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Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2024 12:21 pm

thedoper wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2024 11:59 am Another great half for Ant. He really looks like the best USA basketball player.

That's awesome Doper

I didn't watch the game, but it looked like Ant was a backup and he was fine, but I wouldn't say he had the most impressive stats on Team USA. Curry and Bam had more impressive stats, they scored more and scored more efficiently and Bam had a lot of rebounds. Ant's stats were generally good, but he had just one assist and one rebound. I'd say Ant played as well as the next set of guys but all of them played well. I"d also say whoever guarded Jokic should get some extra praise.

FNG wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2024 12:25 pm Up 14 at the half and it feels like Ant is about a +20…he’s been the best 2-way player. Curry, Bam and Ant are leading the scoring, and Davis and Ant are leading the defense. Jokic is uncharacteristically fired up, but missing a lot of shots.

Did Embiid guard Jokic or was it AD or a mix of both? Shutting down Jokic might be the most impressive thing as Serbia really has nobody but Jokic.

KG4Ever wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2024 12:52 am

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2024 12:21 pm

thedoper wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2024 11:59 am Another great half for Ant. He really looks like the best USA basketball player.

That's awesome Doper

I didn't watch the game, but it looked like Ant was a backup and he was fine, but I wouldn't say he had the most impressive stats on Team USA. Curry and Bam had more impressive stats, they scored more and scored more efficiently and Bam had a lot of rebounds. Ant's stats were generally good, but he had just one assist and one rebound. I'd say Ant played as well as the next set of guys but all of them played well. I"d also say whoever guarded Jokic should get some extra praise.

Ant was clearly the best 2-way player on the court yesterday. Yeah, Curry and Bam scored more, and AD had more blocks, but only Ant was impressive at both ends of the court. Curry came out shooting the lights out, but the game was very close when AD and Ant checked in. And the reserves led a run that turned the game into a rout. My only issue with Ant is that he was a little bit of a ball stopper yesterday. Despite all the talent around him, he played much like he does with the Wolves...probing for his shot, but only getting teammates involved when he didn't see an option for himself. He clearly thinks of himself as the best offensive option. I get it though...Serbia had no way to guard him one on one and he knew it. Keep in mind he missed a full court heave at the end of the half, so he was actually 5 for 9 in shooting and 2 for 4 on threes. And his wing defense (3 steals) was extraordinary.

Who started in game 3 in place of Ant?

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2024 8:50 am Who started in game 3 in place of Ant?

Positions are confusing on this team, cool, but they started LeBron, Embiid, Curry, Holiday and Tatum.

LeBron was voted best player by his teammates at camp. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/101 ... ympic-camp