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Forgive me if this is too negative, but does anyone give a crap about this 3 on 3 tournament that's going on?
Me, I'd rather have these players with their WNBA teams. They are missed.
Maybe let college players or players not in the league do it.
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| Posted: 05/23/21 1:48 pm ::: Re: 3X3? |
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| craigmont wrote: |
Forgive me if this is too negative, but does anyone give a crap about this 3 on 3 tournament that's going on?
Me, I'd rather have these players with their WNBA teams. They are missed.
Maybe let college players or players not in the league do it. |
But isn’t that the reason the USA hasn’t seedy qualified for the Olympics, because they didn’t “care” so to speak so they sent college players and non WNBA players to previous qualifying tournaments. I believe in 2019 is when USA basketball started panicking about not qualifying and literally sent anyone they could to every tournament possible to try to get enough points to qualify for the qualifying tournament.
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| Posted: 05/23/21 2:17 pm ::: |
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I presume the players involved have been told that they'll likely be the ones who get to go to the Olympics if they qualify, so yes, at least four people give a crap. And that's all they need  . |
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johnjohnW
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| Posted: 05/30/21 12:05 pm ::: |
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| So the American men didn't qualify. That seems bizarre.
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Silky Johnson
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| Posted: 05/30/21 2:01 pm ::: |
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| So the American men didn't qualify. That seems bizarre. |
I don't know if it's really that bizarre. 3x3 doesn't seem like an event that American males would take seriously. Who did USAB send to represent the men's side?
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| Posted: 05/30/21 2:19 pm ::: |
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| So the American men didn't qualify. That seems bizarre. |
I don't know if it's really that bizarre. 3x3 doesn't seem like an event that American males would take seriously. Who did USAB send to represent the men's side? |
Robbie Hummel
Dominique Jones
Joey King
Kareem Maddox
You'd have to be a pretty serious MBB fan to be familiar with those guys
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| Posted: 05/30/21 2:37 pm ::: |
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Part of the point of 3x3 for FIBA is that it's meant to be super-accessible, and for smaller countries to be able to participate and have a chance to win. So they're probably not too upset that the US are out. There's a whole tour and everything, where Hummel in particular has been very successful, which is presumably how that team was picked (I don't follow it closely enough to know the full decision process without searching). Holland beating them still seemed to be considered a pretty big upset.
But hey, sending an understrength team and getting beat just means that the US are really bringing 3x3 into the fold of their 5-on-5 mens approach. |
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| Posted: 06/06/21 1:55 pm ::: Re: 3X3? |
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| craigmont wrote: |
Forgive me if this is too negative, but does anyone give a crap about this 3 on 3 tournament that's going on?
Me, I'd rather have these players with their WNBA teams. They are missed.
Maybe let college players or players not in the league do it. |
That's how I feel about all international competitions - Olympics, World Champ, Eurobasket etc.
I have long thought we should just have a permanent Team USA for international competition - would give players an option other than overseas or the WNBA.
I did find the 3x3 games I watched enjoyable though -21 points, 10 minutes, 12 second clock doesn't give a lot of time for player whining at the ref and the silly crap that goes on in regular games.
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| Posted: 06/06/21 2:02 pm ::: Re: 3X3? |
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| craigmont wrote: |
Forgive me if this is too negative, but does anyone give a crap about this 3 on 3 tournament that's going on?
Me, I'd rather have these players with their WNBA teams. They are missed.
Maybe let college players or players not in the league do it. |
That's how I feel about all international competitions - Olympics, World Champ, Eurobasket etc.
I have long thought we should just have a permanent Team USA for international competition - would give players an option other than overseas or the WNBA.
I did find the 3x3 games I watched enjoyable though -21 points, 10 minutes, 12 second clock doesn't give a lot of time for player whining at the ref and the silly crap that goes on in regular games. |
Yup, 3x3 is very viewer-friendly.
I don't mind players missing for international competitions. It's more annoying that a lot of the best WNBA players miss training camp / beginning of the season due to playing overseas.
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| Posted: 06/06/21 3:26 pm ::: Re: 3X3? |
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| craigmont wrote: |
Forgive me if this is too negative, but does anyone give a crap about this 3 on 3 tournament that's going on?
Me, I'd rather have these players with their WNBA teams. They are missed.
Maybe let college players or players not in the league do it. |
That's how I feel about all international competitions - Olympics, World Champ, Eurobasket etc.
