I think itās fine to criticize Kerr and the coaching when weāre down by 20 at half or whatever, Olympics is hyper results focused since it’s a max of 6 40 minute games. But the flip side of that is when he adjusts well and we win the game you gotta give the coaches a ton of credit
BramptonBatallion
The depth matters even less than a normal nba game where a single game depth doesnāt even matter that much. Itās eight less minutes than an nba game so a bench is really just a luxury and not a necessity.
by_yes_i_mean_no
Personally I don’t really care about TNT losing the NBA because I think it’d be better for the game if the people who talked about it actually liked basketball, and Barkley clearly hates the modern game. His analysis is stuck in 1992 like this take.
thy_armageddon
Call him fat, Chuck.
SoKrat3s
They invented a “Who he play for?” game for Barkley, so it’s no surprise that he is out of tune with the level of competition.
Otherwise-Formal-220
Did he lose weight?
deflatethesack
Charles Barkley is definitely in this sub right now, because the amount of people predicting us to win the gold medal game by 30 with no competition is insane. France is the only team to beat the US since 04. The game is gonna be a battle
Afraid_Necessary9616
Itās because the entire 90s player commentary shtick is to make themselves look better
ColeHoops
Just in terms of the media discussion around him, Steve Kerr is Americaās Gareth Southgate
Soapstarboi
Windy W
e_double
Windy cooked here, the 10 guys averaging 16 min is very telling. Not everyone can play, thereās not enough minutes for it, let alone FIBA quarter lengths.
lemoche
Those “experts” still massively underestimate consistency and organically grown teams. Do they really expect that 12 guys who get randomly thrown together harmonize as well as dudes playing together for years? Yes, the US team still has the by far best talent. But no longer that much better that being a real team doesn’t matter.
RaspberryOk2240
It wonāt be long before we have to grind out more games like this given the closing talent gap. International basketball is improving significantly
MjordanSLO23
Chuck is right..Look a the two teams ..look at the names and think about it..
ThaNorth
Damn, Windy looking old here.
Yandhi42
Iām thorn between shitting on Steve Kerr because Iām a Steve Kerr hater or sucking him off because Iām a Tatum hater
DenverSuxRmodSux
kerr and that goated coaching staff has done incredible. People are just mad about JT not getting minutes but dudes jumper is COOKED and hes not a good 3 point shooter, or deep 2 in this case, but seriously JT just doesnt play good team basketball and hes soft. His defense is great with NBA rules but he doesnt assert his power on defense with FIBA rules.
htbroer
Considering that teams of other nations often know each other well and are catching up, it’s been a step into the right direction for the U.S. to develop something like a starting 5 / rotation instead of playing an All-Stars of All-Stars carousel.
Now, if the actual rotation is the best they can come up with can be discussed of course, but the general strategy is advantageous, I think.
thecelticpagan
I wouldnāt say Kerr isnāt doing a good job, but I will say I donāt understand why players arenāt playing when itās the most loaded team on the planet; Especially when the rotations arenāt working like how we saw against Serbia.
Critical-Adhole
Is this an ozempic ad?
noodlebball
USA will always have the edge when it comes to talent, but FIBA basketball is different to the NBA and team work matters.
Ask yourself how does a German team with two bench players in Thesis, Schroder and a rising star in Franz beat the USA in the World Cup? That US team isn’t the one we have now but still on paper are much more talented.
If you watch the semi against Serbia, the turnovers, allowing Serbia to get offensive rebounds, miscommunication on switches + the hot shooting by Serbia killed the US.
JHaliMath31
Serbia was moving the ball way better the entire game. They actually looked like the better team. I donāt understand why USA does so much hero ball, just imagine if that team ran a Pacers style offense with Haliburton getting some minutes and dishing dimes to lebron, ant, KD, Embiid
EliteFactor
I think Kerrs rotations were terrible against Serbia in that last game.
CreamOfDuelJabR
Barkley said on Podcast P that if they donāt win they canāt come home lol
po2gdHaeKaYk
I used to dis like Windy’s podcasts because a) I hated his co-stars and b) felt Windy had the personality of a wet rag and few novel opinions of his own.
I have to admit that he’s gotten a lot better with the increased exposure.
Dude19809
Barkley a HOF basketball player. windy LeBron buddy that covered him in HS and got a gig at ESPN from it
3s2ng
People critiquing USA for not dominating the competition is a disrespect to every other nation. The top 3 players in the NBA right now are not even from USA.
All these jokers can’t accept the fact that other nations are getting better.
tistalone
While I understand that this isn’t the same best of 7 format in the NBA finals that we are all used to, the whole strategy and planning goes onto Kerr and the coaching staff. I find it strange that team USA has such ridiculous depth to a point where people question the game time allocation of a single player, yet Serbia was able to compete and dominated for a good three quarters. Maybe this was the game plan, maybe not. Just an atypical situation to see given the depth of team USA.
LongAvocado8155
who gives a fuck what windy thinks about what charles thinks?
huskers37
NBA needs FIBA rules and officials
MrOnCore
Does t Windhorst just repeat whatever Lebron/Klutch Sports wants him to say?
ttambm
Completely agree with Windy here. This isn’t ’92 anymore. Other countries rosters are stacked with NBA talent now and we aren’t just going to roll over everyone. World basketball is far more competitive than it’s ever been. Some of these old guys need to stop living in the 80’s and 90’s.
kevboyyyy
Windy was so close to saying āYou just donāt know ballā at the end
ammonitions
did windy age a lot ? I don’t remember him lookin this worn
OkLocal6
Barkley never won shit except as part of team USA. Kinda ironic.
LyonsKing12
Barkley usually doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Its how he makes money.
