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chic2pimp:
Bro even AD went in 2012 on the Men's side.

She really should have gone in place of DT. Anyone who has caught a glimpse of this season's WNBA will tell you She is no longer the Turasi of Old and tbh I don't blame Her as She is almost 42. She should have had the decency to sit this one out instead they pushed for the elusive 6th Gold medal.

Let's even accept the Rookie thing for Clark for a sec, what's the excuse for Arike? You can't name more than 2 guards better than Her on that Team but She withdrew herself because of the Politics involved. The older heads have basically turned it into their own personal cabal. Thankfully this is their last dance.

They'll do well to ride the Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese hype. They better put to one side whatever dislike they have of Her and enjoy the money she is going to bring into the league.

I listed those three just to show anyone pushing that agenda that she's a rookie or whatever is full of crap. The reason she wasn't taken has absolutely nothing to do with basketball

Taurasi is completely cooked and shamelessly went for the tournament instead of yielding for the Next Gen of players. I don't understand what an extra Olympic medal which she was a complete non factor do for her legacy

Arike for just come play for Tigress jeje. I support struggling Nigerians going to represent other countries for better lives but the ones wey their leg stand well well for where them dey should be smart enough to play for Nigeria if they want the Olympic experience. I remember Ime Udoka and his sister Mfon were smart enough to do this

If they like let them fumble their last legitimate ticket to escape dependency on the NBA. Caitlin Clark is their last hope

Skrrrrrrr:
Exactly I was awaiting your insight...
Absolutely no one would look at this Olympics and say, this is LeBron Olympics. Lebron does not even have any trademark performance in the games. Steph should have been MVP.

Like I said. LeBronze has mastered the stats game.

There's no game in this tournament that the USA were losing and he came through and bailed them out but what he's mastered is doing enough for them stats to look impressive on the boxscore

If we're being objective. The last two games in particular I would list 3 players better than him, the Brazil game was a blowout, so basically group stage performances?

But he's still the biggest name so they have to give him the award for peace to reign

Pay attention to that last graphic in particular. Those are the last 3 minutes of the France and Serbia game. We can categorically and definitely say USA don't win gold without Steph

chic2pimp:
Roland17

The Guards on the US Women's team were woeful today. I can see why some folks were demanding for the inclusion of Caitlin Clark. Not only do they need to change the Guard Roster, the coach also needs to be left in paris.

They allowed hate overshadow their critical thinking

To prove that their reason for not taking Caitlin was pure hate they lied that they didn't take her cos she was just a rookie

Taurasi was a rookie in 04
Parker was a rookie in 08
Breanna Stewart rookie in 16

All rookies and #1 picks that they took to the Olympics

There are at least 4 players that could have been left behind for Clark but it seems to me that they would rather that their league fails than for it to succeed with Caitlin being the face of it

etidy:
The NBA has work to do, losing Lebron, Steph and Durant will cause a systemic shock to the league.
These guys are still the faces of the game.

Nothing you can do when the younger guys couldn't take the game and run with it. I will also blame the league for it's really poor job of marketing the talent.

Anyway they might have to endure a lull like post MJ era. That weird time on and off between 99-07 when basketball was in a bit of a purgatory

Skrrrrrrr:
Ogbeni get out.
He didn't deserve that MVP.
Steph scored the highest points and was their best player in their most important games....
Steph got robbed again....

Steph does not pad stats like LeBronze so I'm not surprised he would get chanced for the awards

Being a primary ball handler in such a loaded team means your assists can only go through the roof. Think of all the scorers in Team USA, only one man can't really play off the ball (we all know who)

Lots of misses by mediocre opponents also means LeStats can pad rebounds

I have to give the devil his due. LeBronze just like Luka, Harden have hacked basketball to where they could average a triple double in their sleep whether they win or lose in blowout fashion

SmooshCHN:
At this point you should understand you're wasting your time debating this guy. He could make Savannah jealous the way he rides LeBron.

Bronsexuals ya werey gan se

Lol a nothing award. Not been USA's best player. Definitely not the last two games

Steph and Embiid carrying

birdman:
Wait o, can he claim world champion since hes the fastest man in usa

Na wa oh. Is this not USA first 100m gold medal since 2004?

This your example no even follow

A40:
Are we going to smoke that LeBronze pack today??

