Fucking make any center look like Prime Shaq. Can have all the guards and wings in the world but having no front court not gonna get you far. Imagine thinking we were a chance when we relying on Kay and Cooks
bagfka
I’m sure this will be a fun thread after that game thread lmao.
dys0n_giddey
*Sad Boomer noises*
kcssdnl
Patty Mills has never met a Slovenian he didn’t fancy throwing his body into
GGezpzMuppy
Luka sits out half the game with foul trouble and still dominates, fucking GOD lol
DL-77
Luka turned into LeBron on defense for a hot second there
Golf53
The decision to play Kay over Reath, Cooks and White is mind-boggling.
scummy12
Should be Ingles last tournament, time to play the young fellas
wooIIyMAMMOTH
Australia decided that they would rather try to foul out Luka instead of win the game. That tunnel vision might’ve cost them the game.
vstratosphere5
Australian coach will need to be replaced before the Olympics. Playing kay and Ingles so many minutes is just awful.
Kay and Ingles were 3 & 4 in minutes for us for the comp.
jrbcnchezbrg
Defensive powerhouse Luka Doncic in the 4th
Expert-Garbage-1553
damn, there goes my dream Australia v Canada Quarterfinals matchup as an OKC fan
CP3_for_MvP
Time to move on from the old, Ingles cannot be getting minutes like that in Paris when he refuses to do anything with the ball, as for Patty, the over dribbling and foul hunting killed us.
ThuperThonik
This one really stings, but no complaints with the result, congrats to Slovenia.
No_Engineering_4925
Slovenia always finds a way to win a close game wether it’s Venezuela or Australia somehow. They could shithouse their way far
dys0n_giddey
Fuck Brian Goorjian.
Just terrible coaching throughout this run.
It’s like he saw what we did well.. and did the opposite.
Rockstar408
That was such an abhorrent showing of half court offense all game. Embarassing. Zero urgency or effort in the fourth and no attempt to take advantage of Luka’s foul trouble. Poor coaching from Goorj, unfortunately a common theme from this tournament.
KuyaJohnny
someone should tell the australian team. they’re still trying to foul out Luka
polako123
Reefer was like hold my beer, man was insane.
beverlyhillscop
Coaching was horrendous, with 0 adjustments, and left it too late to try something. Luckily, we have a lot of good young talent coming through. Ingles last tournament for sure.
jesusatemybread
Fire this bald fraud coach. You would think Nick Kay is his son in law with how many minutes this dude plays….
Dull-Lengthiness-481
Couldn’t close the gap when Luka sat. Disgraceful.
Goorjans rotations horrific. Seems like he just wants to play Kay no matter. Didn’t matter how many points Mike fucking Tobey was going to score on him. Can’t stay in front of perimeter players, can’t rebound.
Also fucking random times to sub out giddey and exum. The thybulle Ingles mills backcourt was horrific.
Daniels (assuming development) and Exum need to be main players, and mills and Ingles need to take big back seats at the Olympics or we have no chance.
DaTingGoesSkrrrrrt
We had Luka in foul trouble the whole game and couldn’t capitalise
messigoat1337
luka literally had 2 people on him after crossing halfcourt
jamaicancovfefe
DAAAAAA SLOVENIJAAAAA
Luka is unreal
ketoburn26
Well it goes to show you how Luka may fare on defense with effort and not being gassed because of lack of help.
Kobe_Wan_Ginobili
I want a new coach for the Olympic cycle, dunno if it’s possible but damn
We had so much available on offense throughout this game that we didn’t take advantage of. Not even mentioning the lineups
Every set play for patty got a good shot or a foul call
Getting Giddey or Exum a good look at the basket seemed not to require a huge mismatch or even a screen a lot of the time
And why have Ingles out there if he won’t shoot??
Also why the hell would you not challenge the charge call on patty, even 10% chance of that going our way was worth it
CammyTheGreat
Mavs Civil War is over
ExuberantBias
Giddey with a 25 point performance on 11-18 shooting, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 turnovers in the loss. Dude is a star, I’m so happy as an OKC fan
Mag77Yar
Luka foul trouble and Australia doubling him all game and he still puts amazing numbers. Minus the foul trouble this is one of the best games I’ve seen from him
Tmac834
Really impressed with the Slovenian team down the stretch in the 4th
Paddyputthepipedown
I have a very low opinion of our coach but he deserves compliments today. He prepared the team well for this match even if Australia was completely out of sync. He also got shit for bringing Tobey to the world cup and today he proved everyone that his choice was correct.
Pappydude30
The lack of 3 points until those garbage time minutes doomed Australia, but that said, Slovenia’s rotations and passing on offence was just too good.
It felt that once Australia went super aggressive on the press, and baiting that 5th Luka foul, everything slowly spiralled out of control.
Unforgiven89
There were alarm bells ringing even in the warm ups when our offence looked trash.
Landale out was a massive loss. Needed that extra big. Kay was a non factor.
Should be gorj’s last tournament. Some pretty baffling decisions and rotations (playing kay so many minutes over reath who is clearly better, underplaying exum etc). Offence was non existent. No outside shooting.
Patty showed glimpses of fiba patty but largely looked washed. Ingles definitely washed. Thybulle looking completely different to the player he was in the olympics.
Giddey, reath, exum and cooks can hold their head’s high. The others not so much (except white, Goulding and Daniels who didn’t get much court time)
Sufficient_School_13
This was not the team defense and united group dynamics that Australia prides itself on.
* Goorjian got outcoached for entire tournament.
* Mills and Ingles are a shell of their former selves.
* So many team defensive mistakes by almost everybody shows that communication is way below-par compared to their previous bronze medal winning Olympic tournament.