TheNewGuy13
I mean it’s kinda like the NCAA tourney but bigger lol. It’s once every 4 years and literally the best players on the planet for their respective countries. Even the number 1 overall seed doesn’t win the tourney every time
taamaboy
Anyone else think the USA team would benefit from taking like 6 or 7 role guys insteas of 10 stars and 2 role players?
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I think itās fine to criticize Kerr and the coaching when weāre down by 20 at half or whatever, Olympics is hyper results focused since it’s a max of 6 40 minute games. But the flip side of that is when he adjusts well and we win the game you gotta give the coaches a ton of credit
The depth matters even less than a normal nba game where a single game depth doesnāt even matter that much. Itās eight less minutes than an nba game so a bench is really just a luxury and not a necessity.
Personally I don’t really care about TNT losing the NBA because I think it’d be better for the game if the people who talked about it actually liked basketball, and Barkley clearly hates the modern game. His analysis is stuck in 1992 like this take.
Call him fat, Chuck.
They invented a “Who he play for?” game for Barkley, so it’s no surprise that he is out of tune with the level of competition.
Did he lose weight?
Charles Barkley is definitely in this sub right now, because the amount of people predicting us to win the gold medal game by 30 with no competition is insane. France is the only team to beat the US since 04. The game is gonna be a battle
Itās because the entire 90s player commentary shtick is to make themselves look better
Just in terms of the media discussion around him, Steve Kerr is Americaās Gareth Southgate
Windy W
Windy cooked here, the 10 guys averaging 16 min is very telling. Not everyone can play, thereās not enough minutes for it, let alone FIBA quarter lengths.
Those “experts” still massively underestimate consistency and organically grown teams.
Do they really expect that 12 guys who get randomly thrown together harmonize as well as dudes playing together for years?
Yes, the US team still has the by far best talent. But no longer that much better that being a real team doesn’t matter.
It wonāt be long before we have to grind out more games like this given the closing talent gap. International basketball is improving significantly
Chuck is right..Look a the two teams ..look at the names and think about it..
Damn, Windy looking old here.
Iām thorn between shitting on Steve Kerr because Iām a Steve Kerr hater or sucking him off because Iām a Tatum hater
kerr and that goated coaching staff has done incredible. People are just mad about JT not getting minutes but dudes jumper is COOKED and hes not a good 3 point shooter, or deep 2 in this case, but seriously JT just doesnt play good team basketball and hes soft. His defense is great with NBA rules but he doesnt assert his power on defense with FIBA rules.
Considering that teams of other nations often know each other well and are catching up, it’s been a step into the right direction for the U.S. to develop something like a starting 5 / rotation instead of playing an All-Stars of All-Stars carousel.
Now, if the actual rotation is the best they can come up with can be discussed of course, but the general strategy is advantageous, I think.
I wouldnāt say Kerr isnāt doing a good job, but I will say I donāt understand why players arenāt playing when itās the most loaded team on the planet; Especially when the rotations arenāt working like how we saw against Serbia.
Is this an ozempic ad?
USA will always have the edge when it comes to talent, but FIBA basketball is different to the NBA and team work matters.
Ask yourself how does a German team with two bench players in Thesis, Schroder and a rising star in Franz beat the USA in the World Cup? That US team isn’t the one we have now but still on paper are much more talented.
If you watch the semi against Serbia, the turnovers, allowing Serbia to get offensive rebounds, miscommunication on switches + the hot shooting by Serbia killed the US.
Serbia was moving the ball way better the entire game. They actually looked like the better team. I donāt understand why USA does so much hero ball, just imagine if that team ran a Pacers style offense with Haliburton getting some minutes and dishing dimes to lebron, ant, KD, Embiid
I think Kerrs rotations were terrible against Serbia in that last game.
Barkley said on Podcast P that if they donāt win they canāt come home lol
I used to dis like Windy’s podcasts because a) I hated his co-stars and b) felt Windy had the personality of a wet rag and few novel opinions of his own.
I have to admit that he’s gotten a lot better with the increased exposure.
Barkley a HOF basketball player. windy LeBron buddy that covered him in HS and got a gig at ESPN from it
People critiquing USA for not dominating the competition is a disrespect to every other nation. The top 3 players in the NBA right now are not even from USA.
All these jokers can’t accept the fact that other nations are getting better.
While I understand that this isn’t the same best of 7 format in the NBA finals that we are all used to, the whole strategy and planning goes onto Kerr and the coaching staff. I find it strange that team USA has such ridiculous depth to a point where people question the game time allocation of a single player, yet Serbia was able to compete and dominated for a good three quarters. Maybe this was the game plan, maybe not. Just an atypical situation to see given the depth of team USA.
who gives a fuck what windy thinks about what charles thinks?
NBA needs FIBA rules and officials
Does t Windhorst just repeat whatever Lebron/Klutch Sports wants him to say?
Completely agree with Windy here. This isn’t ’92 anymore. Other countries rosters are stacked with NBA talent now and we aren’t just going to roll over everyone. World basketball is far more competitive than it’s ever been. Some of these old guys need to stop living in the 80’s and 90’s.
Windy was so close to saying āYou just donāt know ballā at the end
did windy age a lot ? I don’t remember him lookin this worn
Barkley never won shit except as part of team USA. Kinda ironic.
Barkley usually doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Its how he makes money.
I mean it’s kinda like the NCAA tourney but bigger lol. It’s once every 4 years and literally the best players on the planet for their respective countries. Even the number 1 overall seed doesn’t win the tourney every time
Anyone else think the USA team would benefit from taking like 6 or 7 role guys insteas of 10 stars and 2 role players?