Maybe not

Serbia now ain't the time for your buttcheeks to get tight [pause]

Are we going to smoke that LeBronze pack today??

benji93:
Abeg no dey do this. Was Lyles technically correct? Oh yes. Was it pedantry? Very likely. Well, he got all the attention, didn't he? Yes. They all have to get out from under Usain Bolt's shadow.

It’s pure pedantry and if we break it down to a lot of sports we can question the title of world champions everytime. Ali, Tyson, Usyk, Lennox are all regarded as World Heavyweight champions. Which tournament did they fight in to decide that.

Usain Bolt knew to not say stupid shit like that for one and Usain actually has charisma, everything with Noah just seems forced, even the rant

benji93:
Could you call the FIBA World Cup winner world champions? Yes. If you can call any team world champions, the winner of the FIBA World Cup should at least be in that category. Also, your FIBA example is alright until you ask the question; How many of the All-star 5 were from the team that won the NBA championship?

The NBA calling themselves world champions without competing is superfluous in the first place. (Even though on paper they would very likely beat any team in any other league in the world). If the almighty NBA can do that, I am certainly allowed to be excessive and overly technical too. You love attention, I certainly love it too.

As Birdman talk, it's not ok to do that to your folks though. Leave that to athletes/Players from other countries.

I am glad he won though.

Basketball competitive architecture is unlike any other. I don't know why all of you keep glossing over this little fact.

The pinnacle of Basketball competition is the NBA, not no damn FIBA. Nobody considers MJ the GOAT cos of what he did in FIBA, even the other pretender is not considered in the argument cos of FIBA

Like I said. It's all semantics. Everyone is free to their opinion. But I believe that the undisputed best league in the world that is open to players of all nationalities is within it's right to call the winners their world champions

If you think they have to beat semi professionals from Bulgaria, Somalia, Oman,Tonga and Venezuela to prove it. I disagree. It's not an on paper matter. Alex Poatan Pereira or Jon Jones will beat us both to a pulp. We don't need to enter cage to determine this

Same way Usyk does not need to beat a fighter from Guatemala to be the Undisputed World Heavyweight champion. Based on how these sports work it's just assumed that they are the best.

birdman:
Yes you would. Replace USA with Nigeria. Why would you take a dump on your compadres medal

Mehh. Sometimes you just unlook and not feed the troll

Like I said the fact that he is more popular for that infamous rant than his actual achievements on the track (which is quite formidable tbh) should probably be a cue for him to change approach if he is a critical thinker

chic2pimp:
A40

Looks like it's Noah Lyles 1 Team USA 0.

If Team USA fails to win the Gold Medal, they'll have to hold the "L" forever I'm afraid. Also reports are saying a few members of Team USA were at the stadium to hate watch Noah Lyles but left with their tails firmly between their legs.

But the Gold medal is not a World championship is it?

If Team USA wins Olympic gold (which they will, can we call them world champions?)

Lol Noah Lyles was just playing oversabi Captain Pedantic and trying to go viral. Which failed by the way cos people still don't know who the nigga really is

Why not focus on actually being a showman and likable like a Usain Bolt.

Basketball competitive architecture is very different from almost every other sport. The talent pools are disproportionately skewed to one league. Saying NBA teams have to compete with teams from Venezuela, Latvia or Djibouti to prove themselves is goofy. When any half decent player from these countries will do blood rituals just to make it to the NBA

Look at even the FIBA and the Olympics, Canada and Germany are the only teams that have a puncher's chance and these teams have no fewer than 4 NBA players as their best players on the squad

The FIBA MVP was an NBA player. Their allstar 5 were all NBA players

So his entire argument is that of pedantry not common sense.

Let's take it even further to a sport like Boxing. Why is Usyk the Undisputed Heavyweight champ? He only beat AJ, Dubois and Fury over a 2 year period. Is that all it takes? 3 boxers from one country?

What if I told you there's some unknown Maori or Cuban Boxer or a warrior from the Ahi Ahi tribe that KOs Oleksandr Usyk with just one punch. You can't disprove it can you?

Surprised to hear Team USA were that thin skinned to hate watch him tbh. I wouldn't care enough to feel anyway about it

DeadPresidents:
Fairs. That one na Arab people problems to contend with so make them sort themselves out.

My own na say, when EDL boys pull up then no go care your religion. Even if you be Cardinal Arinze, once you be dudu, you’re going from having one tummy to having 44 abs.