* Basketball Australia have some tough decisions to make heading towards next Olympics…
Cul_what
FIBA Luka vs the entire USA team is gonna be a movie
bapmarbimsn
Super satisfied with our performance today. Even though Doncic was in foul trouble the other guys all stepped up and performed very well, I was especially impressed by our offence in those minutes. I hope to see the same against Germany
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Fucking make any center look like Prime Shaq. Can have all the guards and wings in the world but having no front court not gonna get you far. Imagine thinking we were a chance when we relying on Kay and Cooks
I’m sure this will be a fun thread after that game thread lmao.
*Sad Boomer noises*
Patty Mills has never met a Slovenian he didn’t fancy throwing his body into
Luka sits out half the game with foul trouble and still dominates, fucking GOD lol
Luka turned into LeBron on defense for a hot second there
The decision to play Kay over Reath, Cooks and White is mind-boggling.
Should be Ingles last tournament, time to play the young fellas
Australia decided that they would rather try to foul out Luka instead of win the game. That tunnel vision might’ve cost them the game.
Australian coach will need to be replaced before the Olympics. Playing kay and Ingles so many minutes is just awful.
Kay and Ingles were 3 & 4 in minutes for us for the comp.
Defensive powerhouse Luka Doncic in the 4th
damn, there goes my dream Australia v Canada Quarterfinals matchup as an OKC fan
Time to move on from the old, Ingles cannot be getting minutes like that in Paris when he refuses to do anything with the ball, as for Patty, the over dribbling and foul hunting killed us.
This one really stings, but no complaints with the result, congrats to Slovenia.
Slovenia always finds a way to win a close game wether it’s Venezuela or Australia somehow.
They could shithouse their way far
Fuck Brian Goorjian.
Just terrible coaching throughout this run.
It’s like he saw what we did well.. and did the opposite.
That was such an abhorrent showing of half court offense all game. Embarassing. Zero urgency or effort in the fourth and no attempt to take advantage of Luka’s foul trouble. Poor coaching from Goorj, unfortunately a common theme from this tournament.
someone should tell the australian team. they’re still trying to foul out Luka
Reefer was like hold my beer, man was insane.
Coaching was horrendous, with 0 adjustments, and left it too late to try something. Luckily, we have a lot of good young talent coming through. Ingles last tournament for sure.
Fire this bald fraud coach. You would think Nick Kay is his son in law with how many minutes this dude plays….
Couldn’t close the gap when Luka sat. Disgraceful.
Goorjans rotations horrific. Seems like he just wants to play Kay no matter. Didn’t matter how many points Mike fucking Tobey was going to score on him. Can’t stay in front of perimeter players, can’t rebound.
Also fucking random times to sub out giddey and exum. The thybulle Ingles mills backcourt was horrific.
Daniels (assuming development) and Exum need to be main players, and mills and Ingles need to take big back seats at the Olympics or we have no chance.
We had Luka in foul trouble the whole game and couldn’t capitalise
luka literally had 2 people on him after crossing halfcourt
DAAAAAA SLOVENIJAAAAA
Luka is unreal
Well it goes to show you how Luka may fare on defense with effort and not being gassed because of lack of help.
I want a new coach for the Olympic cycle, dunno if it’s possible but damn
We had so much available on offense throughout this game that we didn’t take advantage of. Not even mentioning the lineups
Every set play for patty got a good shot or a foul call
Getting Giddey or Exum a good look at the basket seemed not to require a huge mismatch or even a screen a lot of the time
And why have Ingles out there if he won’t shoot??
Also why the hell would you not challenge the charge call on patty, even 10% chance of that going our way was worth it
Mavs Civil War is over
Giddey with a 25 point performance on 11-18 shooting, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 turnovers in the loss. Dude is a star, I’m so happy as an OKC fan
Luka foul trouble and Australia doubling him all game and he still puts amazing numbers. Minus the foul trouble this is one of the best games I’ve seen from him
Really impressed with the Slovenian team down the stretch in the 4th
I have a very low opinion of our coach but he deserves compliments today. He prepared the team well for this match even if Australia was completely out of sync. He also got shit for bringing Tobey to the world cup and today he proved everyone that his choice was correct.
The lack of 3 points until those garbage time minutes doomed Australia, but that said, Slovenia’s rotations and passing on offence was just too good.
It felt that once Australia went super aggressive on the press, and baiting that 5th Luka foul, everything slowly spiralled out of control.
There were alarm bells ringing even in the warm ups when our offence looked trash.
Landale out was a massive loss. Needed that extra big. Kay was a non factor.
Should be gorj’s last tournament. Some pretty baffling decisions and rotations (playing kay so many minutes over reath who is clearly better, underplaying exum etc). Offence was non existent. No outside shooting.
Patty showed glimpses of fiba patty but largely looked washed. Ingles definitely washed. Thybulle looking completely different to the player he was in the olympics.
Giddey, reath, exum and cooks can hold their head’s high. The others not so much (except white, Goulding and Daniels who didn’t get much court time)
This was not the team defense and united group dynamics that Australia prides itself on.
* Goorjian got outcoached for entire tournament.
* Mills and Ingles are a shell of their former selves.
* So many team defensive mistakes by almost everybody shows that communication is way below-par compared to their previous bronze medal winning Olympic tournament.
* Basketball Australia have some tough decisions to make heading towards next Olympics…
FIBA Luka vs the entire USA team is gonna be a movie
Super satisfied with our performance today. Even though Doncic was in foul trouble the other guys all stepped up and performed very well, I was especially impressed by our offence in those minutes. I hope to see the same against Germany