I have long thought we should just have a permanent Team USA for international competition - would give players an option other than overseas or the WNBA.
I did find the 3x3 games I watched enjoyable though -21 points, 10 minutes, 12 second clock doesn't give a lot of time for player whining at the ref and the silly crap that goes on in regular games. |
I VERY much enjoyed watching the 3 x 3 qualifying games! Hope I'll be able to watch the Olympic games and get rhythmic gymnastics pushed down my throat again. I always think of trained seals when I'm watching it. Most of all: it's NOT NOT NOT a sport!!!
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| Posted: 06/06/21 5:41 pm ::: |
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| I think 3x3 is also perhaps more interesting to the casual watcher because there are fewer players to have to figure out who is who.
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| Posted: 06/06/21 6:48 pm ::: Re: 3X3? |
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| craigmont wrote: |
Forgive me if this is too negative, but does anyone give a crap about this 3 on 3 tournament that's going on?
Me, I'd rather have these players with their WNBA teams. They are missed.
Maybe let college players or players not in the league do it. |
That's how I feel about all international competitions - Olympics, World Champ, Eurobasket etc. |
Nationalism! Fuck yeah!
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| Posted: 06/06/21 6:53 pm ::: Re: 3X3? |
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| The Olympics are all of the "sports" no one cares about except for 2 weeks every 4 years..... |
I care a hell of a lot more about a lot of those "sports" than I do about American football, baseball, hockey, etc. I watch Athletics (read: Track and Field) and swimming events, on a semi-regular basis, and would watch a hell of a lot more handball, archery and weightlifting, if it were more easily made available/accessible.
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| Posted: 06/06/21 8:16 pm ::: Re: 3X3? |
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| Randy wrote: |
| The Olympics are all of the "sports" no one cares about except for 2 weeks every 4 years..... |
I care a hell of a lot more about a lot of those "sports" than I do about American football, baseball, hockey, etc. I watch Athletics (read: Track and Field) and swimming events, on a semi-regular basis, and would watch a hell of a lot more handball, archery and weightlifting, if it were more easily made available/accessible. |
I fully agree with Silky especially for track and field, which as a former sprinter and broad (now long) jumper is my favorite sport to watch. Did anyone see the amazing 10.63 run by 34 year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce yesterday? |
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| Posted: 06/06/21 8:24 pm ::: Re: 3X3? |
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| Silky Johnson wrote: |
| Randy wrote: |
| The Olympics are all of the "sports" no one cares about except for 2 weeks every 4 years..... |
I care a hell of a lot more about a lot of those "sports" than I do about American football, baseball, hockey, etc. I watch Athletics (read: Track and Field) and swimming events, on a semi-regular basis, and would watch a hell of a lot more handball, archery and weightlifting, if it were more easily made available/accessible. |
I fully agree with Silky especially for track and field, which as a former sprinter and broad (now long) jumper is my favorite sport to watch. Did anyone see the amazing 10.63 run by 34 year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce yesterday? |
Yo, she dusted that race! Beat second place by .3 seconds.
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| Posted: 06/06/21 8:35 pm ::: Re: 3X3? |
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| Silky Johnson wrote: |
| Randy wrote: |
| The Olympics are all of the "sports" no one cares about except for 2 weeks every 4 years..... |
I care a hell of a lot more about a lot of those "sports" than I do about American football, baseball, hockey, etc. I watch Athletics (read: Track and Field) and swimming events, on a semi-regular basis, and would watch a hell of a lot more handball, archery and weightlifting, if it were more easily made available/accessible. |
I fully agree with Silky especially for track and field, which as a former sprinter and broad (now long) jumper is my favorite sport to watch. Did anyone see the amazing 10.63 run by 34 year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce yesterday? |
Yo, she dusted that race! Beat second place by .3 seconds. |
Now the second fastest woman in history after 1988 FloJo's mind-boggling 10.49. |
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| Posted: 06/07/21 9:59 am ::: |
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I love the Olympics. I love the weird sports. I love rhythmic gymnastics. I love kayaking. Whatever's on, I'll watch.
And in another thread there was talk of "world" champions. The only "world" championship is the Olympics ...
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| Posted: 06/07/21 10:26 am ::: |
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| And in another thread there was talk of "world" champions. The only "world" championship is the Olympics ... |
Except that there's also, y'know, the World Championships. |
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