I’m speaking from the dudu perspective here. Anti-immigrant sentiment has peaked and waned over the course of the century but this is 2010s SA xenophobia levels and it is not a coincidence that it is happening at a time the far-right are on the up

Just telling you sha that if everyone else dey cry definitely not them because they are the least tolerant of others anywhere they constitute a majority. This one is 100% fact

Racismo and Tribalism are things that unfortunately will never die. Even for Nigeria your fellow country man will tell you to go back to Anambra when push comes to shove.

Anytime you feel your domain is being overrun by certain people you're going to feel a certain way if we're going to be honest.

We have a lot of migrants too that go to these countries and make the block hot for everyone. Make you dey SA dey see Nigerian confra boys dey fight. Now imagine how SA people go dey feel.

Not justifying Xenophobia at all, as some of these protests is just white mediocrity lashing out but we have to ask ourselves why does the far right appear to be up in the first place?

greypencils:
Big up to our girls who have won 2 of their first 3 games at the Olympics. #Greenrunsdeep
This is the original Green not Roland's Green.

They play a very old school type of defense. It's quite fun to watch

Emaprince:
I imagine a man exposing his chats with a woman...

Church agbasa. He will be shamed to next year. As he should. Which is why I expect the same energy maintained

DeadPresidents:
For my Naija brothers living in the UK, please stay safe.

Never thought a time would come when the UK will demonstrate more Nazi credentials than an actual state with a Nazi past like 🇩🇪

This is the exact reason, any sensible thinking black man should oppose election of right wing leaders like Donald Trump. Elon and all the right-wing racists on X have successfully amplified inflammable rhetoric against immigrants and now Mosques are getting burnt down and immigrants are getting stabbed by EDL members

This is laughable. You think voting or not voting Trump will affect anything? Trump has right wing support but is not a right winger at his core. Everyone knows this so bone this fear mongering business liberal leftists do

The other party has absolutely nothing to offer Black men.

Let us even ask ourselves a very honest question. Which Muslim country can you go as a non Muslim and constitute like some of them do in most Western countries?

Tell me the non Muslim community that is thriving peacefully in any Muslim dominated country.

Where will you even see church for their side talkless of the one wey you go burn. If we want to talk let's talk heavy

patrickmuf:
Novak Djokovic is the undisputed tennis GOAT...

No contest. Beating this young wizard Alcaraz at 37. Insane

The fact he has beaten his set and beating these youngins with the most titles to boot.

nihilistjnr:
But why are you bringing DM sliding to the timeline?

Like for what?

Person try him luck 3 bloody years ago, you said no, OK. It should end there right?

Why on earth are you bringing that to post on twitter? What is wring with these women ffs?

Hehehe. You don't know these people. Clout na like their vitamin

Mind you you can't leak their own chats cos now you're sassy and messy

Funny enough I don land for her DM before. The whole Muslim feminist thing threw me off
I know say na that batty make our guy Jarus lose guard cos e massive

Sometimes you just have to know when to drop anchor as a man

chic2pimp:
Yh Teddy is a Superstar in France and very well known in Japan. He is making so much in endorsements money that He does not need get himself involved in the brutal sport of MMA. He'll be making much more now after this Olympics not only in France but probably Japan.

LOOOOOL. With the mixed events they've added, Phelps could have gone for 10 golds at a single games had He come at the right time.

The problem with awarding the title Greatest Ever Olympian to an individual is that what criteria do we use? Most medals? Medal+showmanship?...Like you though, If I were to give one, it'll have to be an individual that competes in the Marquee event of the Olympics which is Track and Field.

Fair point sha. Especially with the slavery contracts Dana White be having these fighters on.

Swimming gold is monopoly money as far as I'm concerned. They just put it there for certain people or countries to spam medals. Which one be breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, swim normal. Scam

What Usain Bolt did I don't think can ever be duplicated in our lifetime so he is the Greatest ever for me. 100 and 200m 3peat in 3 Olympics. That is unfathomable to anyone who is familiar with track and just how many things have to go your way. Thompson Herah had a shot but her body gave out this year.

chic2pimp:
Only if you exclude every other sport. The highlights so far has been the Two French Superstars. Big Teddy Bear Riner who lit the Olympics cauldron winning double Judo Gold and Swimmer Leon Marchand winning 4 Gold medal. Heck add the 17 year old Canadian Swimming sensation Summer Mcintosh with Her 3 gold medals.

