luol Deng for his work as the president of South Sudan basketball confederation. He definitely contributed to that
Justified_Gent
Embarrassing
AtreusIsBack
Or maybe this team isn’t quite as good as people think it is. I don’t want to hear any talk about “assembling the Avengers”, lol
Miserable-Lawyer-233
It’s worse for them to lose by a point. They’d rather get blown out, then get so close and have victory snatched away from them.
nerdka00
They should just all be adopted by a state without a team and join the NBA.
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#M O R A L C H A M P S
Bad shooting from the usa sheesh
taking a page from the lakers playbook for moral victories
Imagine they meet in the gold medal game
And should’ve won except we got gifted a call. Impressive is a huge understatement. Give those guys some NBA contracts
43 points was too disrespectful , I knew that they were a good team
And this is why you actually play games to determine who the best team is instead of declaring the winners of the best national league as the world champions
Hang the Flag
They shouldve won. That was a foul on Ant
I do not understand why Jaylen Brown is not on this team.
Yeah way too close
Is there a North Sudan too
What was *really* an impressive showing was how much the USA players cleaned up on the bookies!
Imagine if they had Bol Bol
I was rooting for Sudan. Sorry Home Team America. I wanted to see the upset
Is Serbia the worst team in their bracket?
embarrassing
fucking embarrassment.
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What the actual fuck. That’s a spread like I’d imagine for an nba team vs a high school team. How did USA almost lose?
They were impressive in their qualifications to get to Paris. A huge accomplishment and then to play like this the US is crazy.
The Democratic Party this November.
South Sudan was a PROBLEM
Is this a NBA 2K generated tweet
Super impressive. I was lowkey rooting for South Sudan by the end. They play gritty basketball
“I took that personally” – South Sudan
I can’t stress enough how difficult it is to play a game like this for the US.
This was one of the most important games in South Sudan’s history. Their players came in to fight tooth and nail every possession.
For team USA this was a “go out there, get some shots up and don’t get hurt” scrimmage. The whole goal for US these showcases has been mostly to just get in game shape. You can see for stretches when they actually zero in how dominant they are.
It’s just very very hard to play when there is such a disparity in intensity. It’s pro equivalent of going to LA Fitness to get some shots up and there is a guy there taking it way too seriously and going balls to the wall, not caring if he gets hurt or not guarding people full court.
From what I’ve seen so far I think the US is gonna blow out every team they are going to play against regardless of how they line up and what Steve Kerr does.
There is just no path for other teams to beat them.
Team USA lets their opponents score more in the beginning but lets them choke in the last quarter.
shout out to coach Royal Ivey. Ime has low key put together a great coaching staff around him.
Is it, though? Everybody is panicking their ass off. It’s the equivalent of looking at the pre-season and claiming X Team is in danger. Chill tf out lmfao.
South Sudan is a great team, so clean
Kerr is a fraud
Confirms NBA players are ref merchants
I was kinda rooting for South Sudan because they were such underdogs. (And it was only a prelim game.) Damn exciting.
Thank God we didn’t play all of Sudan.
This is Ghana. You, my friend, are shooting for the Sudan.”
This is Ghana. You, my friend, are shooting for the Sudan.”
Iowa State legend Marial Shayok putting in work for South Sudan.
Jontay probably made a killing on this parlay!
Exhibition games mean nothing I don’t know how many times y’all need to hear it
Jokic played like mid in Serbias matchup with the US not a single soul thought that meant anything lmao like when the games matter then clutch your pearls
For South Sudan, it was the finals. For team USA, it was Tuesday.
Man Shoutout to Luol Deng for his work as the president of South Sudan basketball confederation. He definitely contributed to that
Embarrassing
Or maybe this team isn’t quite as good as people think it is. I don’t want to hear any talk about “assembling the Avengers”, lol
It’s worse for them to lose by a point. They’d rather get blown out, then get so close and have victory snatched away from them.
They should just all be adopted by a state without a team and join the NBA.