It was so satisfying to beat our rival Spain but I actually felt sorry for some of them like (spelling?) Llulle. I have massive respect for the Spanish team and this was a shadow of their former self

It was a well deserved win especially given how well they started. Had some anxious moments , but kept up the pace. Lots of errors that need addressing. Fouls,turn overs and panick shots . We wont get away with that later in the tournament. Well drilled teams will make us pay.

Donatas Sabonis😂😂😂

Why is Ulgun staring into my soul? 😳

Josh Green was very good as an isolation defender tonight. Really wish Kyle gave him more credit instead of writing it off.

We'll beat Canada, but USA will lose to Serbia creating a conundrum.

Canada have no thought what is coming.

Clean up some turnovers and it's the perfect game

can you do tips and potential scorelines before the game?

McVeigh decision looks pretty good after tonight….. guy is fearless

Matisse not included is a major mistake. Big loss to Australia's defence.

Olgun is 100% right. Matisse is not in, we need to get over that and understand this team can work.

How good to have Drewy and Speedy doing the Boomers games! On the other hand @ESPNAusNZ you may want to tidy up your schedule, Opals vs Canada is on Aug 1, not Jul 31 per your graphic. Ta

One thing you guys aren't considering....some players are heart & soul, 'culture' players within a club & regardless of on-field form fluctuations, they are UNTRADEABLE. Brayden Maynard & Jack Crisp are absolutely in that category.

Lifelong Cleveland Guardians fan here. As fans we are extremely happy he’s with this team now. He looks like the real deal.

I love his guy and I'm rooting for him big Love to hom❤

i didn’t know bazzana was australian, really interesting

Somebody’s gonna get serious hurt oh my God, that was brutal!

We cant lose a game. Dante is going to miss 2 games at least. Why not, replace him with Matisse...I don't trust Delly playin 15-20 mins against Canada or Spain. Off the bench, play Ingles at the One and if we had Matisse he'll be our wing.

Mr Locked on Bucks himself !

Thybulle over Dellavedova!

Let's gooooo BOOMERS !!!!!!!!

How goods gazey 😂

Traveled so badly

Welcome 2 the rockets

Is it snowing in Paris? What is that white balance haha

Exum is awesome, no doubt he should be part of the team and he would have made a big impact, but a compound dislocation is not just a matter of popping it back into place and it'll be fine in a few days. The chances of him being able to play, even later in the tournament are very, very slim. Why not take the opportunity to replace him while you still can with someone else that can make an impact (you know who), like the Opals have done with Bec Allen?

Curry can turn out to be a key player for team USA

Kane Pitman ... I like your work my friend but you really need to do something about your elocution. It's absolutely maddening to listen when you pronounce Delly as Dally ... help as halp ... Melbourne as Malbourne ... well as wall ... and so on. Please do something about it.

FIBA basketball is so much better watching than crappy NBA games.

Until to this day I still can not understand how Dellavedova made it to the NBA!!😅

Yea my initial purview was we will be lucky to make the quarters, now I'm more confident but medaling will be very difficult still. Germany and Canada need to be overcome.

Not really watched Magnay before the pre-olympic matches but he has performed well. Josh Green can have a real impact as his NBA teams limited what he might have been able to bring. Like Duop Reath. I really rate his ability.

Is Dante Exum gone for the whole tournament?? How serious is the injury?

Did you know: the Tasmania JackJumpers tie the Los Angeles Lakers for the most club team players active in the 2024 Olympics (3 a piece). This just occurred to me yesterday thinking about Deng playing for South Sudan on top of the two AUssies so I looked it up and lo and behold it was true!

Brilliant show

Something to think about that I didn't realise before with the team selection. In FIBA, because the rules are different to NBA, the value of players changes. It can go up, and it also can go down. Especially for bigs, taking Magnay makes total sense now, because in FIBA there is no defensive 3-second violation. So because of that, if you are taking a big, you take the biggest-guy you can get. Take a look at all the top 5-6 teams, all of them have very, very big dudes plugging up the key. Team USA took Embid, because he is a big body. Guys like Magnay are actually important because there will be matches we need a really solid 5 to defend against opposing bigs, and also to block shots and defend the rim. Which also explains who Duop was selected too. Not a great defensive player, but long and can block shots close to paint. Really important in FIBA. Plus, he can shoot 3s, so will draw out opposing bigs.

I’m sorry but not selecting Matisse no one will ever understand because we didn’t select our best defender, and one of the best in the world. He’s long and athletic, Dyson is great but a little smaller and 2 is better than 1. Goulding and cooks aren’t in this best team imo

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Is the dislocation on Dante's shooting hand?

is Dr Brian Keating previewing the Boomers ?

Love Delly's (the NBA champion) game.

Alanna Smith ❤❤❤

AE is the star we think he is😊

Nah Pop ruined him. Could have been a star and should have got more minutes.. as a kid I didn't understand this and thought NBA was just that much better than NBL. In hindsight I was very wrong and realise that Gaze really should have got a lot more playing time - he would have been a much bigger player over there than he was if that happened.

💩 as the Oldman

Another weakness of the US, is that the team is stacked with millionaires who don't want to risk injury for a medal. These blokes will try to preserve themselves for the big show. Their talent is through the roof, but there will be brakes on their physicality and grit.

Great pod! And even greater, that you guys talk that much about my homecountry team Germany. They don`t get the credit their deserve in general till now. Their path to winning the world cup wasn`t easy, still they won all games. Thanks for giving us some flowers:) Since i was a huge Bulls fan through the 90s, i loved seeing Luc Longley getting his flowers by that fantastic doc australian TV put together after the last dance. Must watch, i`ve seen it at least 4-5 times till it came out.. GO Germany:)!

This was great, really enjoyed it!

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