I've always wondered why that nigga Teddy never dabbled into MMA. I guess not everyone likes being punched in the face

This swimming thing too I've never understood it. Swim forward, swim backwards, butterfly, touch bosom and swim

We might as well have guys running 100m backwards, on one leg etc. It's all some fuckery to me

Then someone will tell you Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian ever. How so? When Usain Bolt dey

kendrick93:
Who knows if Dennis has this level of play in him in the NBA if he's made the first option/primary ball handler.

Look at Jalen Brunson, went from an average NBA player at Mavericks to a top 6 MVP NBA Star at the Knicks because he became the first option.
Luck and opportunities can play a part too not just talent

Lol. You didn't see Schroeder with the Hawks? Wait. No vex oh. Are you a newbie?

He's had plenty of chances to be a first option.

Schroeder had a nice little run. Unless you're Steph or Zeke your best player being 6ft 3 and under is hardly a recipe for lasting success.

kendrick93:
Sometimes you have to remove sentiments in order to improve.
A good GM should know that.
You strike when you see a potential move that can improve you.
Murray yes was great and still can be clutch at times, so he has a good trade value and I'm sure there are some gullible suckers in the NBA who would want him.

The thing is the Nuggets have to come to accept that Murray might not get better than this and might even get worse as the injuries keeps piling up.
You're also right that the Nuggets needs to improve on their roster before looking at Murray.
Me I'm not a GM but as an outsider I see Canada aren't even picking Jamal in their starting five, that's a red flag bruh

I'm sure this is what you were probably saying last two seasons when Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum kept failing either in the finals and conference finals

You cannot win every year. That's the bitter truth. We've had a different champion since 2018. The Nuggets make it to the Finals most likely if someone outside Jokic and Murray scored 10 points in Game 7. Meanwhile you could argue the Nuggets don't get past the Lakers without Murray

I'm sorry but quitting on a 27 year old makes zero sense. So long as Murray doesn't get overpaid the Nuggets will be fine

I've told you judging NBA players on FIBA ball is pointless. It's a different sport almost

kendrick93:
I mentioned the Nuggets should look into the possibility of trading him but it was like I had spoken a sacrilege.
I wonder how long they can manage with his Inconsistency plus the injuries

Thank God you're not GM. You would have run your teams to the ground making trades every season your team does not win the title.

Inconsistent Murray at his ceiling won you two games against a formidable opponent in the first round.

Instead of you to evaluate the full roster and acknowledge their full weaknesses you are scapegoating Murray.

Their critical Game 7 at home that they lost he scored 35 out of 90 ask what the other players scored abi they're not collecting salary?

Where have you seen bench of a home team score 5pts in a Game 7

greypencils:
That is what happens when they don't develop a midrange jumper. The hype of a 3 going in is louder than a regular jumper so they play to the gallery. Here in the real world, FIBA, the Olympics, there are no crowds to hype. You have to go grind out results. This is what stands KD out. He has a consistent midrange. This is where guys like Jalen Brunson, Kyrie Iverson and DeMar DeRozan would have thrived instead of Curry.

When I talk about it here it's like my mouth is smelling.

When the 3ball does go in e dey sweet so I don't entirely fault them. Germany bombed France with it yesterday and they looked like 92 Dream Team

kendrick93:
Jamal Murray in the Olympics so far:

5.7 PPG
33% FG
10% 3PT


A40 is this the nigga you called top5 in the NBA😭

I can use same logic for Steph, Embiid, Dame

FIBA ball is different I keep telling y'all

If na by Olympics Schroeder should be an All NBA player on a max deal

This Olise suppose cook well well Sha. I know say na just Olympics so I no wan dey carried away

Amoto94:
Captain Idris Wada was one of the finest pilots in NAF but during his reign as Gov of Kogi State he could barely move a needle. Before he became Governor he was rumored to have said allegedly how will employees entitlement not be paid as and when due but during his time civil servants were owed and paid in percentage

Wada ran EAS to the ground though. They were notorious for owing staff

This P-square shey them sure say omo Iya Kan ni won. Cos me I've never seen this kin thing before

liveLongNprospa:
Hi

Look at Captain Doofus